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

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1A F R A N C E M E R C H A N T
2J T # R O U T E S E G A Y O V
3A # A J O H N C A B O T P D #
4Q O # L # # # O A # S # I N #
5U N # E A # # L D # U # R A #
6E A D I S N # O A # B E A L E
7S Z N F I # T N N # M R T D T
8C A A E A # # I A # U O E N A
9A R L R # # # S C # L L # U G
10R R E I # # # T # O O P # O I
11T E C C E # # S # # C X # F V
12I V I K I N G S H I P E # W A
13E # A S E N G L A N D # A E N
14R R # O D N A L N E E R G N #
15D # # N O R T H A M E R I C A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  55s
ATALANTICOCEAN  88se
CANADA  99n
COLONISTS  83s
COLUMBUS  1111n
DRAKE  115ne
ENGLAND  513e
EXPLORE  1212n
FRANCE  21e
GREENLAND  1314w
ICELAND  312n
JAQUESCARTIER  11s
JOHNCABOT  43e
LEIFERICKSON  44s
MERCHANT  81e
NAVIGATE  1513n
NEWFOUNDLAND  1414n
NORTHAMERICA  415e
PIRATE  133s
ROUTES  42e
VERRAZANO  212n
VIKINGSHIP  112e
VOYAGE  152w
VOYAGE  152w