Download and print this free Age of Exploration word search — 15 hidden words from the era when CARAVELs left European harbours and redrew every map they touched. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and built for world-history units, homeschool co-ops, and revision that doesn’t feel like revision.
The word list runs medium: GOLD, SEA and TRADE surface quickly, while EXPEDITION, IMPERIALISM and NAVIGATION demand real focus in the grid. It fits solvers from about 10 up, which is right when this period lands in most curricula.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
Every word anchors a lesson point: COLUMBUS and the NEWWORLD, the MAPMAKING that followed each DISCOVERY, the SAILING technology that made it possible, and the CONQUEST and IMPERIALISM that came with it. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- CARAVEL
- COLUMBUS
- CONQUEST
- DISCOVERY
- EXPEDITION
- EXPLORATION
- GOLD
- IMPERIALISM
- MAPMAKING
- NAVIGATION
- NEWWORLD
- OCEAN
- SAILING
- SEA
- TRADE