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

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1S P I C E S # # F R A N C E D
2A N # # H E V I K I N G # L #
3L # A I # T # # # # # # O # #
4I # P C # U S U O R E G N A D
5E # # # I O # # # # # # # # N
6D # # # # R S U B M U L O C A
7D N A L G N E X P L O R E R L
8T N A H C R E M # I E K A R D
9# # # # # A I S A E R # # # N
10# # N O S K C I R E P A # # U
11# # O N A Z A R R E V O T # O
12# C A B O T # # # # # I R E F
13# # # # # # # # # # # # T U W
14R E I T R A C I T N A L T A E
15# # # # # E G A Y O V # # # N
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  99w
ATLANTIC  1414w
CABOT  212e
CARTIER  714w
COLUMBUS  146w
DANGEROUS  154w
DRAKE  158w
ENGLAND  77w
ERICKSON  1010w
EUROPE  1514nw
EXPLORER  77e
FRANCE  91e
GOLD  124ne
MERCHANT  88w
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515n
PIRATE  97se
ROUTE  66n
SALIED  11s
SHIP  61sw
SPICES  11e
VERRAZANO  1111w
VIKING  72e
VOYAGE  1115w