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

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1S S # O G N I K I V # D D # T
2E N E # N D # # # # E N R N #
3C # A C # A L # # I A # A # #
4N # T C I # Z O L L # H K # D
5A R L O I P # A G # C # E A N
6R E A L # R S N R R # # N # A
7F I N U E O E R E R # G E # L
8# T T M G U R M E # E # T # D
9# R I B A T I # A R # V A # N
10# A C U Y E C # O E O # R # U
11# C A S O # K U U # V L I # O
12# # B # V # S R # # # I P # F
13# # O # # # O H # # # # T X W
14# # T # # P N # I # A I S A E
15# # # # E # # # # P # # # # N
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1414w
ATLANTIC  33s
CABOT  310s
CARTIER  211n
COLUMBUS  44s
DANGEROUS  154sw
DRAKE  131s
ENGLAND  77ne
ERICKSON  77s
EUROPE  1010sw
EXPLORER  1514nw
FRANCE  17n
GOLD  95nw
MERCHANT  88ne
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515n
PIRATE  1312n
ROUTE  66s
SALIED  76ne
SHIP  712se
SPICES  76nw
VERRAZANO  129nw
VIKING  101w
VOYAGE  512n