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

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2C N E W F O U N D L A N D # #
3I A A S I A G # E G A Y O V #
4R V I E # # T R O U T E S # #
5E I C P C T # N E N G L A N D
6M G E I E O O S A E # # # # #
7A A L H A R C B U H N # # # E
8H T A S D # O I A B C L # # K
9T E N G A # # L T C M R A # A
10R # D N N # # # P N N U E N R
11O # # I A # # # # X A H L M D
12N O S K C I R E F I E L O O #
13# R E I T R A C S E U Q A J C
14# # # V E R R A Z A N O # T #
15# F R A N C E P I R A T E # A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33e
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  512n
COLONISTS  31e
COLUMBUS  1513nw
DRAKE  1511n
ENGLAND  95e
EXPLORE  1112nw
FRANCE  215e
GREENLAND  73se
ICELAND  34s
JAQUESCARTIER  1313w
JOHNCABOT  1413nw
LEIFERICKSON  1212w
MERCHANT  1411nw
NAVIGATE  22s
NEWFOUNDLAND  22e
NORTHAMERICA  112n
PIRATE  815e
ROUTES  84e
VERRAZANO  414e
VIKINGSHIP  413n
VOYAGE  143w
VOYAGE  143w