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

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1S P I C E S # # # # # # # # T
2A N # # # # # # # # # # # N D
3L # A S I A # # # # # # A N #
4I # T C O L U M B U S H A # D
5E # L A I # # # # # C L # A N
6D V A R # R # # # R G # N # A
7# I N T # N E R E N # G # # L
8# K T I # O # M E U E K A R D
9# I I E E S P # A R R # # # N
10# N C R G K I # O E O O # # U
11# G A # A C H U # # V L P # O
12# O B # Y I S E T A R I P E F
13# L O # O R O U T E # # T X W
14# D T # V E R R A Z A N O A E
15# F R A N C E # # # # # # # N
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33e
ATLANTIC  33s
CABOT  310s
CARTIER  44s
COLUMBUS  44e
DANGEROUS  154sw
DRAKE  158w
ENGLAND  98ne
ERICKSON  614n
EUROPE  97se
EXPLORER  1514nw
FRANCE  215e
GOLD  211s
MERCHANT  88ne
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515n
PIRATE  1312w
ROUTE  613e
SALIED  11s
SHIP  712n
SPICES  11e
VERRAZANO  514e
VIKING  26s
VOYAGE  514n