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

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1N # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2E A T L A N T I C A R T I E R
3W U T C O L U M B U S H I P #
4F E R I # # # T O B A C # # #
5O # T O V E R R A Z A N O # #
6U # # A P E R I C K S O N # #
7N # # # R E A S I A # # # # #
8D # # # # I # M E R C H A N T
9L R E R O L P X E N G L A N D
10A # A # # E T U O R N # # # S
11N # # K # # # # # # I # # # E
12D A N G E R O U S # K C # # C
13# # O # # # # # # # I # A # I
14# L # # # E G A Y O V # # N P
15D # F R A N C E # D E I L A S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  77e
ATLANTIC  22e
CABOT  124w
CARTIER  92e
COLUMBUS  43e
DANGEROUS  112e
DRAKE  18se
ENGLAND  99e
ERICKSON  66e
EUROPE  12se
EXPLORER  99w
FRANCE  315e
GOLD  412sw
MERCHANT  88e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11s
PIRATE  79nw
ROUTE  1010w
SALIED  1515w
SHIP  113e
SPICES  1515n
VERRAZANO  55e
VIKING  1114n
VOYAGE  1114w