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.

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

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1# E K A R D N A L N E E R G A
2# # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3# # # S E T A G I V A N A # I
4# # I # # E R O L P X E M P R
5# A # S U B M U L O C E I # E
6# # V O Y A G E # O R H # D M
7S T S I N O L O C C S E N S A
8# D N A L E C I H G C A E # H
9E # # # # A T A N N L T # # T
10T # # # N N N I A G U # # # R
11A # # A A T K R N O # # # # O
12R # D L E I F E R I C K S O N
13I A A # V E R R A Z A N O # #
14P T # # # # J O H N C A B O T
15A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  52sw
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  78sw
COLONISTS  97w
COLUMBUS  115w
DRAKE  61w
ENGLAND  812ne
EXPLORE  124w
FRANCE  712ne
GREENLAND  141w
ICELAND  88w
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  714e
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  134sw
NAVIGATE  123w
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  114n
ROUTES  912ne
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  36e
VOYAGE  36e