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.

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

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1E # D N A L N E E R G A I S A
2T # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3A T O B A C N H O J # # A T I
4R N A V I G A T E # # E N P R
5I # # S U B M U L O C A I # E
6P # F R A N C E # O H H # E M
7S T S I N O L O C C S # R # A
8# D N A L E C I R G # O # # H
9E R # # # A T E N G L A N D T
10G A # # N N M I # P # # # # R
11A K # A A # K # X # # # # # O
12Y E D L E I F E R I C K S O N
13O A A # V E R R A Z A N O # #
14V T # # # # # R O U T E S # #
15A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  151w
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  78sw
COLONISTS  97w
COLUMBUS  115w
DRAKE  28s
ENGLAND  89e
EXPLORE  812ne
FRANCE  36e
GREENLAND  111w
ICELAND  88w
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  103w
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  710ne
NAVIGATE  24e
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  16n
ROUTES  814e
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  114n
VOYAGE  114n