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.

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

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1N E W F O U N D L A N D # # E
2# A T L A N T I C # A # # # K
3# # T # # # # A # N # V # # A
4# # # I # # B # G # E # N # R
5# E # # V O # E # R N S O E D
6# T # # T E R # R E G U S C E
7# A # # U O A A # T L B K N I
8# R # R U S Z M V U A M C A L
9# I O S I A E I E O N U I R A
10# P H A N R K # # R D L R F S
11E I # O C I # # # # I O E # E
12P # # H N R E I T R A C # # C
13# # A G O L D # # # # # A # I
14# N # # # # E G A Y O V # N P
15T # # # # # E X P L O R E R S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  77sw
ATLANTIC  22e
CABOT  92sw
CARTIER  1212w
COLUMBUS  1212n
DANGEROUS  121sw
DRAKE  155n
ENGLAND  114s
ERICKSON  1311n
EUROPE  66sw
EXPLORER  715e
FRANCE  1410n
GOLD  413e
MERCHANT  88sw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11e
PIRATE  210n
ROUTE  1010n
SALIED  1510n
SHIP  49sw
SPICES  1515n
VERRAZANO  123sw
VIKING  98sw
VOYAGE  1214w