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

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1E # # S U B M U L O C # # # A
2T # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3A # # E F R A N C E G # A # I
4R # S # G # # A A R # E S P R
5I O # T # A N E E L C # I # E
6P N # # S A Y E T O G H A E M
7D A E S D I N O C A S N R # A
8N Z K A E L N I V G G O E # H
9A A A # A T T O N # L I # # T
10L R R N # N U I L P # # V # R
11E R D # A # K O X O # # # A O
12C E # L E I F E R I C K S O N
13I V A # V # T O B A C N H O J
14# T # # # # # T N A H C R E M
15A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  133s
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  93sw
COLONISTS  1112nw
COLUMBUS  111w
DRAKE  311n
ENGLAND  138nw
EXPLORE  812ne
FRANCE  53e
GREENLAND  113sw
ICELAND  113n
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  1513w
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  1514w
NAVIGATE  1512nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  16n
ROUTES  912nw
VERRAZANO  213n
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  98nw
VOYAGE  98nw