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.

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

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1T # # # E # # # # # # # # # N
2# N D # # P C I T N A L T A E
3# # A N # # O # # # # # T X W
4# C E H A A S R # # # I P # F
5G A C S C L I U U # V L I # O
6N R N U # R G S O E O # R # U
7I T A B # # E N A R # # A # N
8K I R M # # # M E I E # T # D
9I E F U # # E R # C E G E # L
10V R # L # R # # A K G O N # A
11# # # O I # O B # S A L # A N
12P # # C # # O U # O Y D # # D
13I # A # # T # # T N O # # # #
14H N O N A Z A R R E V # # # #
15S P I C E S A L I E D R A K E
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  97nw
ATLANTIC  142w
CABOT  109sw
CARTIER  24s
COLUMBUS  412n
DANGEROUS  1512nw
DRAKE  1115e
ENGLAND  98nw
ERICKSON  106s
EUROPE  106nw
EXPLORER  152sw
FRANCE  39n
GOLD  129s
MERCHANT  88nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  134s
ROUTE  610se
SALIED  615e
SHIP  115n
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  1114w
VIKING  110n
VOYAGE  1114n