North and South America Map Quiz: All 35 Countries

This quiz combines North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Use the filters to play North America (23 countries, including Central America and the Caribbean) or South America (12 countries) on its own.

Many of the Caribbean countries are islands too small to see at this scale, so they are marked with dots. Territories such as Puerto Rico, Greenland and French Guiana are drawn but not asked, because they belong to other countries.

The two continents are joined at the Isthmus of Panama, and Panama is usually counted as the last country of North America. South America itself is dominated by Brazil, which borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador, so it makes a good starting point for the southern half of the map.

Central America and the Caribbean

Central America from north to south: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.
El Salvador is the only Central American country without a Caribbean coast.
In South America, Bolivia and Paraguay are the two landlocked countries.
Hispaniola is one island shared by two countries: Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east.

The 35 countries in this quiz

Country	Capital	Continent
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America
Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America
Bahamas	Nassau	North America
Barbados	Bridgetown	North America
Belize	Belmopan	North America
Bolivia	Sucre	South America
Brazil	Brasília	South America
Canada	Ottawa	North America
Chile	Santiago	South America
Colombia	Bogotá	South America
Costa Rica	San José	North America
Cuba	Havana	North America
Dominica	Roseau	North America
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America
Ecuador	Quito	South America
El Salvador	San Salvador	North America
Grenada	St. George's	North America
Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America
Guyana	Georgetown	South America
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	North America
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America
Jamaica	Kingston	North America
Mexico	Mexico City	North America
Nicaragua	Managua	North America
Panama	Panama City	North America
Paraguay	Asunción	South America
Peru	Lima	South America
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America
Saint Lucia	Castries	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America
Suriname	Paramaribo	South America
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America
United States	Washington D.C.	North America
Uruguay	Montevideo	South America
Venezuela	Caracas	South America

Questions people ask

Is Central America part of North America?

Yes. Geographers usually treat Central America and the Caribbean as part of the North American continent, which is how the filters here group them.

How many countries are in South America?

Twelve. French Guiana is part of France, so it is not counted.