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.

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

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1# # E G R E E N L A N D # # A
2# # T J O H N C A B O T # T J
3E D A # S # # C A N A D A # A
4T N R T T E G A Y O V L # D Q
5A A I N S D R A K E A E V N U
6G L P A I C E L A N D I E A E
7I D # H N # # # T # K F R L S
8V N # C O # # I S I R E R G C
9A U # R L # C U N A X R A N A
10N O A E O O B G N P O I Z E R
11# F I M C M S C L U # C A # T
12# W S E U H E O T # # K N # I
13# E A L I # R E # # # S O # E
14# N O P # E S # # # # O # # R
15A C I R E M A H T R O N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  313n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  83e
COLONISTS  511n
COLUMBUS  215ne
DRAKE  65e
ENGLAND  1410n
EXPLORE  128sw
FRANCE  127sw
GREENLAND  41e
ICELAND  56e
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  42e
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  411n
NAVIGATE  110n
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  36n
ROUTES  129sw
VERRAZANO  135s
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  114w
VOYAGE  114w