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.

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

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1S G M E R C H A N T # D # A #
2P N N # # P I H S E # L # I #
3I # A I # # # # T # # O # S #
4C # # C K # S U O R E G N A D
5E # S A I I O # # # # # # # N
6S # U R # R V O Y A G E # # A
7A E B T # # E R I C K S O N L
8L C M I # # N M E U R O P E D
9I N U E # # G # A R # # # # N
10E A L R # # L # # E O # # # U
11D R O N A Z A R R E V L # # O
12# F C # # # N E T A R I P # F
13# # E K A R D # # # # # T X W
14# # T O B A C I T N A L T A E
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # N
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  144n
ATLANTIC  1414w
CABOT  714w
CARTIER  44s
COLUMBUS  312n
DANGEROUS  154w
DRAKE  713w
ENGLAND  77s
ERICKSON  77e
EUROPE  98e
EXPLORER  1514nw
FRANCE  212n
GOLD  124n
MERCHANT  31e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515n
PIRATE  1312w
ROUTE  66ne
SALIED  16s
SHIP  92w
SPICES  11s
VERRAZANO  1111w
VIKING  76nw
VOYAGE  76e