Flags of the World
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Read the description, name the country. Around a hundred national flags with the meaning behind their colors and symbols and the year each design was adopted.
- A single crimson red disc centered on a plain white field.
- Japan
- Three vertical bands, red then white then red, with the center white band twice as wide and bearing a red maple leaf.
- Canada
- A green field with a large yellow diamond, inside which a blue globe carries white stars and a curved white banner reading Ordem e Progresso.
- Brazil
- Three horizontal bands of saffron, white and green, with a navy blue 24-spoke wheel in the center.
- India
- A white field with a red-over-blue interlocking circle in the center and four sets of black bars in the corners.
- South Korea
- A dark blue field carrying a red cross with white edging over a red diagonal saltire that is offset against a white saltire.
- United Kingdom
- Three vertical bands of blue, white and red, in that order from the hoist.
- France
- Three horizontal bands of black, red and gold.
- Germany
- Three vertical bands of green, white and red.
- Italy
- A horizontal triband of red, yellow and red in which the yellow band is twice the height of each red band, with a coat of arms placed toward the hoist.
- Spain
- Two vertical panels, a narrower green one at the hoist and a wider red one, with an armillary sphere and shield sitting on the dividing line.
- Portugal
- Nine alternating horizontal stripes of blue and white with a white cross on a blue square in the upper hoist corner.
- Greece
- A square red flag bearing a bold, equal-armed white cross that does not reach the edges.
- Switzerland
- The only national flag that is not a rectangle, formed of two stacked crimson pennants with a blue border, carrying a white moon and a white sun.
- Nepal
- A white field with a horizontal blue stripe near the top and another near the bottom, and a blue six-pointed star in the center.
- Israel
- A red field with a white crescent moon opening toward the fly and a small white five-pointed star set inside its opening.
- Turkey
- A green field with white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword pointing toward the hoist.
- Saudi Arabia
- Horizontal bands of black, red and green separated by thin white stripes, with a red and white shield over two crossed spears in the center.
- Kenya
- A green horizontal Y shape edged in white and gold, splitting the flag into a red band on top, a blue band below and a black triangle at the hoist.
- South Africa
- Three vertical bands of green, white and red, with an eagle perched on a cactus and gripping a snake in the center.
- Mexico
- Three horizontal bands of light blue, white and light blue, with a golden sun bearing a human face in the center.
- Argentina
- A white upper half and a red lower half, with a blue square in the upper hoist carrying one white five-pointed star.
- Chile
- Three horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, where the yellow band fills the top half of the flag.
- Colombia
- Three equal vertical bands of red, white and red, with no emblem on the plain civil version.
- Peru
- Nine alternating horizontal stripes of white and blue with a white square in the upper hoist bearing a golden sun with a face.
- Uruguay
- Thirteen alternating red and white horizontal stripes with a blue canton containing fifty small white stars.
- United States
- A blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, a large white seven-pointed star below it, and five white stars of the Southern Cross on the fly.
- Australia
- A blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and four red, white-edged five-pointed stars forming the Southern Cross on the fly.
- New Zealand
- A red field with one large golden star in the upper hoist and four smaller golden stars arranged in an arc beside it.
- China
- A plain red field with one large five-pointed golden star in the center.
- Vietnam