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.

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

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1# # # T N A H C R E M # # # 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 S A O I
4D J # # # E R O L P X E L P R
5N O S T S I N O L O C U I A E
6A H # F R A N C E O M H D E M
7L N # S # # # # C B S A # K A
8N C # # E P # I U G N # # A H
9E A # # I T T S N A # # # R T
10E B # R # N U I C E L A N D R
11R O A # A # K O # # # # # # O
12G T # L E I F E R I C K S O N
13E # A # V E R R A Z A N O # #
14# T V O Y A G E D N A L G N E
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  133w
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  910ne
COLONISTS  115w
COLUMBUS  152sw
DRAKE  1410n
ENGLAND  1514w
EXPLORE  124w
FRANCE  46e
GREENLAND  112n
ICELAND  810e
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  24s
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  111w
NAVIGATE  83w
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  68sw
ROUTES  912nw
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  314e
VOYAGE  314e