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Countries of North America Quiz

There are 23 countries generally considered to be part of North America. How many can you name?
Not including the overseas regions of European countries
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Quiz by LBA
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Last updated: September 12, 2018
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First submittedApril 19, 2012
Times taken688,684
Average score78.3%
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Country
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Country
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Country
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
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Level 44
Oct 16, 2015
Did it in 37 seconds and I'm only 11
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Level 37
Jun 1, 2019
Did you type in shorthand?
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Level 35
Jan 6, 2020
Now THAT would be an interesting option. I can write in it - would love to type in it.
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Level 65
Nov 16, 2015
...and then there was one.
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Level 46
Nov 17, 2015
do u ever just miss usa and canada because you're too concentrated on getting the little islands
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Level 22
Dec 24, 2015
Nope, but I missed Mexico ;)
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Level 63
Jul 10, 2017
What is a comment about Miss USA doing here?
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Level 38
Dec 15, 2023
you see the map right?
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Level 22
Dec 24, 2015
Accept Dominican Rep ?
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Level 22
Dec 24, 2015
Ew Bahamas gets me every time D=
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Level 26
Apr 5, 2016
Woah 5 seconds left, close one. Jamaica almost killed me there.
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Level 74
May 20, 2016
Awesome quiz and awesome map. Helped me further along the road to knowing which little island is which.
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Level 65
Jul 27, 2016
Maybe it has something to do with tectonic plates? Is Cyprus on the European or Asian tectonic plate? In the countries quiz, it's listed in Asia, but Cyprus is part or the EU. Are the islands of Trinidad and Tobago on the North American plate or the South American plate or some other plate?

I had a question about...the UK is not a country like the UAE. It's a group or Federation. Northern Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland are countries. In the UAE, you have Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, and Abu Dhabi. Some places on the internet call Scotland a country or England

a country. Not so much with the UAE, but they do, sometimes.

I know for the UK, one person represents the whole UK in the UN. So, it's difficult to determine when any website you look up England on, it'll say England is a country in Europe. Well, how can a country like England be part of a country like the UK?

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Level 60
Jul 27, 2016
Acts of Union 1707, ring a bell? Scotland and England were both sovereign countries before the Acts of Union happened. Tecnically, all the countries in the UK are countries, just not sovereign.
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Level 92
Jul 27, 2016
I recommend this video to help clarify things. Goes much further than your question, but the answer is in the first minute.
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Level 16
Aug 26, 2017
It's usually included in Asia and Europe
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Level 82
Feb 16, 2019
If our understanding of continents was actually based on plate tectonics, then the eastern tip of Russia would be in North America, Eurasia would be a single continent, India would not be Eurasian and it might be part of Australia, the Philippines would be its own continent and there would be a continent called the Caribbean that would include the southern 2/3rds of Central America as well as bits of Venezuela and Colombia.

In short, no, it's not about plate tectonics at all. Plate tectonic theory was first proposed in the early 1900s, a very long time after we were calling Africa Africa, calling Asia Asia, calling Europe Europe and so on.

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Level 82
Feb 16, 2019
oh, and, by plate tectonics then I think Cyprus is in Africa though it's not completely certain.
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Level 60
Jul 27, 2016
Scroll mode, please
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Level ∞
Jul 27, 2016
Fixed
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Level 63
Jul 27, 2016
There's way too much time on this quiz. It should be reduced to 3 or even 2 minutes.
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Level 71
Jul 29, 2016
I wonder why you are called 'Precision Control'?
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Level 53
Jul 27, 2016
In Brazil, 100% of schools teach that North America are only Mexico and the two above. South America is Colombia and the continental below. Central America is the rest: from Guatemala to Panama and allthe Caribbean Islands...
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Level 65
Aug 1, 2016
So what continent is Central America in, then?
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Level 16
Aug 31, 2017
By this logic, the Middle East would not be part of Asia, it'd be its own separate continent. Same with Southeast Asia. Central America is a region. We're talking about continents. There are seven. Every land mass in the world fits into one of those seven.
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Level 82
Feb 16, 2019
Are you from Brazil? How many continents do they believe there are? The answer wouldn't be relevant to the quiz until this becomes a Portuguese-language website, but I am just curious.
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Level 75
Jun 1, 2019
When I was in school we were first taught that Central America didn't belong to any continent - it was a region all its own - but later we were taught that Central America was part of North America, although Caribbean islands still didn't belong to a continent. They were simply separate islands. I believe there are still some who maintain that only countries on continental landmasses belong with that continent. It doesn't really matter to me and I can see it both ways, but on this site I do as the Jetpunkers do.
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Level 67
Aug 16, 2016
well ur wong
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Level 41
Sep 5, 2016
Got them all in a hurry nearly forgot the other St island
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Level 37
Oct 28, 2016
Actually the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are all on the South American geologic plate. So, if

you want to be technical about it, they should be considered

part of South America. That does not exorcise them from the

Caribbean because Venezuela and Colombia are in South \

America, yet considered part of the Caribbean because part

of their countries are on the Caribbean.

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Level 63
Jul 10, 2017
Guyana too.
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Level 16
Aug 26, 2017
Generally they're carribean countries, which are considered North American.
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Level 37
Feb 13, 2017
Actually, Trinidad is on the South American Plate, as are Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. And, as far as Panama being part of North and not South America: Panama was once part of Colombia, so

either Panama is in South America or Colombia is in North America!

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Level 16
Aug 31, 2017
By that logic Denmark is in North America.....
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Level 37
Dec 2, 2017
If it's on the North American plate, maybe it should be.
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Level 63
Feb 13, 2017
4:28 left without looking at the map. I only looked at the typing box.
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Level 34
Mar 26, 2017
There's a place called USA ? Who would of thought ?!
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Level 75
May 25, 2017
Jesus, so much arguing about borders of continents which are arbitrary and considered to be different by different people anyway.

I think you're going to have to rename these quizzes 'name all of the countries coloured yellow in this map'

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Level 63
Jul 10, 2017
You can argue Europe is a misshapen peninsula off the west coast of Asia.
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Level 41
Jul 20, 2017
OOH just snuck above 4 minutes left, I usually forget 1 of the countries
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Level 71
Feb 6, 2018
Try Countries that US Citizens have moved to:......here it is
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Level 19
Apr 4, 2018
100% with 3:56 remaining!!!
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Level 49
May 28, 2018
Did it with 4:14 remaining.
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Level 8
Jun 16, 2018
Trinidad and Tobago should be in the South America quiz cause it’s near enough touching peru
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Level 37
Aug 10, 2018
Trinidad is not touching Peru, it is touching Venezuela. (Peru is clear on the OTHER side of the Continent, above Chile).
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Level 55
Nov 1, 2018
Yeah, there on different oceans. Beastman72, you're thinking of Venezuela.
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Level 54
Nov 21, 2019
It's Venezuela dude.
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Level 56
May 4, 2022
How are you level 9 commenting
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Level 53
Aug 9, 2022
The rules changed.
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Level 35
Aug 27, 2018
Central America and lower Caribbean (south of Cuba and Puerto Rico) are not North America.
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Level 48
Feb 16, 2019
You must have done bad on the quiz then.
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Level 48
Nov 10, 2018
when trying to spell st kitts and nevis I spelled st kitty and nevis,all that time when i didn't know how to spell that, even in the world map quiz.
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Level 32
Dec 8, 2018
You can write just St Kitts
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Level 59
Mar 12, 2019
I wrote Saint Kitts as Saint Kittis
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Level 86
Jun 1, 2019
I think Guadeloupe and Martinique should be on the map (in grey of course, I don't claim that France is in North America ;) ).
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Level 65
Jul 8, 2019
What about the island nation of Sao Tome And Principe?
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Level 43
Nov 21, 2019
you mean the island nation in africa?
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Level 26
Jul 24, 2019
Did it in 2 minutes
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Level 18
Nov 14, 2019
I am a new creator and I like this game very much. Could you guys check out my quizzes and see if you like them? :)
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Level 54
Nov 21, 2019
I've been to a lot of the Carribean countries, but I've never heard of Grenada or St. Vincent.
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Level 56
Mar 18, 2020
Easy.
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Level 44
May 2, 2020
done in under a minute
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Level 25
May 4, 2020
did it in 1:05 minutes because i completely forgot about canada and usa until i looked up at the map
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Level 35
Jun 6, 2020
got all but grenada :(
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Level 66
Jun 8, 2020
The time should be reduced. I got all of them with 3:41 left
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Level 27
Jun 9, 2020
Hello ladies, gentlement and everybody else wondering about what is North and what is not. This quiz follows JetPunk's definition of continental borders. That means that no Greenland (Nor Denmark), no France, no UK, no Netherlands (No Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Marteen also), no Colombia and no Venezuela. The Caribbean follows the law of 'Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are the borders and if you pass that borders you are South American'. And of course, no territory or constituent coutry is considered a country in its own right.
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Level 36
Jun 18, 2020
Woo 100% in 1:33
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Level 25
Nov 17, 2020
Trinidad is in South America...
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Level 75
Oct 3, 2021
Absolutely - if Cyprus is in Asia, Trinidad is massively in South America!
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Level 16
Nov 26, 2020
No it isn’t..... South America only as 12 countries. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
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Level 16
Nov 26, 2020
And for those who are confused that Greenland isn’t an answer. It’s not a Country, it’s a TERRITORY of Denmark.
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Level 22
Dec 27, 2020
Thank You! I keep seeing these people.
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Level 28
Feb 16, 2021
4:20

Scoring

You scored 6/23 = 26%

This beats or equals 5.3% of test takers

The average score is 19

Your high score is 6

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Level 27
Mar 9, 2021
easy
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Level 27
Mar 9, 2021
usa,canada,mexico,guatemala,belize,elsalvador,honduras,nicaragua,costa rica,panama,bahamas,cuba,haiti,dominican republic,jamaica,st lucia,st kitts,st vincent,grenada,antigua and barbuda,trinidad,barbados

i think

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Level 22
Apr 24, 2021
I am in North America now.
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Level 22
Apr 24, 2021
Usa Canada Mexico some of the major
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Level 22
Apr 24, 2021
I know all the Saints are in North America
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Level 43
May 7, 2021
I was gonna say, why was Dominica that high on the average %, but then I realized that the Dominican Republic existed
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Level 22
May 7, 2021
I think Greenland should also be in North America
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Level 67
Jul 30, 2021
Think that counts as an overseas territory of Denmark so it's not included
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Level 34
May 31, 2021
3:57
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Level 19
Jun 15, 2021
Exactly 1:00 and all correct
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Level 67
Jul 30, 2021
I forgot Grenada the first time and then I wanted to redo it and I got distracted and left it running for 3 minutes and then couldn't think of Trinidad but barely got it
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Level 30
Aug 13, 2021
Did it in 56 seconds(4 minutes 4 seconds left) first try and I'm only 7
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Level 35
Jan 22, 2022
Done in 41 seconds let's go!!!!!
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Level 35
Apr 22, 2022
all of them with 4:17 left could do better

edit: 4:22 now

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Level 20
May 23, 2022
4:34! I had trouble the first time with spelling Jamaica and Barbados.
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Level 21
Nov 20, 2022
Took me a while but I got under 30 seconds (29 seconds with 4:31 remaining)
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Level 28
Jan 3, 2023
I got 48 seconds. Sigh
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Level 26
Feb 20, 2023
you should allow dominican for dominican republic I think
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Level 32
Feb 23, 2023
23/24. How could I forget St Lucia?
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Level 33
May 5, 2023
Idk.
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Level 21
May 2, 2023
I missed Trinidad (I always forget about this one)

I got the rest right.

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Level 33
May 5, 2023
The last one that I got was Grenada 🇬🇩 :(.
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Level 50
May 31, 2023
I can do this quiz in 0:12 seconds. bam.
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Level 23
Aug 21, 2023
Wow, as an Australian, it is really interesting to see the countries that most don't even know exist down there! One day I hope I can travel to those places.
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Level 48
Sep 3, 2023
2:24 first try forgot Grenada:(
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Level 20
Sep 19, 2023
I got 1:30 on my first go and I got them all.
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Level 19
Dec 10, 2023
to ez way to ez did it in 21 sec EZ
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Level 26
Dec 14, 2023
missed trinidad and tobago :(