Latin America Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. On a political map of South America, which country borders every mainland South American country except Chile and Ecuador?
Argentina
Peru
Brazil
Colombia
2. Which small country occupies the northern Atlantic coast of South America between Guyana and French Guiana?
Guyana
Suriname
Brazil
Venezuela
3. A route crosses from Nicaragua into a country with both Caribbean and Pacific coasts, then continues south into Panama. Which country does it cross?
Honduras
Guatemala
Belize
Costa Rica
4. Which long, narrow country follows South America's Pacific coast and borders Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina?
Ecuador
Uruguay
Chile
Paraguay
5. Which mountain system runs along much of the western edge of South America?
Sierra Madre
Guiana Highlands
Andes
Serra do Mar
6. Which country sits on South America's Atlantic coast between Brazil and Argentina?
Paraguay
Uruguay
Suriname
Chile
7. Which desert is concentrated in northern Chile and extends into southern Peru along the Pacific side of the continent?
Atacama Desert
Patagonian Desert
Sonoran Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
8. The island of Hispaniola is divided between Haiti in the west and which country in the east?
Jamaica
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
9. Traveling southeast from Mexico, which country borders Belize to the northeast and both Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast?
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
10. Which river system crosses northern South America and reaches the Atlantic Ocean through Brazil?
Amazon River
Orinoco River
Paraná River
São Francisco River
11. Which landlocked country is bordered by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru?
Paraguay
Ecuador
Bolivia
Uruguay
12. Driving south from Honduras toward Costa Rica, which country must you cross?
El Salvador
Panama
Belize
Nicaragua
13. Which South American country connects by land to Panama and has coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean?
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Guyana
14. Which Central American country has a Pacific coastline but no Caribbean coastline?
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
15. Which body of water lies east of Central America and north of Colombia and Venezuela?
South Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
16. Which country lies immediately south of the United States and has coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?
Colombia
Guatemala
Cuba
Mexico