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

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1# # # P E # # F R A N C E # N
2# # # # I P N # # # A I S A E
3# # # # # H O # # # # # T X W
4G N I K I V S R # # # I P # F
5# # # # V # K U U # V L I # O
6E # C R O E C # O E O D R # U
7K # I E Y T I # A R # L A # N
8A # T I A U R M E # E O T # D
9R # N T G O E R E N # G E # L
10D # A R E R # # # R G # N # A
11E # L A I # T O B A C L # A N
12I # T C O L U M B U S H A # D
13L # A O N A Z A R R E V A N #
14A N # # # # # # # # # # # N D
15S P I C E S # # # # # # # # T
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  142w
ATLANTIC  313n
CABOT  1111w
CARTIER  412n
COLUMBUS  412e
DANGEROUS  1512nw
DRAKE  110n
ENGLAND  98se
ERICKSON  79n
EUROPE  106nw
EXPLORER  152sw
FRANCE  81e
GOLD  129n
MERCHANT  88se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  134s
ROUTE  610n
SALIED  115n
SHIP  74nw
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  1213w
VIKING  64w
VOYAGE  55s