Notable Explorers Bingo Cards

Notable Explorers Bingo Card

These cards are about Notable Explorers. They were made using such words as Amerigo Vespucci, Henry Hudson, Jonathan Carver, Louis Jolliet, and Sebastian Cabot.

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Words List For Notable Explorers Bingo Cards

Amerigo Vespucci Christopher Columbus Cristobal de Acuna Emin Pasha Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson Hernando De Soto Jacques Cartier James Bruce John Cabot
Jonathan Carver Juan Ponce de Leon Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Leif Ericsson Lincoln Ellsworth
Louis Jolliet Marco Polo Meriwether Lewis Roald Amundsen Robert Gray
Sebastian Cabot Sir Francis Drake Sir Richard Francis Burton Sir Walter Raleigh William Clark



How To Play Notable Explorers Bingo

  1. Print out your free Notable Explorers bingo boards, or make custom ones with Bingo Card Creator. Click here to get started.
  2. Give one card to each player.
  3. Call off words randomly, for example by using a call list. You can either just say a word, like "Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo", or you can make up a more involved clue involving Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.
  4. When a word is called, each player should find it and mark it.
  5. The first player(s) to clear five words in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins a small prize.

Notes: How long a bingo game lasts depends on what pace you read the clues at and how many players you have. If you read faster, such as for older or more experienced students, or if you have more players, the game tends to end more quickly. In general, I suggest allocating between twenty and thirty minutes to a bingo game. Since they can potentially end as early as the fourth word called, though that is quite rare, I encourage you to keep playing in the event of the game being over earlier than you expected it to be.