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

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1# # # # # # # # P D E I L A S
2# # # # # # # # I # # E # N P
3S U B M U L O C H # T # A # I
4D A N G E R O U S A # C # # C
5N # # K U # # # R # I # # # E
6A # A # R # # I # R O U T E S
7L R E R O L P X E N G L A N D
8D # # # P # # M E R C H A N T
9N # # # E G A Y O V I K I N G
10U # # # O E R I C K S O N # #
11O A # L V E R R A Z A N O # #
12F I D I # # # # # E C N A R F
13W S T # # # # # # # # # # # #
14E A T L A N T I C A R T I E R
15N # # # # # # # # T O B A C #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  214n
ATLANTIC  214e
CABOT  1415w
CARTIER  914e
COLUMBUS  83w
DANGEROUS  14e
DRAKE  18ne
ENGLAND  97e
ERICKSON  610e
EUROPE  54s
EXPLORER  97w
FRANCE  1512w
GOLD  69sw
MERCHANT  88e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115n
PIRATE  77ne
ROUTE  106e
SALIED  151w
SHIP  94n
SPICES  151s
VERRAZANO  511e
VIKING  109e
VOYAGE  109w