Early Explorers

ASIA
ATALANTICOCEAN
CANADA
COLONISTS
COLUMBUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
EXPLORE
FRANCE
GREENLAND
ICELAND
JAQUESCARTIER
JOHNCABOT
LEIFERICKSON
MERCHANT
NAVIGATE
NEWFOUNDLAND
NORTHAMERICA
PIRATE
ROUTES
VERRAZANO
VIKINGSHIP
VOYAGE
VOYAGE

This word search contains the names of the Early Explorers we have covered in class. It also lists some of the countries mentioned in our studies as well as describing what some of the explorers were hoping to find in their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

A X R R G C O L U M B U S D U
C N E W F O U N D L A N D N K
I A A M E R C H A N T C M A F
R V R E X P L O R E X T N L R
E I O P C T U E G A Y O V N A
M G U I A O O D N A L G N E N
A A T H N E C B E P E E M E C
H T E S A S K I A T R R G R E
T E S G D F O A T C A N U G G
R J O N A N W I R N N R Y H T
O A M I C E L A N D A H I X E
N O S K C I R E F I E L O P A
Q R E I T R A C S E U Q A J I
W E T V E R R A Z A N O H T S
C P O C O L O N I S T S W R A
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Answer Key for Early Explorers

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1A # # # # C O L U M B U S D #
2C N E W F O U N D L A N D N #
3I A A M E R C H A N T # # A F
4R V R E X P L O R E # # # L R
5E I O P C T # E G A Y O V N A
6M G U I A O O D N A L G N E N
7A A T H N E C B E # # # # E C
8H T E S A # K I A T # # # R E
9T E S G D # # A T C A # # G #
10R # # N A # # # R N N R # # #
11O # # I C E L A N D A H I # #
12N O S K C I R E F I E L O P A
13# R E I T R A C S E U Q A J I
14# # # V E R R A Z A N O # T S
15# # # C O L O N I S T S # # A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1515n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  55s
COLONISTS  415e
COLUMBUS  61e
DRAKE  1011nw
ENGLAND  146w
EXPLORE  44e
FRANCE  153s
GREENLAND  149n
ICELAND  411e
JAQUESCARTIER  1313w
JOHNCABOT  1413nw
LEIFERICKSON  1212w
MERCHANT  43e
NAVIGATE  22s
NEWFOUNDLAND  22e
NORTHAMERICA  112n
PIRATE  1412nw
ROUTES  34s
VERRAZANO  414e
VIKINGSHIP  413n
VOYAGE  135w
VOYAGE  135w