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.

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

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5C D N A L G N E # O V # # A #
6N E N O S K C I R E # # # N #
7A # T # # A # E A O U # # T #
8R # # U R # R M E S U R # I #
9F # # T O # E G E # I S O C #
10# # I # # R A # # R # A H P #
11# E # # I Y T O B A C # # I E
12R # # C O L U M B U S H # # P
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  97se
ATLANTIC  142s
CABOT  1111w
CARTIER  76sw
COLUMBUS  412e
DANGEROUS  41se
DRAKE  25n
ENGLAND  85w
ERICKSON  106w
EUROPE  106se
EXPLORER  141sw
FRANCE  19n
GOLD  74w
MERCHANT  88se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151w
PIRATE  123w
ROUTE  610nw
SALIED  615e
SHIP  129se
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  413e
VIKING  62e
VOYAGE  413ne