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North American Capitals Quiz

We name a capital city, you click its country on the map. Can you place all 24?

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North American Capitals Quiz

24 capitals. We name a capital, you click its country on the map. Three tries each.

How to play

Press Start. The name of a capital city shows at the top of the map: click the country it belongs to. Right on the first try turns the country green; right after a miss turns it amber; after three misses it turns red and the quiz moves on. A wrong click shows the name of the country you clicked. To test just the capitals, point at a country to see its name, or tick Show country names to write the names on the map (zoom in for the small ones). A run with names shown says so on the result card and keeps its own best time. The smallest countries have a circle: click inside it. When you finish, practice just the capitals you missed, or learn the countries first in the North America map quiz.

The 24 countries and their capitals

North America

  • Canada Ottawa
  • Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk
  • Mexico Mexico City
  • United States Washington, D.C.

Central America

  • Belize Belmopan
  • Costa Rica San José
  • El Salvador San Salvador
  • Guatemala Guatemala City
  • Honduras Tegucigalpa
  • Nicaragua Managua
  • Panama Panama City

The Caribbean

  • Antigua and Barbuda St. John's
  • Bahamas Nassau
  • Barbados Bridgetown
  • Cuba Havana
  • Dominica Roseau
  • Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
  • Grenada St. George's
  • Haiti Port-au-Prince
  • Jamaica Kingston
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
  • Saint Lucia Castries
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
  • Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain

Study on paper first

Print the labeled map of North America to study, then test yourself on the blank map of North America: write in every country you know, check it against the labeled map, and play again here. There are closer maps of Central America and the Caribbean.

Questions

How many capitals are in this quiz?

24, one for each country the quiz asks.

Which North American capitals do people get wrong?

Ottawa (not Toronto) in Canada, Belmopan (not Belize City) in Belize, and Washington, D.C. (not New York) in the United States. Greenland's capital is Nuuk and Puerto Rico's is San Juan.

How is the score worked out?

Your score is the share of capitals you placed on the first try. A capital you place on the second or third try turns its country amber and does not count toward the score; after three misses the country turns red and the quiz moves on.

Can my class use this?

Yes, free, with no sign-up and no ads. At the end, students type their name and take a screenshot of the result card (map, score, time and date) to hand in.

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