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.

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

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1T # # # E G A Y O V # P I H S
2D N # # # E # # # # # # # N P
3# N A # # T # # # # # # A # I
4D # A H S U B M U L O C T E C
5N A # L C O # # # # I A L K E
6A # N # G R # # # R V R A A S
7L S E G # N E R E # E T N R G
8D A T O E # E M R # R I T D N
9N L A L # R A # I # R E I # I
10U I R D O E O # C F A R C # K
11O E I L V U # U K R Z # A # I
12F D P I # R # # S A A # B # V
13W X T # # O # # O N N # O # #
14E A S I A P # # N C O # T # #
15N # # # # E # # # E # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  214e
ATLANTIC  133s
CABOT  1310s
CARTIER  124s
COLUMBUS  124w
DANGEROUS  14se
DRAKE  148n
ENGLAND  78nw
ERICKSON  97s
EUROPE  610s
EXPLORER  114ne
FRANCE  1010s
GOLD  47s
MERCHANT  88nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115n
PIRATE  312n
ROUTE  66n
SALIED  27s
SHIP  151w
SPICES  151s
VERRAZANO  116s
VIKING  1512n
VOYAGE  101w