South America Map Quiz: All 12 Countries

Click the right place on the map.

South America’s map quiz is the site’s best on-ramp: 12 countries, big distinctive shapes, and a layout you can genuinely master in one sitting. If you’ve never scored 100% on a map quiz, this is where it happens first.

Why this continent is learnable in a day

Brazil does half the work for you. It covers so much of the continent that ten of the other countries touch it, which means most answers can be phrased as “where on Brazil’s edge is it?” Chile is the impossible-to-miss ribbon down the Pacific coast, longer than it has any right to be. Argentina fills the cone below. Those three anchors are already a third of the quiz.

The remaining countries sort into two clean groups. Down the Pacific and Caribbean side, in order: Colombia at the top corner, then Ecuador and Peru below it, with Venezuela stretching along the Caribbean coast to Colombia’s east. And on the northeastern shoulder sit the three small ones everyone forgets: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana in west-to-east alphabetical order. (French Guiana is a piece of France, not a country, so the quiz won’t ask for it, but knowing the trio’s order stops the two real ones from blurring.)

That leaves the interior pair: Bolivia and Paraguay, the continent’s only landlocked countries, stacked with Bolivia on top. Both lost their coastal access in wars, which is the kind of detail that makes a location stick. Uruguay tucks between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic, the continent’s most politely positioned country.

Cash in the momentum

A perfect run here is the confidence deposit that funds harder quizzes. Same continent, next layer: the South America capitals quiz while the map is hot, then the South America flag quiz and its Gran Colombia triplets. When you’re ready to scale up, Europe offers 44 countries and a proper Balkan boss fight.

More map quizzes

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Frequently asked questions

How many countries are in the South America map quiz?

12 UN member states. Territories like French Guiana and the Falklands appear on the map but aren’t quiz targets, since they belong to France and the UK respectively. It’s the smallest continental set on the site, hence its status as the ideal starter.

Which South American country do players miss most?

Guyana and Suriname, the small pair on the northeastern shoulder, followed by the Bolivia-Paraguay interior stack. All four fall to one mnemonic each. Guyana-Suriname run west to east in alphabetical order, and Bolivia sits on top of Paraguay, B above P.

Are Bolivia and Paraguay really the only landlocked countries there?

Yes, just those two out of 12, and both make the global landlocked countries list. Bolivia lost its coastline to Chile in the War of the Pacific in the 1880s and still maintains a navy on Lake Titicaca, which is either defiant or delightful depending on your mood.

What should I play right after my first 100%?

Immediately retry in a harder mode. If you got perfect on map-click with prompts, try naming every country in type-in via the countries of the world quiz filtered memory of the region, or move straight to the Europe map quiz while your streak confidence is high.