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 J A Q U E S C A R T I E R P
Q T O O N A Z A R R E V X A G
E G A H O A Z N W G S I P D R
N M S L N Y L A W X T K L N E
G T I E A C Y D J L S I O A E
L D A I T N A A K F I N R L N
A R C F N A T B W V N G E D L
N G R E A V S I O Z O S R N A
D V E R H I D U C T L H Y U N
R O T I C G S N B O O I A O D
V Y A C R A N E A M C P W F R
M A R K E T M H T L U E X W A
G G I S M E O L V U E L A E K
N E P O F R A N C E O C O N E
V Z O 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 J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
2# T O O N A Z A R R E V X # G
3E # A H # # # N # # S I P D R
4N # S L N # # A # # T K L N E
5G # I E A C # D # # S I O A E
6L # A I T N A A # # I N R L N
7A # # F N A T B # # N G E D L
8N # # E A V S I O # O S # N A
9D V E R H I D U C T L H # U N
10# O T I C G S N B O O I # O D
11# Y A C R A # E A M C P # F R
12# A R K E T # # T L U E # W A
13# G I S M E # # # U E L A E K
14# E P O F R A N C E O C O N E
15# # # N O R T H A M E R I C A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33s
ATALANTICOCEAN  88se
CANADA  81s
COLONISTS  1111n
COLUMBUS  1415nw
DRAKE  1510s
ENGLAND  13s
EXPLORE  131s
FRANCE  514e
GREENLAND  152s
ICELAND  1315nw
JAQUESCARTIER  11e
JOHNCABOT  21se
LEIFERICKSON  44s
MERCHANT  513n
NAVIGATE  66s
NEWFOUNDLAND  1414n
NORTHAMERICA  415e
PIRATE  314n
ROUTES  1215nw
VERRAZANO  122w
VIKINGSHIP  121s
VOYAGE  29s
VOYAGE  29s