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

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6A E # L G P # E L R E # I # K
7L C # D L O # O E T # T # P E
8D I # # A R C M U # R # I # X
9N T # # N U A O # A # H # # P
10U N # # D E R I C K S O N S L
11O A # # V E R R A Z A N O A O
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  214e
ATLANTIC  214n
CABOT  53e
CARTIER  910ne
COLUMBUS  78ne
DANGEROUS  14e
DRAKE  153s
ENGLAND  54s
ERICKSON  610e
EUROPE  610n
EXPLORER  157s
FRANCE  413e
GOLD  44s
MERCHANT  615e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115n
PIRATE  131sw
ROUTE  710ne
SALIED  1410s
SHIP  1110ne
SPICES  141w
VERRAZANO  511e
VIKING  21e
VOYAGE  21s