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.

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

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1D N A L D N U O F W E N # # #
2E N # P A D A N A C O O # # T
3G S A S I A N # # R # S O # N
4A T D E # H # A T # # K N # A
5Y S N X C # S H L E # C A T H
6O I A P # O A G C G O I Z O C
7V N L L I M C N N L N R A B R
8# O E O E R A I U I S E R A E
9# L C R # R A M T E K F R C M
10# O I E F # B T T N # I E N E
11# C # # # U # U E # A E V H K
12A # # # S # O # # # # L # O A
13# R E I T R A C S E U Q A J R
14# # G R E E N L A N D # # T D
15# # # # # # N A V I G A T E A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33e
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  102w
COLONISTS  211n
COLUMBUS  125sw
DRAKE  1514n
ENGLAND  128nw
EXPLORE  44s
FRANCE  510ne
GREENLAND  314e
ICELAND  310n
JAQUESCARTIER  1313w
JOHNCABOT  1413n
LEIFERICKSON  1212n
MERCHANT  159n
NAVIGATE  715e
NEWFOUNDLAND  121w
NORTHAMERICA  121sw
PIRATE  46se
ROUTES  613ne
VERRAZANO  1311n
VIKINGSHIP  1210nw
VOYAGE  17n
VOYAGE  17n