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Central America Challenge Assessment

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 17hrs 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is #1 on the map

a)

Guatemala

b)

Honduras

c)

Brazil

d)

Panama

e)

Venzuela

2.

What country is #2 on the map

a)

Suriname

b)

Guyana

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Honduras

e)

French Guiana

3.

What country is #3 on the map?

a)

Mexico

b)

Suriname

c)

Chile

d)

Costa Rica

e)

El Salvador

4.

What country is #4 on the map?

a)

Belize

b)

Guyana

c)

Uruguay

d)

Paraguay

e)

Honduras

5.

What country is #5 on the map?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Colombia

c)

Venezuela

d)

Peru

e)

Belize

6.

What country is #6 on the map?

a)

Guatemala

b)

Honduras

c)

Bolivia

d)

Paraguay

e)

Colombia

7.

What country is #7 on the map?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Peru

d)

Ecuador

e)

Guyana

8.

What country is #8 on the map?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Peru

c)

Belize

d)

Panama

e)

Paraguay

9.

What country is #9 on the map?

a)

Easter Island

b)

Falkland Islands

c)

Paraguay

d)

Argentina

e)

Bolivia

10.

What country is #10 on the map?

a)

Mexico

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Venezuela

d)

Colombia

e)

Paraguay

11.

What country is #11 on the map?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Uruguay

c)

French Guiana

d)

Galapagos Islands

e)

Argentina

12.

What country is #12 on the map?

a)

Panama

b)

Honduras

c)

El Salvador

d)

Argentina

e)

Paraguay

13.

What country is #13 on the map?

a)

Suriname

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Honduras

e)

Chile

14.

What overseas territory of the United Kingdom is #14?

a)

Galapagos Islands

b)

French Guiana

c)

England

d)

Wales

e)

Falkland Islands

15.

What islands are #15?

a)

Falkland Islands

b)

Easter Island

c)

Juan Fernandez Islands

d)

Galapagos Islands

e)

Nicobar Islands

16.

What island is #16?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

Easter Island

c)

Falkland Islands

d)

Galapagos Islands

e)

Peru

17.

What country is #17 on the map?

a)

Brazil

b)

Mexico

c)

El Salvador

d)

Nicaragua

e)

Guatemala

18.

What country is #18 on the map?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Belize

c)

El Salvador

d)

Panama

e)

Guatemala

19.

What country is #19 on the map?

a)

Belize

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Panama

e)

Paraguay

20.

What country is #20 on the map?

a)

Honduras

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Guatemala

d)

Costa Rica

e)

El Salvador

21.

What country is #21 on the map?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

Panama

c)

Peru

d)

Chile

e)

El Salvador

22.

What country is #22 on the map?

a)

Honduras

b)

Venezuela

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Costa Rica

e)

El Salvador

23.

What country is #23 on the map?

a)

Mexico

b)

Costa Rica

c)

El Salvador

d)

Belize

e)

Panama

24.

What country is #24 on the map?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Bolivia

c)

Suriname

d)

Panama

e)

Nicaragua

25.

What is the capital of Mexico?

a)

Tegucigalpa

b)

San Salvador

c)

Managua

d)

Mexico City

e)

Guatemala City

26.

What is the capital of Panama?

a)

San Jose

b)

Belmopan

c)

Panama City

d)

Guatemala City

e)

Tegucigalpa

27.

What is the capital of Guatemala?

a)

Guatemala City

b)

Managua

c)

Belmopan

d)

San Jose

e)

Mexico City

28.

What is the capital city of Belize?

a)

San Salvador

b)

San Jose

c)

Managua

d)

Panama City

e)

Belmopan

29.

What is the capital city of Honduras?

a)

Guatemala City

b)

San Jose

c)

Belmopan

d)

Tegucigalpa

e)

San Salvador

30.

What is the capital city of Nicaragua?

a)

Belmopan

b)

Tegucigalpa

c)

Mexico City

d)

Managua

e)

Guatemala City

31.

What is the capital city of El Salvador?

a)

San Salvador

b)

Tegucigalpa

c)

Manauga

d)

Panama City

e)

Mexico City

32.

What is the capital city of Costa Rica?

a)

San Salvador

b)

San Johnson

c)

San Marcos

d)

San Jose

e)

San Michele

33.

What mountain range is on the eastern side of Mexico and is letter N on the map?

a)

Sierra Madre Oriental

b)

Sierra Madre Occidental

c)

Sierra Madre del Sur

d)

Andes Mountains

34.

What mountain range is on the western side of Mexico and is letter P on the map?

a)

Sierra Madre Oriental

b)

Sierra Madre Occidental

c)

Sierra Madre del Sur

d)

Andes Mountains

35.

What mountain range is in southern Mexico and is letter O on the map?

a)

Sierra Madre Oriental

b)

Sierra Madre Occidental

c)

Sierra Madre del Sur

d)

Andes Mountains

36.

What desert is located in northwestern Mexico and is letter Q on the map?

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Great Sandy Desert

37.

What man-made "river" is a shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific and vice-versa?

a)

Isthmus of Panama

b)

Lake Nicaragua

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Rio Grande

e)

Panama Canal

38.

What ocean is to the east of Central America?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

39.

What ocean is to the west of Central America?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

40.

Which body of water curves into the shoreline of Mexico and is letter C on the map?

a)

Lake Nicaragua

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Isthmus of Panama

e)

Panama Canal

41.

Which physical feature juts out into the Gulf of Mexico (is land with water on 3 sides) and is letter G on the map?

a)

Baja California Peninsula

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Rio Grande

e)

Acapulco

42.

This river forms the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico and is letter "M" on the map?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Parana River

d)

Rio Grande

e)

Panama Canal

43.

This piece of land juts out into the Pacific Ocean and is letter "L" on the map.

a)

Yucatan Peninsula

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Sonoran Desert

d)

Isthmus of Panama

e)

Baja California Peninsula

44.

What major city in Mexico is located inland (away from the coast) and is letter R on the map?

a)

Cancun

b)

Mexico City

c)

Guadalajara

d)

Acapulco

e)

Cozumel

45.

What island is letter H on the map?

a)

Easter Island

b)

Cancun

c)

Guadalajara

d)

Cozumel

e)

Falkland Islands

46.

What major resort destination is located on the west coast of Mexico and is letter S on the map?

a)

Cancun

b)

Acapulco

c)

Sonoran

d)

Cozumel

e)

Manaugua

47.

What major vacation destination is located at the tip of a peninsula and is located at letter D on the map?

a)

Cozumel

b)

Tegucigalpa

c)

Acapulco

d)

Guadalajara

e)

Cancun

48.

Which line of latitude runs through Central America and is letter T on the map?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

e)

Tropic of Cormier

49.

What is the name of the skinny piece of land connecting two larger areas of land located at letter K on the map?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Acapulco

c)

Isthmus of Panama

d)

Yucatan Peninsula

e)

Lake Managua

50.

What is physical feature "I" on the map?

a)

Lake Managua

b)

Lake Nicaragua

c)

Lake Maracaibo

d)

Lake Titicaca

e)

Lake Honduras

51.

In what two hemispheres is Central America located?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Northern and Western

c)

Southern and Eastern

d)

Southern and Western

52.

What is letter "F" on the map?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

e)

South America

53.

Which is the capital city of Argentina?

a)

Asuncion

b)

Bogota

c)

Santiago

d)

Cayenne

e)

Buenos Aires

54.

Which is the capital city of Bolivia?

a)

Quito

b)

Paramaribo

c)

La Paz & Sucre

d)

Georgetown

e)

Caracas

55.

Which is the capital city of Brazil?

a)

Lima

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Caracas

d)

Quito

e)

Brasilia

56.

Which is the capital city of Chile?

a)

Bogota

b)

Santiago

c)

Paramaribo

d)

Montevideo

e)

Asuncion

57.

Which is the capital city of Colombia?

a)

Georgetown

b)

Quito

c)

Brasilia

d)

Caracas

e)

Bogota

58.

Which is the capital city of Ecuador?

a)

Cayenne

b)

Lima

c)

Quito

d)

Santiago

e)

Bogota

59.

Which is the capital city of French Guiana?

a)

Asuncion

b)

Cayenne

c)

La Paz & Sucre

d)

Georgetown

e)

Lima

60.

Which is the capital city of Guyana?

a)

Georgetown

b)

Lima

c)

La Paz & Sucre

d)

Asuncion

e)

Brasilia

61.

Which is the capital city of Paraguay?

a)

Montevideo

b)

Asuncion

c)

Paramaribo

d)

Caracas

e)

Buenos Aires

62.

Which is the capital city of Peru?

a)

Georgetown

b)

Quito

c)

Lima

d)

Montevideo

e)

Santiago

63.

Which is the capital city of Suriname?

a)

Montevideo

b)

Bogota

c)

Georgetown

d)

Cayenne

e)

Paramaribo

64.

Which is the capital city of Uruguay?

a)

Asuncion

b)

Bogota

c)

Cayenne

d)

Montevideo

e)

Lima

65.

Which is the capital city of Venezuela?

a)

Bogota

b)

Lima

c)

La Paz & Sucre

d)

Quito

e)

Caracas

66.

What line of latitude is located at 23.5 degrees south?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

67.

The equator is located at what degrees?

a)

23.5 south

b)

90

c)

0

d)

23.5 north

68.

The equator is which type of line?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

69.

This physical feature is the southern most point in the Tierra del Fuego.

a)

Pampas

b)

Cape of Good Hope

c)

Patagonia

d)

Cape Horn

e)

Strait of Magellan

70.

Which country "owns" French Guiana?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Guyana

c)

France

d)

Brazil

e)

Ecuador

71.

Which country "owns" the Falkland Islands?

a)

Chile

b)

Brazil

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Ecuador

e)

French Guiana

72.

Which country "owns" Easter Island?

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Ecuador

d)

Peru

e)

United Kingdom

73.

Which country "owns" the Galapagos Islands?

a)

Chile

b)

Peru

c)

Argentina

d)

Ecuador

e)

Venezuela

74.

What major lake is located in Venezuela?

a)

Lake Titicaca

b)

Lake Managua

c)

Lake Nicaragua

d)

Lake Maracaibo

75.

What major river runs through Brazil and empties into the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Amazon River

c)

Magellan River

d)

Maracaibo River

76.

Lake Titcaca is on the border of what two countries?

a)

Brazil & Bolivia

b)

Peru & Ecuador

c)

Peru & Chile

d)

Chile & Bolivia

e)

Peru & Bolivia

77.

What is the highest peak in South America?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount McKinley

c)

Mount Atacama

d)

Mount Andes

e)

Mount Aconcagua

78.

What is the pathway of water that cuts through the Tierra del Fuego and is a shortcut rather than going around Cape Horn?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Amazon River

c)

Parana River

d)

Strait of Magellan

e)

Patagonia

79.

What is the plateau region located in Argentina and southern Chile?

a)

Pampas

b)

Tierra del Fuego

c)

Cape Horn

d)

Patagonia

e)

Amazon Basin

80.

What is the grassland region located in Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Pampas

e)

Brazilian Highlands

81.

What mountain range stretches the west coast of South America?

a)

Aconcagua Mountain Range

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Atacama Mountains

d)

Sierra Madre Oriental

e)

Isthmus of Peru

82.

The Tierra del Fuego is an exampe of which type of physical feature?

a)

Isthmus

b)

Peninsula

c)

Archipelago

d)

Grassland

e)

Mountain

83.

Which desert is located in northern Chile and is one of the driest places on earth?

a)

Andes Desert

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Pampas Desert

d)

Gobi Desert

e)

Namib Desert

84.

Which two lines of latitude run through South America?

a)

Equator & Tropic of Cancer

b)

:Prime Meridian & Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator & Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Prime Meridian & Tropic of Cancer

e)

None of these answers

85.

Lake Managua is located in which country?

a)

Honduras

b)

Panama

c)

Guatemala

d)

Nicaragua

e)

Belize

86.

Chichen Itza, an ancient Mayan civilization, can be found in what country?

a)

Peru

b)

Guatemala

c)

Honduras

d)

Mexico

e)

Panama

87.

This vacation destination is located at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

a)

Tijuana

b)

Puerto Vallarta

c)

Cabo San Lucas

d)

Mosquito Coast

88.

This city in Mexico is located at the northern end of the Baja California Peninsula along the border with the United States.

a)

Puerto Vallarta

b)

Tehuantepec

c)

Tijuana

d)

Cabo San Lucas

e)

Chichen Itza

89.

This skinny piece of land is the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean and is found in Mexico.

a)

Yucatan Channel

b)

Mosquito Coast

c)

Isthmus of Tehuantepec

d)

Puerto Vallarta

e)

Isthmus of Kra

90.

Which of these bodies of water is the only one found on the Pacific coast?

a)

Mosquito Coast

b)

Yucatan Channel

c)

Gulf of California

d)

Gulf of Honduras

e)

Puerto Vallarta