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.

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

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1V # # # # E # # # E # # # # N
2# I # # C # N # # P A I S A E
3D # K N # # O # # O # # T T W
4# N A I E # S # # R # I V L F
5T R A K N A K U # U V E O A O
6F N A L L G C # O E R # Y N U
7# R A I G A I # A R # # A T N
8D # E H R N R M A O E # G I D
9# D # T C # E Z # U P G E C L
10# # I A # R A # # T I O N # A
11# E B # I N E # # E H L # A N
12R O # C O L U M B U S D # # D
13T # A # # # R E R O L P X E #
14# N # # # # # # E T A R I P #
15S P I C E S # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  142w
ATLANTIC  142s
CABOT  59sw
CARTIER  76sw
COLUMBUS  412e
DANGEROUS  1512nw
DRAKE  18ne
ENGLAND  79nw
ERICKSON  79n
EUROPE  106n
EXPLORER  1413w
FRANCE  16ne
GOLD  129s
MERCHANT  812nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  1414w
ROUTE  107s
SALIED  74sw
SHIP  1112n
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  134sw
VIKING  11se
VOYAGE  134s