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

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1# D E I L A S # # E # # # # N
2G N I K I V N # # P A I S A E
3# # # # # O O # # O # # T X W
4D R A K E Y S # # R # I P # F
5# # # # # A K U # U V L I # O
6S # C R # G C # O E O D R # U
7E # I E # E I # A R # L A # N
8C C T I # # R M E # E O T # D
9I A N T # # E R E N # G E # L
10P B A R # R # # # R G # N # A
11S O L A I # # # # O C L # A N
12# T T C O L U M B U S H A # D
13O N A Z A R R E V T # H A N #
14# N # # # # # # # E # # I N D
15S F R A N C E # # # # # # P T
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  142w
ATLANTIC  313n
CABOT  28s
CARTIER  412n
COLUMBUS  412e
DANGEROUS  1512nw
DRAKE  14e
ENGLAND  98se
ERICKSON  79n
EUROPE  106n
EXPLORER  152sw
FRANCE  215e
GOLD  129n
MERCHANT  88se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  134s
ROUTE  1010s
SALIED  71w
SHIP  1112se
SPICES  111n
VERRAZANO  913w
VIKING  62w
VOYAGE  62s