Flags of the World
Beyond the famous few, the world’s flags are a catalogue of recurring ideas: the Nordic cross, the Islamic crescent, the pan-African and pan-Slavic colour sets. This set widens the tour to distinctive flags from every region and trains you to read those building blocks — so even a flag you rarely see becomes easy to place at a glance.
Practice this set for free — no account needed. Loads 14 flashcards into the learner.
Practice in the free learnerHow to study this set
Learn the families: the Scandinavian countries all share the off-centre cross; several Middle Eastern flags share the crescent and star. Once you know the pattern, you only need the detail that sets each one apart — the colour of the cross, the number of points on the star.
All 14 flashcards
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Sweden
Blue with an off-centre yellow Scandinavian cross.
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Norway
Red with a white-bordered blue Scandinavian cross.
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Switzerland
A square flag; Switzerland and Vatican City are the only two square national flags.
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Turkey
Red with a white crescent and star.
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Israel
A blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on white.
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South Korea
The red-and-blue taegeuk circle with four black trigrams.
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Argentina
Two light-blue bands and a white band with the golden Sun of May.
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Kenya
Red, black and green with a Maasai shield and crossed spears.
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Portugal
Green and red with a yellow armillary sphere and shield.
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Jamaica
A gold diagonal cross (saltire) dividing green and black triangles.
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Nepal
The world’s only non-rectangular national flag — two stacked pennants.
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Vietnam
Red with a single large yellow star in the centre.
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Saudi Arabia
Green with the shahada in Arabic script above a horizontal sword.
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Denmark
A white Scandinavian cross on red — the Dannebrog, often called the oldest continuously-used national flag.
What to learn next
Ready for a real challenge? Level 3, "Tricky Flags", leaves the famous names behind for the harder, less-common flags — dragons, suns and emblems you will have to learn from scratch.
Continue to Level 3: Tricky Flags →