North America map quiz

Answer key

1. Canada. Canada occupies the northern part of the continent, stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
2. United States. The United States lies south of Canada; Alaska is its separate northwestern state. The view focuses on North America.
3. Mexico. Mexico lies south of the United States and north of Guatemala and Belize.
4. Guatemala. Guatemala lies south of Mexico, with Belize to its northeast and Honduras and El Salvador to its southeast.
5. Belize. Belize lies on the Caribbean coast, east of Guatemala and south of Mexico.
6. El Salvador. El Salvador is the small Pacific-facing country between Guatemala and Honduras.
7. Honduras. Honduras lies between Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, with a long northern Caribbean coast.
8. Nicaragua. Nicaragua lies between Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south.
9. Costa Rica. Costa Rica occupies the narrow isthmus between Nicaragua and Panama.
10. Panama. Panama connects the rest of Central America with Colombia in South America.
11. Cuba. Cuba is the long island south of Florida and north of Jamaica.
12. The Bahamas. The Bahamas form an Atlantic archipelago north of Cuba and southeast of Florida.
13. Haiti. Haiti occupies the western part of Hispaniola; the Dominican Republic occupies the east.
14. Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern part of Hispaniola, sharing the island with Haiti.
15. Jamaica. Jamaica is the island south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.
16. Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign island country in the northern Lesser Antilles.
17. Dominica. Dominica lies between Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles. It is separate from the Dominican Republic.
18. Grenada. Grenada lies near the southern end of the Lesser Antilles, north of Trinidad and Tobago.
19. Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a two-island sovereign federation in the northern Lesser Antilles.
20. Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia lies between Martinique to the north and Saint Vincent to the south.
21. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines includes the main island of Saint Vincent and smaller islands extending southward.
22. Barbados. Barbados lies east of the main Windward Islands arc in the Atlantic.
23. Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.
24. An autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenland is geographically in North America and is an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is not a sovereign country.
25. United States. Puerto Rico is a US territory in the Caribbean, not one of North America’s sovereign states.
26. Hispaniola. Haiti and the Dominican Republic divide Hispaniola; Haiti occupies the western portion.
27. Colombia. Panama meets Colombia at the southern end of the Central American isthmus.
28. Bering Strait. The Bering Strait lies between Alaska and Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula.
29. The southeast. The Yucatán projects northeastward from southeastern Mexico between the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; the wider peninsula also includes Belize and Guatemala.
30. Baja California. Baja California extends south from northwestern Mexico, separated from the mainland by the Gulf of California.
31. Caribbean Sea. Belize has a Caribbean coastline. Its land neighbors are Mexico and Guatemala.
32. Pacific Ocean. El Salvador faces the Pacific and has no Caribbean coastline.
33. Honduras. Honduras borders Nicaragua to the north; Costa Rica borders it to the south.
34. Lake Nicaragua. Lake Nicaragua, also called Cocibolca, occupies much of southwestern Nicaragua and contains the island of Ometepe.
35. Mexico. Guatemala shares its northern and western border with Mexico.
36. Caribbean Sea. Honduras has an extensive Caribbean coast and a much shorter Pacific outlet on the Gulf of Fonseca.
37. Nicaragua and Panama. Nicaragua borders Costa Rica to the north and Panama borders it to the southeast.
38. Cuba. Cuba is the largest Caribbean island; its long shape extends between the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Caribbean.
39. Atlantic Ocean. The Bahamas are in the Atlantic, although they are grouped with the Caribbean region culturally and statistically.
40. South. Jamaica is south of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea.
41. They are two different sovereign countries. Dominica is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. The Dominican Republic occupies eastern Hispaniola.
42. Venezuela. Trinidad is just off Venezuela’s northeastern coast, well south of most Caribbean islands.
43. To the east. Barbados lies east of the main Windward Islands arc rather than directly on that arc.
44. Barbuda. Barbuda lies north of Antigua; together they give the sovereign country its name.
45. Nevis. Nevis lies immediately southeast of Saint Kitts, separated by a narrow channel.
46. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Grenada is south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and north of Trinidad and Tobago.
47. Martinique. Martinique lies north of Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent lies to its south.
48. South. The Grenadines trail south from Saint Vincent toward Grenada.
49. Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic. Canada has Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coastlines, reflecting its northern position and great east–west extent.
50. Canada. Canada lies between Alaska and the contiguous United States. Alaska remains a US state.