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 P I C E S D R E R O L P X E
J N C V D V N R L S V G V S D
C F A A T P A A A I M O R E T
A O G C I Y L M K K N Q P O P
R P L R I C G I E A E O B I Q
T O A U Q R N S Z R R A H V E
I T I F M G E A E U C S G G O
E X G B K B R M E C U H A Y Q
R E T U O R U R A O N Y A C U
P S Z N E S I S R E O A T N P
O A O V Z C A E S V V Z R O T
I Y I N K L G O L D G I Y F A
W I Z S I N Y W R D U V T W U
F X O E A G C I T N A L T A V
K N D 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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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  514nw
ATLANTIC  1414w
CABOT  117ne
CARTIER  13s
COLUMBUS  13se
DANGEROUS  415ne
DRAKE  71se
ENGLAND  77n
ERICKSON  98sw
EUROPE  98ne
EXPLORER  151w
FRANCE  1412nw
GOLD  712e
MERCHANT  84se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515w
PIRATE  63sw
ROUTE  69w
SALIED  810sw
SHIP  127ne
SPICES  11e
VERRAZANO  411ne
VIKING  112sw
VOYAGE  1011ne