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

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1N # # # D E I L A S # P # # G
2E A S I A P # # N # I # # N #
3W X T # # O # # O H # # I # D
4F # P I # R # # S # # K E N R
5O # I L V U # U K # I T A S A
6U # R D O E O # C V U L C P K
7N # A L # R A # I O G O I I E
8D M T O E C E M R N N T T C R
9L # E G # E O R E A # O N E E
10A F N R # # G L Z R # B A S I
11N A R # C # # A U # I A L # T
12D # # A # H R # Y M # C T # R
13# # # # N R A # # O B # A # A
14# # # # E C # N # # V U # N C
15# # # V # # E # T # # # S # S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  22e
ATLANTIC  1313n
CABOT  1212n
CARTIER  1514n
COLUMBUS  68se
DANGEROUS  112ne
DRAKE  153s
ENGLAND  99ne
ERICKSON  99n
EUROPE  66n
EXPLORER  12se
FRANCE  210se
GOLD  49n
MERCHANT  28se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11s
PIRATE  34s
ROUTE  98ne
SALIED  101w
SHIP  94ne
SPICES  145s
VERRAZANO  415ne
VIKING  106ne
VOYAGE  1114nw