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.

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

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2# # # # D N # # # # E O A N P
3# # # # N N A # # I B L A # I
4D # # D A O # H T A I C T # C
5N A # L L S # R C E I O L # E
6A # N O G K A # D R # L A # S
7L # # G N C # R E # E U N # #
8D R A K E I E M P # # M T # E
9N E T U O R A E G I # B I E C
10U # # # O E O # P N H U C G N
11O # # L V # # U # O I S # A A
12F # P I R A T E S # R K # Y R
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  214e
ATLANTIC  133s
CABOT  95ne
CARTIER  67ne
COLUMBUS  124s
DANGEROUS  14se
DRAKE  18e
ENGLAND  58n
ERICKSON  610n
EUROPE  1314nw
EXPLORER  114ne
FRANCE  1513n
GOLD  47n
MERCHANT  128nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115n
PIRATE  312e
ROUTE  69w
SALIED  141sw
SHIP  1211nw
SPICES  151s
VERRAZANO  1414w
VIKING  1414nw
VOYAGE  1414n