Thanksgiving Day in 2010

In 2010, Thanksgiving will be celebrated on November 25. Annually, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. We have a fun, printable Thanksgiving Word Search Puzzle for kids that can be used in grades 4 through 12. This modern puzzle includes such terms as tofurkey, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.

Trivia Question: What professional football team plays a game every year on Thanksgiving Day? The answer is a search term in the puzzle!

Word Search Puzzle: The Enlightenment in Europe

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




Terms:

BACH
BAROQUE
CATHERINE THE GREAT
CENSORSHIP
CHANGE
CONSTITUTIONALISM
DEFOE
DE STAEL
DIDEROT
ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS
ENLIGHTENMENT
HANDEL
LIMITED MONARCHY
LOCKE
LOGIC
MACAULAY
MARIA THERESA
MONTESQUIEU
MOZART
NATURAL LAWS
NATURAL RIGHTS
NEOCLASSICAL
PHILOSOPHES
PHYSIOCRAT
REASON
ROCOCO
ROUSSEAU
SALON
SEPARATION OF POWERS
SMITH
SOCIAL CONTRACT
VOLTAIRE
WOLLSTONECRAFT



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Word Search Puzzle: The Scientific Revolution

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




Terms:

ASTRONOMY
BACON
BRAHE
COPERNICUS
DESCARTES
GALILEO
GEOCENTRIC
HELIOCENTRIC THEORY
KEPLER
LAW OF GRAVITY
LOGIC
MATHEMATICIANS
NEWTON
OBSERVATIONS
REASONING
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
SUPERSTITIONS
THEOLOGIANS


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Word Search Puzzle: Leading Figures of the Scientific Revolution

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




Names:

BACON
BOYLE
BRAHE
COPERNICUS
DESCARTES
GALILEO
HARVEY
KEPLER
NEWTON
PARE
VAN LEEUWENHOEK
VESALIUS


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Word Search Puzzle: Political Revolutions

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




Terms:

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
BILL OF RIGHTS
BLOCKADE
COUP D’ETAT
EMIGRES
FRENCH REVOLUTION
GEORGE WASHINGTON
GRAN COLOMBIA
GRAND ARMY
GUERRILLA WARFARE
GUILLOTINE
JOSE DE SAN MARTIN
JUNTAS
LATIN AMERICA
LEVEE EN MASSE
LOUIS XVI
MARIE ANTOINETTE
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
NAPOLEONIC CODE
PLEBISCITE
ROBESPIERRE
SANS-CULOTTES
SIMON BOLIVAR
TENNIS COURT OATH


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Final Exams Word Search Puzzle

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




Terms:

ACADEMIC
ANSWER
BEGIN
BUBBLE SHEET
CLOSED BOOK
CLUES
CONCENTRATE
COURSES
CRAMMING
ESSAY QUESTIONS
FAIL
GRADE
GUESS
HEALTHY BREAKFAST
KNOW
MULTIPLE-CHOICE
NO TALKING
NOTES
OBJECTIVE
OPEN BOOK
ORAL
PASS
PROCTOR
QUESTION
READING
RECALLING
REMEMBERING
SCORE
SHARPENED PENCILS
WRITTEN


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Word Search Puzzle: The Growth of Democracy in England

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




Terms:

CAVALIERS
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
HABEAS CORPUS
IRELAND
JOHN LOCKE
LIMITED MONARCHY
LORD PROTECTOR
MAGNA CARTA
OLIVER CROMWELL
PARLIAMENT
PETITION OF RIGHT
PURITAN REVOLUTION
PURITANS
ROUNDHEADS
STUART DYNASTY
TUDOR DYNASTY
ULSTER


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Word Search Puzzle: Global Absolutism

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


Terms:

ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
ABSOLUTISM
AKBAR THE GREAT
BOSSUET
BOURBONS
BOYARS
DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
HOBBES
IVAN THE TERRIBLE
JUNKER CLASS
KING
LOUIS XIV
PARTITIONS OF POLAND
PETER THE GREAT
PHILIP II
SKEPTICISM
STATE
SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
TERRITORY
THE LEVIATHAN
TSAR
WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
WESTERNIZATION


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Word Search Puzzle: Leading Figures in the Age of Exploration

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


Explorers:

BALBOA
CABOT
CABRAL
CARTIER
CHAMPLAIN
COLUMBUS
CORTEZ
DA GAMA
DIAZ
DRAKE
GILBERT
HUDSON
LASALLE
MAGELLAN
MARQUETTE AND JOLIET
PIZARRO
PONCE DE LEON
RALEIGH

Word Search Puzzle: West Africa during the Age of Exploration

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



Terms:

Benin
caravan
cloth
community
Ewuare
family
farming
fishing
Ghana
gold
herding
hunting
Islam
ivory
Kongo
Mali
manikongo
oba
Sahara
salt
Songhai
Timbuktu
trade
tradition
villages
wealth


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Word Search Puzzle: The Columbian Exchange

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



Terms:

AGE OF EXPLORATION
ATAHUALPA
CAPITALISM
CARIBBEAN
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
CIRCUMNAVIGATION
COLONIZATION
COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
CONQUISTADOR
CUZCO
DISEASES
ENCOMIENDA
ENCOUNTER
EXCHANGE
FOODS
GOLD
IMMUNITY
INFLATION
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
LATIN AMERICA
MERCANTILISM
MESTIZO
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MITA
MULATTO
OLAUDAH EQUIANO
OLD IMPERIALISM
PAPAL LINE OF DEMARCATION
PARDO
PLANTATION ECONOMY
RACISM
SILVER
SLAVERY


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Word Search Puzzle: Native American Cultures at the Time of Columbus

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



Cultures:

Algonquin
Arapaho
Arikara
Aztec
Blackfoot
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Chickasaw
Chinook
Chippewa
Choctaw
Chumash
Comanche
Cree
Crow
Dakota
Delaware
Hitchiti
Hopi
Huichol
Huron
Illinois
Inca
Iowa
Jumano
Kansa
Kashaya Pomo
Kato
Kiowa
Kiowa-Apache
Kwakiutl Nootka
Mandan
Maya
Mescalero Apache
Miami
Monacan
Narragansett
Navajo
Nez Perce
Ojibwa
Ottawa
Paiute
Pawnee
Pequot
Pima
Potawatomi
Powhatan
Pueblo
Sauk
Seminole
Shawnee
Shoshone
Susquehannock
Taino
Tuscarora
Ute
Wampanoag
Zuni


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Alabama Fever!

As part of our United States Geography unit, we have puzzles and more for each of the 50 states, including Alabama in the American South.



Famous Alabamians Word Search Puzzle

Famous Alabamians Word Search Puzzle Answer Key



Alabama Crossword Puzzle

Alabama Crossword Puzzle Answer Key



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The Rise and Fall of African Civilizations Word Search Puzzle

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





Terms:

AFRICA
AKORIES
AXUM
BENIN
BROCADE
BRONZE
CHRISTIANITY
COFFLES
COWRIES
DAMASK
GHANA
GOLD
GUM ARABIC
HOOK WORM
INDENTURED SERVANTS
ISLAM
MALARIA
MALI
MANSA MUSA
MERCANTILISM
OBAS
SALT
SLAVERY
SONGHAI
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
TIMBUKTU
TRADE
YAWS


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Most Popular Baby Names of 2009: Word Search Puzzle

The Social Security Administration has released its official list of the most popular names for girl and boy babies in 2009. For future students and expectant parents (puzzles are great games at baby showers), we have created a word search puzzle using the top ten names for each sex.



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


GIRLS

1. Isabella
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Sophia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Madison
8. Abigail
9. Chloe
10. Mia


BOYS

1. Jacob
2. Ethan
3. Michael
4. Alexander
5. William
6. Joshua
7. Daniel
8. Jayden
9. Noah
10. Anthony



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The Story of Mothers Day: Story Word Search Puzzle

Can word searches be educative? We think so. In fact, as far as we know, we invented the concept of the "story word search." This is a word search puzzle that tells a story. Essentially, there is a block of text. Certain terms within the text are capitalized and bolded; these terms are hidden in the puzzle. Instead of looking for random terms in the puzzle, students are looking for terms they understand on some level (having read them in the text).



Here is a free, printable, story word search puzzle on the history of Mother's Day in the United States.