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.

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

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2# # # A # # R S # # # # U A #
3# # E N # A E A # # # R T T S
4D # G G K # R L # # O I # L U
5L F A E # # O I # P V # # A B
6O R Y R # # L E E E E # # N M
7G A O O # # P D A R R # # T U
8N N V U # I X M S I R # # I L
9I C # S R # E E I C A # # C O
10K E # A # R N R A K Z # # A C
11I # T # I O G C # S A # # R A
12V E P C # U L H # O N # # T B
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  97s
ATLANTIC  142s
CABOT  1510s
CARTIER  149s
COLUMBUS  1510n
DANGEROUS  41s
DRAKE  81sw
ENGLAND  79s
ERICKSON  106s
EUROPE  141sw
EXPLORER  79n
FRANCE  25s
GOLD  17n
MERCHANT  88s
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151w
PIRATE  77sw
ROUTE  610s
SALIED  82s
SHIP  615nw
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  115s
VIKING  112n
VOYAGE  38n