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.

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

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1G R # # # # # T D S E C I P S
2N E # # # # S N N E # # # N #
3I I # # O N A A A T # # A # T
4K T # # N O L H L U # C # O C
5I R # # A S I C G O I # B # O
6V A # # Z K E R N R E A # # L
7O C # # A C D E E # C S # # U
8Y I # # R I # M X # N U # # M
9A T # # R R A # P # A O # # B
10G N # # E E E I L # R R # # U
11E A # # V P R E O # F E # # S
12# L # I O A # K R A # G # # H
13# T T R T # # A E I # N O # I
14# A U E # # # R R S # A # L P
15N E W F O U N D L A N D # # D
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1015n
ATLANTIC  214n
CABOT  117ne
CARTIER  27n
COLUMBUS  154s
DANGEROUS  1215n
DRAKE  815n
ENGLAND  97n
ERICKSON  610n
EUROPE  215ne
EXPLORER  97s
FRANCE  1111n
GOLD  1212se
MERCHANT  88n
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115e
PIRATE  99sw
ROUTE  106n
SALIED  72s
SHIP  1511s
SPICES  151w
VERRAZANO  511n
VIKING  16n
VOYAGE  16s