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

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1N # # # # # # E G A Y O V # #
2E A S I A # # # # # # I O # D
3W T T # # # # R # # K N # N R
4F L # I # # E # S I A # A # A
5O A # # V I # U N Z # L # # K
6U N # S T E O G A # G O L D E
7N T # R A R A R # N # # # # #
8D I A # E L R M E R C H A N T
9L C # G # E I # E E # # # # #
10A # N # V # # E # R O U T E E
11N A S P I C E S D O I # # P #
12D # # # S U B M U L O C O # #
13# # F R A N C E # P I R A T E
14T O B A C # # # # X U # # N #
15# # N O S K C I R E # P I H S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  22e
ATLANTIC  22s
CABOT  514w
CARTIER  29ne
COLUMBUS  1212w
DANGEROUS  112ne
DRAKE  152s
ENGLAND  98ne
ERICKSON  1015w
EUROPE  1015ne
EXPLORER  1015n
FRANCE  313e
GOLD  116e
MERCHANT  88e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11s
PIRATE  1013e
ROUTE  1010e
SALIED  46se
SHIP  1515w
SPICES  311e
VERRAZANO  510ne
VIKING  131sw
VOYAGE  131w