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The Americas Geography - POLITICAL (Countries and Cities)

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the largest city/urban area in North America?

a)

New York City, New York, U.S.A.

b)

Mexico City, Mexico

c)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

d)

Havana, Cuba

e)

Washington D.C., USA

2.

Which country is the southernmost country in North America?

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Panama

e)

Honduras

3.

Which man-made waterway allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at the southern end of the North American continent? (Bonus)

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Danube-Black Sea Canal

e)

the Soo Locks of Sault Ste. Marie

4.

Many islands in the Caribbean Sea are territories that are governed by other countries. Which of these is a territory of the United States?

a)

Aruba

b)

Bermuda

c)

Cayman Islands

d)

Puerto Rico

e)

Cuba

5.

Greenland, considered the world's largest island and a part of the North American continent, is a sovereign state of which country?

a)

Canada

b)

Great Britain

c)

the United States

d)

Denmark

e)

Mexico

6.

What is the capital city of the United States?

a)

Washington DC

b)

New York City

c)

Ottawa

d)

Jamestown

e)

Mexico City

7.

Where is the capital city of Canada?

a)

Ottawa

b)

Quebec

c)

Ontario

d)

Toronto

e)

Washington D.C.

8.

Bonus:

How many provinces does Canada have?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

10

d)

50

e)

7

9.

Which country is marked by the letter B?

a)

Greenland

b)

Canada

c)

The United States

d)

Mexico

e)

Alaska

10.

Which country is marked by the letter C?

a)

Greenland

b)

Canada

c)

The United States

d)

Mexico

e)

Greenland

11.

Which country is marked by the letter D?

a)

Greenland

b)

Canada

c)

The United States

d)

Mexico

e)

Honduras

12.

Which of the following would you expect to find on a POLITICAL MAP? Select ALL that apply.

a)

deserts

b)

major cities

c)

rivers

d)

country borders

e)

mountains

13.

Which of the following would you expect to find on a PHYSICAL MAP? Select ALL that apply.

a)

mountains

b)

capitol cities

c)

oceans

d)

country borders

e)

rivers

14.

Match the following

a)

United States

1.

Washington D.C.

b)

Canada

2.

Ottawa

c)

Mexico

3.

Mexico City

d)

Puerto Rico

4.

San Juan

e)

Cuba

5.

Havana

15.

What is country 1?

a)

Colombia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Peru

d)

Argentina

e)

Ecuador

16.

What is country 2?

a)

Colombia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Ecuador

d)

Argentina

e)

Peru

17.

What is country 6?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Bolivia

e)

Columbia

18.

What is country 8?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Argentina

c)

Chile

d)

Peru

e)

Bolivia

19.

What is country 9?

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Chile

d)

Peru

e)

Venezuela

20.

What is country 11?

a)

Columbia

b)

Peru

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Argentina

21.

What is country 12?

a)

Colombia

b)

Peru

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Venezuela

22.

What is country 13?

a)

Colombia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Argentina

23.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Brazil

b)

Bolivia

c)

Venezuela

d)

Colomiba

e)

Ecuador

24.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Argentina

b)

Venezuela

c)

Colombia

d)

Peru

e)

Bolivia

25.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Bolivia

e)

Colombia

26.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Chile

d)

Colombia

e)

Peru

27.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Peru

b)

Bolivia

c)

Colombia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Venezuela

28.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Colombia

c)

Peru

d)

Venezuela

e)

Paraguay

29.

Which South American country has coastline on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? 

a)
Venezuela
b)
Colombia
c)
Brazil
d)
Peru
e)

Chile

30.

What Central/Middle American country is highlighted?

a)

El Salvador

b)
Costa Rica
c)
Nicaragua
d)
Puerto Rico
e)

Honduras

31.
What country is highlighted? It is an isthmus, and connects North & South America.
a)
El Salvador
b)
Cuba
c)

Nicaragua

d)
Panama
e)

Honduras

32.

What Central/Middle American (and Mesoamerican) country is highlighted? (Bonus)

a)
Guatemala
b)

Costa Rica

c)
Nicaragua
d)
El Salvador
e)

Panama

33.

What Central/Middle American country is highlighted? It is the largest country in Central America in terms of land area.

a)
Honduras
b)
Guatemala
c)
Nicaragua
d)

Costa Rica

e)

El Salvador

34.
What country is being displayed in red?
a)

Honduras

b)
Nicaragua
c)
El Salvador
d)
Cuba
e)

Costa Rica

35.

What Central/Middle American (and Mesoamerican) country is highlighted in red?

a)
El Salvador
b)

Honduras

c)
Nicaragua
d)
Panama
e)

Costa Rica

36.

What Caribbean country is highlighted?

a)

Bahamas

b)
Puerto Rico
c)

Dominican Republic

d)
Cuba
e)

Haiti

37.

Which Central/Middle American country is highlighted?

a)
Nicaragua
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
e)

Panama

38.

What Central/Middle American/Mesoamerican country is highlighted?

a)
Nicaragua
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
e)

El Salvador

39.

What Central/Middle American country is highlighted in blue?

a)
Nicaragua
b)
Panamá
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
e)

Costa Rica

40.

What Caribbean territory is highlighted in blue?

a)
Puerto Rico
b)
La República Dominicana
c)
Cuba
d)

Haiti

e)

the Bahamas

41.

What Central/Middle American (and Mesoamerican) country is highlighted in blue?

a)
El Salvador
b)
Nicaragua
c)
Honduras
d)
Guatemala
e)

Panama

42.

What is the capital of MÉXICO?

a)

La ciudad de México (Mexico City)

b)

Caracas

c)
Quito
d)
San José
e)

Lima

43.

What is the capital city of CUBA?

a)

San Juan

b)

La Habana (Havana)

c)

Mexico City

d)

San Salvador

e)

Santiago

44.

What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?

(Bonus)

a)

San Juan

b)

Ciudad de República Dominicana

c)

San José

d)

Mexico City

e)

Havana

45.

Country 3

a)

Guatemala

b)

Mexico

c)

Belize

d)

Panama

e)

Honduras

46.

Which letter is Puerto Rico ?

a)

letter B

b)

letter D

c)

letter A

d)

letter E

e)

letter C

47.

Which letter is the Bahamas ?

a)

letter B

b)

letter D

c)

letter A

d)

letter E

e)

letter C

48.

Which letter is Cuba ?

a)

letter F

b)

letter E

c)

letter B

d)

letter C

e)

letter A

49.

Which letter is Haiti ?

a)

letter F

b)

letter E

c)

letter B

d)

letter C

e)

letter A

50.

What is the capital city of Peru?

a)

Caracas

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Santiago

d)

Lima

e)

Brasilia

51.

What is the capital city of Brazil?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Santiago

c)

Caracas

d)

Brasilia

e)

Havana

52.

What is the capital city of Chile?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Santiago

c)

Caracas

d)

Brasilia

e)

Havana

53.

What is the capital city of Chile?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Santiago

c)

Caracas

d)

Brasilia

e)

Havana

54.

What is the capital city of Argentina?

a)

Lima

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Bogota

d)

Havana

e)

Caracas

55.

What is the capital city of Venezuela?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Lima

c)

Caracas

d)

San Juan

e)

Santiago

56.

Identify this country

a)

the Bahamas

b)

Jamaica

c)

Haiti

d)

Puerto Rico

e)

Cuba

57.

Identify this country (in red)

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Jamaica

c)

The Bahamas

d)

Cuba

e)

Haiti

58.

What country is highlighted in blue?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Bolivia

c)

Colombia

d)

Chile

e)

Ecuador

59.

Founded in 1565, this was the first permanent EUROPEAN settlement in North America:

(Hint: the Spanish created this settlement)

a)

Jamestown, Virginia

b)

New York City, New York

c)

St. Augustine, Florida

d)

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

e)

Roanoke, North Carolina

60.

Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent British/ENGLISH settlement in North America:

a)

Jamestown, Virginia

b)

New York City, New York

c)

St. Augustine, Florida

d)

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

e)

Roanoke, North Carolina

61.

Founded in 1668 by Catholic Priest "Father" Jacques Marquette as the first permanent European settlement in what would become Michigan:

a)

Jamestown, Virginia

b)

New York City, New York

c)

St. Augustine, Florida

d)

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

e)

Roanoke, North Carolina

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