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

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1T # # # # # # # # S E C I P S
2# N # # V I K I N G # # # N #
3# # A E T A R I P A I S A # #
4P # # H S U B M U L O C # R F
5# I # # C A # # # # I A E E R
6# D H # # R L # # R # R # P A
7# # L S # O E I E # O T N O N
8# # # O U N N M E L E I O R C
9E # # # G O A A P D T E S U E
10K # # L T E R X Z # U R K E #
11A # A # V O E E # A O # C G #
12R N # I # # B # G # R # I A #
13D # T # # # # A # N # R R Y #
14# A T L A N T I C # A # E O #
15N E W F O U N D L A N D # V #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  133w
ATLANTIC  214e
CABOT  914nw
CARTIER  124s
COLUMBUS  124w
DANGEROUS  1215nw
DRAKE  113n
ENGLAND  77sw
ERICKSON  1314n
EUROPE  1410n
EXPLORER  711ne
FRANCE  154s
GOLD  59nw
MERCHANT  88nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115e
PIRATE  93w
ROUTE  1112n
SALIED  54se
SHIP  47nw
SPICES  151w
VERRAZANO  1415nw
VIKING  52e
VOYAGE  1415n