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Part of the Acropolis in Athens - symbolic of Ancient Greece.

European Flags 6

European flags use colours, crosses, stripes, and symbols in different ways. This quiz helps you compare designs and spot details that make each national flag distinct.

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Fascinating Fact:

Switzerland’s flag is unusual because it is square, not rectangular. It has a white cross on a red background.

In Specialist Flags of the World, European flags are often identified by colour order, stripe direction, cross placement, and symbols. Careful comparison helps you tell similar designs apart.

Key Terms

Tricolour: A flag with three colours, often arranged in stripes.
Coat of arms: An official heraldic design that may appear on a national flag.
Proportion: The ratio of a flag’s width to its height.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do you identify European flags that use the same colours?

You can identify similar European flags by checking the order of colours, whether stripes are vertical or horizontal, and whether the flag includes a symbol, shield, or emblem.

What is a Nordic cross on a flag?

A Nordic cross is a cross shape placed slightly to the left side of the flag. It appears on several Northern European flags, including Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

Why do some European flags include a coat of arms?

Some European flags include a coat of arms to show national history, monarchy, regional identity, or long-standing state traditions in a single official symbol.

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1 .

The country represented by this flag has, in its time, been a part of Alexander the Great's Empire, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire, before it gained its independence in 1830. Which country is it?

Cyprus

Greece

Malta

Turkey

The birthplace of Western Civilisation, ancient Greece was not a single united country. Instead, it was made up of a collection of independent city states, such as Athens or Sparta. These states were unified by Philip II of Macedon whose son, Alexander, forged the largest Empire yet seen on Earth. In the centuries that followed Alexander's death the Empire crumbled and Greece became a territory of foreign empires for the next 2,000 years

2 .

Which country, called "Eastern Empire" in its mother tongue, is represented by this flag?

Russia

Turkey

Austria

Bulgaria

At the time of its foundation in 976 AD, Austria was the most Easterly of all the German territories - collectively the Holy Roman Empire. Austria left its German partners in 1804 and became the independent Austrian Empire

3 .

This flag is almost identical to that of its neighbouring country, Romania. As well as having very similar flags the two nations also share a common language. To which country does the flag belong?

Bulgaria

Serbia

Moldova

Ukraine

Since Moldova became independent from the USSR in 1990 there has been a call for unification with Romania, as the two countries share a common history. So far though, public opinion is mostly in favour of retaining Moldovan independence

4 .

This flag belongs to which country?

France

Portugal

England

Spain

The name Spain is derived from the Roman name for Iberia, Hispania

5 .

Which British Crown dependency is represented by this flag?

Jersey

Gibraltar

Guernsey

Malta

The flag was adopted by the government of the islands (the Bailiwick of Jersey incudes 4 other islands as well as the one which shares its name) in 1979, and first flown in 1981. Before then, a plain red saltire, with no coat of arms, represented Jersey

6 .

This flag represents which country, whose capital city is Bratislava?

Slovakia

Albania

Serbia

Hungary

The flag of Slovakia is almost identical to the Russian flag, and it is also very similar to that of Slovenia. To avoid confusion the national coat of arms was added to the design in 1992

7 .

The country represented by this flag became an independent state in 2008, although it is not recognised by the government of Serbia. What is its name?

Slovakia

Kosovo

Slovenia

Ukraine

Serbia claims Kosovo as one of its provinces, despite the declaration of independence.

8 .

This is the Polish flag, but from 1978 until his death in 2005, Karol Jozef Wojtyla (also known as John Paul II), held what position? He is the only Polish man ever to do so

Pope

Formula One Champion

England Football Manager

Dalai Lama

Although he was never the manager of England, Pope John Paul II did in fact play football in his youth. He was the goalkeeper for both his school and his university sides. His football career was brought to an end by the German invasion of Poland which ushered in World War II

9 .

This is the flag of which city state? In 1956 its ruling prince married Hollywood star, Grace Kelly.

San Marino

Vatican City

Andorra

Monaco

Kelly became Princess consort of Monaco, which she remained until her death in 1982

10 .

This is the flag of Russia, which replaced that of the Soviet Union in 1993. What was the dominant colour of the Soviet flag which this one replaced?

Red

White

Blue

Green

The flag was completely red, with a gold hammer, sickle and star in the top left corner. The red background symbolised the blood shed by workers before and during the 1917 revolution, the hammer represented industrial workers, the sickle was for agricultural workers, and the star was symbolic of the Communist Party

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