Early Explorers

ASIA
ATLANTIC
CABOT
CARTIER
COLUMBUS
DANGEROUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
ERICKSON
EUROPE
EXPLORER
FRANCE
GOLD
MERCHANT
NATIVEAMERICANS
NEWFOUNDLAND
PIRATE
ROUTE
SALIED
SHIP
SPICES
VERRAZANO
VIKING
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 on their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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1N E W F O U N D L A N D # # D
2# A U E # # # R R # # A # L P
3# T T R T # # A E # # N O # I
4# L # I O A # K R # # G # # H
5# A C # V P R E O # # E # # S
6# N A # E E E I L E # R # # U
7# T B V R R A # P C # O # # B
8# I O I R I # M X N # U # # M
9E C T K A C # E E A # S # # U
10G A # I Z K D R N R O U T E L
11A R # N A S E C G F I # # # O
12Y T # G N O I H L # # C # # C
13O I # # O N L A A A I S A # #
14V E # # # # A N N # # # # N #
15# R # # # # S T D S E C I P S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1313w
ATLANTIC  22s
CABOT  35s
CARTIER  29s
COLUMBUS  1512n
DANGEROUS  121s
DRAKE  81s
ENGLAND  99s
ERICKSON  66s
EUROPE  21se
EXPLORER  99n
FRANCE  1011n
GOLD  124ne
MERCHANT  88s
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11e
PIRATE  97nw
ROUTE  1010e
SALIED  715n
SHIP  155n
SPICES  1515w
VERRAZANO  55s
VIKING  47s
VOYAGE  114n