Latin America on the Map

What this quiz asks

• Which South American country has coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
• The wide estuary of the Río de la Plata separates Argentina from which country?
• The Galápagos Islands, home of giant tortoises, belong to which country?
• The flat grasslands known as the Pampas lie mostly in which country?
• Geographically, Mexico is part of the North American continent.
• The Orinoco River flows mainly through which country?
• Which Central American country has a coast on the Caribbean Sea but none on the Pacific?
• Select ALL of these countries that the Andes mountains run through.
• The Yucatán Peninsula lies mostly in which country?
• Is French Guiana an overseas part of France?
• Patagonia, at the southern end of South America, is shared by Argentina and which country?
• The Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, lies mostly in which country?
• The ABC islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao lie just off the coast of which country?
• Most of the Amazon rainforest lies in Brazil.
• Order these countries by land area, largest first.
• Select ALL of these countries that have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
• Chile is famously long and thin. Roughly how many kilometres does it stretch from north to south?
• Which country was known as Dutch Guiana before its independence?
• The Altiplano, a vast high plateau of the central Andes, lies mostly in which country?
• Which national capital on the South American mainland lies furthest south?