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

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1S A L I E D P # # # # # # # #
2P N # # # # I # # # # # # # #
3I # A S I A H R E I T R A C #
4C D # C # # S U O R E G N A D
5E # L # I E C N A R F K # # N
6S # # O # R O U T E # # A # 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 # # # # D
9# C I T N A L T 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# V I K I N G # # # # I R E F
13# # # # E G A Y O V # # T U W
14# S U B M U L O C A B O T A E
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33e
ATLANTIC  99w
CABOT  914e
CARTIER  143w
COLUMBUS  914w
DANGEROUS  154w
DRAKE  158nw
ENGLAND  77w
ERICKSON  1010w
EUROPE  1514nw
EXPLORER  77e
FRANCE  115w
GOLD  57nw
MERCHANT  88w
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515n
PIRATE  97se
ROUTE  66e
SALIED  11e
SHIP  74n
SPICES  11s
VERRAZANO  1111w
VIKING  212e
VOYAGE  1013w