Pop Quiz

Happy homeschooling day! We've changed what we're doing a bit - no charts, journaling, or seatwork. Nobody was sad to see that stuff go, including me. (Well, I'd be happy if my kids liked to write more, but they don't, and I have no desire to push it.) We've kept geography (which we're all enjoying), fun learning games, and logic puzzles. So, in honor of another homeschooling day, here's a little pop quiz.


How many countries are in North America?

a. 10
b. 3
c. 23
d. 17


Highlight the text between the arrows to find out the answer:

--->The answer is 23. The countries are: Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas (these are the ones me and my children know - we haven't yet memorized all the other tiny little countries in the Caribbean which are...), Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago.

Greenland is not technically a country but a province of Denmark, however they've slowly gained more autonomy over the years as they work towards full sovereignty. We've learned where Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands are, but these are territories not countries. There are lots of other little Caribbean islands we haven't learned yet which are territories, not countries, but I'm too lazy to list them all!

I also just realized that as I've been quizzing my kids about this we've been including Iceland because it's on our North America maps, but technically Iceland is part of Europe. Oops.

Another weird thing, which I just found out, is that Trinidad and Tobago are considered part of the Caribbean and therefore North America, but those islands used to be attached to South America. Tobago is actually part of a mountain chain that sunk into the sea! Is it just me, or is that cool? <---

I'm curious, did anyone know that off the top of their heads? I know I didn't. :) It's hard to find a good map of North America that doesn't cut off half the Caribbean, so here's a map of most of North America, and a good map of the Caribbean.