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.

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

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1# # C A N A D A # # # # # # A
2# # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3E T A G I V A N # # # # A # I
4G R E E N L A N D # # E # P R
5# # # S U B M U L O C # I T E
6# T N A H C R E M O E H E O M
7S T S I N O L O C R S G P B A
8F D N A L E C I O G A I # A H
9R O U T E S T L N Y R # # C T
10A # A # # N P I O A # # # N R
11N # I # A X K V T # # # # H O
12C # S L E I F E R I C K S O N
13E # A # V E R R A Z A N O J #
14# T # # D N A L G N E K A R D
15A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  313n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  31e
COLONISTS  97w
COLUMBUS  115w
DRAKE  1514w
ENGLAND  1114w
EXPLORE  512ne
FRANCE  18s
GREENLAND  14e
ICELAND  88w
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  1413n
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  96w
NAVIGATE  83w
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  137sw
ROUTES  19e
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  811ne
VOYAGE  811ne