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.

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

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1A C I R E M A H T R O N # # R
2E N A V I G A T E # # O R # O
3G E A S I A # # N # # S E # U
4A W # E P I H S G N I K I V T
5Y F G X C # # # L # C C T E E
6O O R P T O # # A # E I R R S
7V U E L S O C # N # L R A R M
8O N E O T # B I D # A E C A E
9Y D N R S A E A T # N F S Z R
10A L L E I # D K C N D I E A C
11G A A T N # # A A N A E U N H
12E N N A O # # # N R H L Q O A
13# D D R L # # # # A D O A # N
14# # # I O # F R A N C E J T T
15# # # P C O L U M B U S # # A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33e
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  1114nw
COLONISTS  515n
COLUMBUS  515e
DRAKE  1113nw
ENGLAND  92s
EXPLORE  44s
FRANCE  714e
GREENLAND  35s
ICELAND  114s
JAQUESCARTIER  1313n
JOHNCABOT  1314nw
LEIFERICKSON  1212n
MERCHANT  157s
NAVIGATE  22e
NEWFOUNDLAND  22s
NORTHAMERICA  121w
PIRATE  415n
ROUTES  151s
VERRAZANO  144s
VIKINGSHIP  134w
VOYAGE  17n
VOYAGE  17n