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

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7P I H S V C E O O A A # # C E
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9# # # O K A I E A U R T # T A
10# E # R I N C N R E E A # N Y
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  615n
ATLANTIC  1414n
CABOT  108ne
CARTIER  108n
COLUMBUS  108nw
DANGEROUS  415n
DRAKE  81sw
ENGLAND  89s
ERICKSON  77s
EUROPE  1110nw
EXPLORER  1415nw
FRANCE  215n
GOLD  811se
MERCHANT  64s
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515w
PIRATE  1213n
ROUTE  66w
SALIED  31e
SHIP  47w
SPICES  11s
VERRAZANO  1111n
VIKING  57s
VOYAGE  1512n