How many countries of South America can you name? Type a country into the box below. If you correctly name a country, it will show up on the map below.
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Countries of South America Quiz

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Published: September 30th, 2007
Category: Geography
Plays: 1,946,111

Tags: America Quizzes, Country Quizzes, South America Quizzes, map, civicsclass

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	MikeHolmes:	Sep 7th, 2008 at 15:32 GMT	4 points
	Loving this site, going into favourites so i dont forget it. But, on this on i was typing in venezuela and it wouldnt accept it?!?

	MJ:	Sep 10th, 2008 at 01:04 GMT	60 points
	Awesome site! Who thought education could be fun again?

	davidr:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 15:24 GMT	1 point
	@MikeHolmes90: I've never had that problem -- maybe you were consistently mistyping it that time? (Or you'd already got Venezuela?)

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	magister:	Nov 1st, 2008 at 21:22 GMT	55 points
	@gedion: "French" Guiana is not an independent nation, but is controlled by "France."

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	magister:	Nov 16th, 2008 at 16:15 GMT	58 points
	Maybe so, but the title plainly is "Countries of South America."

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	magister:	Nov 17th, 2008 at 17:47 GMT	33 points
	As per all of the Sporcle quizzes, (with the exception of Largest Countries by Landmass) overseas holdings are not included.

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	sactoshc:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 21:54 GMT	17 points
	thanks for the interactive map that allows you to jump to all the different continents!

	Udo:	Dec 10th, 2008 at 02:30 GMT	4 points
	Spamkopf: the world map states: "Countries are UN member nations plus 3 other widely recognized nations." That's probably true of this map as well. The Oceana map also does not include many island groups.

	44magnum:	Dec 11th, 2008 at 17:28 GMT	-1 points
	I knew all of the countries but struggled with the spelling of some of the names. That is what happens form a public school education...lol.

	ckbryant:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 12:48 GMT	12 points
	I think it would be good to have one or more quizzes that were _only_ about the overseas territories. For instance, you could name all the territorial possessions in the Caribbean, or the territories on the UN's official list of Non-self-governing territories, or the list of British overseas territories, and so forth. By the way, this is the best map in the "continents" series--you list the territorial possessions on the map, and the colored areas fit very nicely.

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	paranoid_android:	Jan 30th, 2009 at 22:24 GMT	10 points
	French Guiana is part of France (not just controlled by it) and is part of the EU. Perhaps France should be an acceptable answer!

	Tony:	Feb 13th, 2009 at 18:59 GMT	4 points
	@Whole Lotta Sporcle: Trinidad and Tobago is considered part of North America, the same was as Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, all of which are at similar or lower latitude.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Feb 13th, 2009 at 19:19 GMT	3 points
	I learned Trinidad and Tobago as part of South America since they are on the same continental shelf. However, they are normally lumped with the rest of the Caribbean, and that often associated with North America. It's a bit of an ambiguous position since they're technically in Central America.

	James Hansen:	Feb 18th, 2009 at 17:00 GMT	-1 points
	28 seconds :) All the countries neighboured enough are either independently controlled or, not part of south america. T%T is in the caribbean/north america, technically.

	davidr:	Feb 18th, 2009 at 18:30 GMT	-2 points
	@James H.: Since there are several tectonic plates involved, the decision of what's in North America and what's in South America is rather arbitrary. For the purposes of these quizzes, all the Caribbean countries are considered to be North American.

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	RedZeppelin:	Mar 5th, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	12 points
	it would make more sense to include France in the quiz than French guayana, since the latter is not a country but a province of France

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	pbrown:	Apr 6th, 2009 at 01:21 GMT	1 point
	Easiest continent to get all the countries, excluding australia

	ConorONeill:	Apr 9th, 2009 at 19:17 GMT	8 points
	oceania is a hard one because of all the small island nations but thats just my opinion

	AddiSnow:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 16:46 GMT	-3 points
	Europe is clearly the easiest. Flags, countries, capitols, the whole shabang.

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	SlovakOne:	Apr 13th, 2009 at 13:40 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz, but 5 mins is way too much. 2 mins would be enough.

	Runcible:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 21:22 GMT	11 points
	South America is easiest.

	Veni_Vidi_Vidic:	May 14th, 2009 at 09:03 GMT	-3 points
	I just did it in 14 seconds. 5 minutes is far too long.

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	GeoExpert:	May 19th, 2009 at 00:24 GMT	18 points
	South America is the easiest, Runcible. But France should be on here because of French Guiana. French Guiana is not a dependency, it is a region (state) of France. Same relationship as USA-Alaska

	GeoExpert:	May 19th, 2009 at 00:25 GMT	14 points
	@magister. French Guiana may not supposed to be on here, but France could be. (look at previous comment for details)

	Diego:	May 19th, 2009 at 01:30 GMT	3 points
	Thanks for helping me learn all the South American countries, I can now recall them all in 25 seconds.

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