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.

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

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1D M E R C H A N T # # A # # #
2N N S T S I N O L O C # R # C
3A # A D N A L E C I # # E # A
4L P # E X P L O R E # # I D N
5D # I # C # # E # # # S T N A
6N D # H # O M S E T U O R A D
7U R N # S A C G # B # # A L A
8O A # A H G A I M # A # C N E
9F K # T L Y N U T # I # S E C
10W E R # O G L I # N S # E E N
11E O # V # O N # K # A # U R A
12N O S K C I R E F I E L Q G R
13# # O N A Z A R R E V # A # F
14# # # # T O B A C N H O J T #
15E T A R I P E T A G I V A N A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1111n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  152s
COLONISTS  112w
COLUMBUS  512ne
DRAKE  26s
ENGLAND  812nw
EXPLORE  44e
FRANCE  1513n
GREENLAND  1412n
ICELAND  103w
JAQUESCARTIER  1313n
JOHNCABOT  1314w
LEIFERICKSON  1212w
MERCHANT  21e
NAVIGATE  1415w
NEWFOUNDLAND  112n
NORTHAMERICA  112ne
PIRATE  615w
ROUTES  136w
VERRAZANO  1113w
VIKINGSHIP  1012nw
VOYAGE  411ne
VOYAGE  411ne