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

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1# # V O Y A G E # # # A I S A
2# # M E R C H A N T # # # T J
3# # O N A Z A R R E V # A O A
4N O S K C I R E F I E L H # Q
5O # E C N A R F K T A N # # U
6R D N A L E C I A N C # # # E
7T E # # # # N G T A # # # # S
8H T # # # G I I B A D A N A C
9A A # # S V C O L U M B U S A
10M R # H A O T # # S E T U O R
11E I I N C O L O N I S T S # T
12R P # E X P L O R E # # # # I
13I # A # E K A R D N A L G N E
14C N E W F O U N D L A N D # R
15A # # # # G R E E N L A N D #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  151w
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  158w
COLONISTS  511e
COLUMBUS  79e
DRAKE  913w
ENGLAND  1513w
EXPLORE  412e
FRANCE  85w
GREENLAND  615e
ICELAND  86w
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  152sw
LEIFERICKSON  124w
MERCHANT  32e
NAVIGATE  411ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  214e
NORTHAMERICA  14s
PIRATE  212n
ROUTES  1510w
VERRAZANO  113w
VIKINGSHIP  104sw
VOYAGE  31e
VOYAGE  31e