Country Outline Quiz

1. Picture a very long, narrow country running down South America's Pacific coast, with the Andes tracing its eastern side. Which country matches?

2. Imagine a South American country lying east of the Andes, broad in the north and tapering southward toward the South Atlantic. Which outline fits?

3. Which country's full outline is split into two main areas: one on the southern Malay Peninsula and another across the sea on northern Borneo?

4. On an outline map of Africa, which country forms the prominent eastward-pointing Horn between the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean?

5. A European outline resembles a boot extending into the Mediterranean, with a smaller peninsula forming its “heel.” Which country is it?

6. Which country's mainland forms a broad triangular peninsula pointing into the Indian Ocean, between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?

7. Which country forms a narrow, curved isthmus linking Central America directly to South America, with the Caribbean to the north and Pacific to the south?

8. Which country has a long, narrow, S-shaped mainland outline following the eastern side of the Indochinese Peninsula?

9. A Caribbean silhouette shows a long, narrow island stretching mainly west to east, between the Yucatán Peninsula and Hispaniola. Which country is it?

10. A mainland country forms a roughly upright rectangle on Europe's southwestern edge, with the Atlantic to its west and south and a single land neighbor to its north and east. Which is it?

11. Which country occupies the long western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula and has an exceptionally jagged Atlantic coastline shaped by many fjords?

12. Which European country's mainland outline is often compared to a hexagon and includes coasts on the Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean Sea?

13. Which country's outline combines the long Baja California peninsula in the northwest with the Yucatán Peninsula projecting in the southeast?

14. An outline consists chiefly of two long islands separated by the Cook Strait, together running diagonally from southwest to northeast. Which country is this?

15. A country's outline includes a broad Anatolian section between the Black Sea and Mediterranean, plus a much smaller European section beyond narrow straits. Which country is it?

16. You see the outline of a large, elongated island in the Indian Ocean, positioned east of Mozambique. Which country should you choose?