Digital Flashcards | Flags & Facts

United States

Capital: Washington, D.C.

The US flag has 50 stars representing the 50 states and 13 stripes representing the original colonies.

United Kingdom

Capital: London

The UK flag is called the Union Jack and combines the crosses of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

France

Capital: Paris

The French flag is known as the Tricolore, with blue, white, and red vertical stripes.

Germany

Capital: Berlin

The German flag features three horizontal stripes of black, red, and gold.

Japan

Capital: Tokyo

Japan's flag features a red circle representing the sun on a white background.

Canada

Capital: Ottawa

The Canadian flag features a red maple leaf, which became official in 1965.

Brazil

Capital: Brasília

Brazil's flag features a blue globe with stars representing the night sky over Rio de Janeiro.

India

Capital: New Delhi

The Indian flag features a navy blue Ashoka Chakra (wheel) with 24 spokes in the center.

Australia

Capital: Canberra

The Australian flag features the Union Jack and the Commonwealth Star along with the Southern Cross constellation.

China

Capital: Beijing

The Chinese flag is red with five yellow stars – one large and four smaller ones in an arc.

Russia

Capital: Moscow

The Russian flag consists of three horizontal stripes: white, blue, and red.

Mexico

Capital: Mexico City

The Mexican flag features an eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake, based on an Aztec legend.

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria

South Africa's flag is one of the newest national flags, designed in 1994 after the end of apartheid.

Italy

Capital: Rome

The Italian flag features three vertical stripes of green, white, and red.

Spain

Capital: Madrid

Spain's flag features a coat of arms that includes the Pillars of Hercules and the royal seal.

Netherlands

Capital: Amsterdam

The Dutch flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue, one of the oldest tricolor flags.

Sweden

Capital: Stockholm

The Swedish flag features a yellow Scandinavian cross on a blue background.

Switzerland

Capital: Bern

Switzerland's flag is square with a white cross on a red background, one of only two square sovereign-state flags.

Turkey

Capital: Ankara

Turkey's flag features a white star and crescent on a red background, symbols of Islam.

South Korea

Capital: Seoul

The South Korean flag is called Taegukgi and features a red and blue yin-yang symbol surrounded by four trigrams.

Poland

Capital: Warsaw

The Polish flag consists of two horizontal stripes of white and red.

Norway

Capital: Oslo

Norway's flag features a blue Scandinavian cross outlined in white on a red background.

Portugal

Capital: Lisbon

The Portuguese flag features an armillary sphere and the Portuguese shield on a green and red background.

Indonesia

Capital: Jakarta

Indonesia's flag is simple with two horizontal stripes of red and white.

Saudi Arabia

Capital: Riyadh

Saudi Arabia's flag features the Islamic creed (shahada) and a sword on a green background.

Thailand

Capital: Bangkok

Thailand's flag has five horizontal stripes of red, white, blue, white, and red.

Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi

Vietnam's flag features a yellow star on a red background, representing the five main classes in Vietnamese society.

Malaysia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia's flag features 14 red and white stripes and a yellow crescent and star on a blue field.

Egypt

Capital: Cairo

Egypt's flag features the Eagle of Saladin on a tricolor of red, white, and black stripes.

Nigeria

Capital: Abuja

Nigeria's flag is a simple vertical tricolor of green, white, and green.

Kenya

Capital: Nairobi

Kenya's flag features a Maasai shield and crossed spears in the center of black, red, green, and white stripes.

Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa

Ethiopia's flag features the traditional Pan-African colors of green, yellow, and red with a national emblem in the center.

Ghana

Capital: Accra

Ghana's flag was the first African flag after colonialism to use the Pan-African colors of red, yellow, and green.

Tanzania

Capital: Dodoma

Tanzania's flag features a diagonal black band edged in yellow dividing green and blue triangles.

Algeria

Capital: Algiers

Algeria's flag features a red star and crescent on a background split between green and white.

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Beyond Flashcards

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