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 S I A W T E P S P I R A T E
J T P S U O G D T R G D T Y Y
A S A L F B A N S O R R N D D
Q O C L R A Y A I U E A A N F
U N A E A C O L N T E K H A S
E A N I N N V E O E N E C L U
S Z A F C H T C L S L R R D B
C A D E E O D I O B A O E N M
A R A R Q J N M C Z N L M U U
R R R I C O A I C O D P J O L
T E K C Y O L O E U C X Q F O
I V I K I N G S H I P E J W C
E X B S W S N I N Y W Z A E J
R B U O H D E T A G I V A N H
U W B 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 S I A # T E # S P I R A T E
2J T # # # O G D T R G D T # #
3A # A # F B A N S O R R N D #
4Q O C L R A Y A I U E A A N #
5U N A E A C O L N T E K H A S
6E A N I N N V E O E N E C L U
7S Z A F C H T C L S L R R D B
8C A D E E O D I O # A O E N M
9A R A R # J N # C # N L M U U
10R R # I # # A # # O D P # O L
11T E # C # # L # # # C X # F O
12I V I K I N G S H I P E # W C
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14R # # O # # E T A G I V A N #
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  11e
ATALANTICOCEAN  88se
CANADA  34s
COLONISTS  99n
COLUMBUS  1512n
DRAKE  122s
ENGLAND  714n
EXPLORE  1212n
FRANCE  53s
GREENLAND  112s
ICELAND  88n
JAQUESCARTIER  11s
JOHNCABOT  69n
LEIFERICKSON  44s
MERCHANT  139n
NAVIGATE  1414w
NEWFOUNDLAND  1414n
NORTHAMERICA  415e
PIRATE  101e
ROUTES  102s
VERRAZANO  212n
VIKINGSHIP  112e
VOYAGE  76n
VOYAGE  76n