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.

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

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1A # # # # E T A R I P D # V #
2C N A V I G A T E # N # R O G
3I # A # T # F N # A # # E Y R
4R P S E # N G R L # # # I A E
5E # I # C L A D A # # S T G E
6M E A H A O N H # N U # R E N
7A # R N S U C # C B C O A D L
8H # D O O G # I M R U E C N A
9T # # F L # N U T T E # S A N
10R # W # # P L I E N # M E L D
11O E # # # O X S K # A # U E R
12N O S K C I R E F I E L Q C A
13# # O N A Z A R R E V # A I K
14# # # # T O B A C N H O J T E
15S T S I N O L O C A N A D A A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33s
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  915e
COLONISTS  915w
COLUMBUS  512ne
DRAKE  1510s
ENGLAND  92sw
EXPLORE  812nw
FRANCE  73se
GREENLAND  152s
ICELAND  1413n
JAQUESCARTIER  1313n
JOHNCABOT  1314w
LEIFERICKSON  1212w
MERCHANT  1210nw
NAVIGATE  22e
NEWFOUNDLAND  112ne
NORTHAMERICA  112n
PIRATE  111w
ROUTES  136sw
VERRAZANO  1113w
VIKINGSHIP  1012nw
VOYAGE  141s
VOYAGE  141s