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

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3# T T P I R A T E N # # # A N
4# L # I L D L O G # # # # R I
5# A V # V O # E N G L A N D K
6E N O P # E R I C K S O N E I
7C T Y I # O A E # A # # T # V
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15T # # # D E I L A S E C I P S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  77sw
ATLANTIC  22s
CABOT  29s
CARTIER  96se
COLUMBUS  1212w
DANGEROUS  121sw
DRAKE  145n
ENGLAND  85e
ERICKSON  66e
EUROPE  87sw
EXPLORER  21se
FRANCE  111n
GOLD  94w
MERCHANT  88sw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11e
PIRATE  43e
ROUTE  1010ne
SALIED  1015w
SHIP  49n
SPICES  1515w
VERRAZANO  414e
VIKING  157n
VOYAGE  35s