Asian Flag Quizzes Including China, Japan, Burma and Taiwan

Flags of the World Quiz - Asian Flags 1 (Questions)

The largest continent on the face of the Earth is Asia. It covers an area of 17,212,000 square miles (44,579,000 square km); that's almost 9% of the Earth's surface!

Asia is home to some 4,164,252,000 people (4 billion,164 million!); that's nearly two thirds of all the inhabitants of Earth. But despite its size and its population, Asia has fewer countries than either Africa or Europe, which are both considerably smaller.

Here are some questions about ten of the countries to be found on the continent, and the flags which they use.

To which country, unified in 221 BC, does this flag belong?

[ ]	Thailand
[ ]	China
[ ]	Vietnam
[ ]	Japan

This flag represents which country which consists of almost 7,000 islands?

[ ]	Philippines
[ ]	Indonesia
[ ]	Maldives
[ ]	Japan

The country represented by this flag is officially called Myanmar. By what name is it more commonly known?

[ ]	Burma
[ ]	Nepal
[ ]	Malaysia
[ ]	Laos

This flag represents which country - the world's largest exporter of oil?

[ ]	Syria
[ ]	Iran
[ ]	Saudi Arabia
[ ]	Iraq

This is the flag of which country, officially called "The Republic of China?"

[ ]	Singapore
[ ]	North Korea
[ ]	Taiwan
[ ]	Tibet

Which country, whose capital city is Abu Dhabi, is represented by this flag?

[ ]	Syria
[ ]	Kuwait
[ ]	Yemen
[ ]	United Arab Emirates

This is the flag of which country? It is based on the flag used by the Arabs during their revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I.

[ ]	Iraq
[ ]	Jordan
[ ]	Iran
[ ]	Syria

The country represented by this flag is half the size of Wales and has Beirut as its capital city. Which nation is it?

[ ]	Lebanon
[ ]	Oman
[ ]	Kuwait
[ ]	Brunei

This is the flag of which small island kingdom which is located entirely within the Persian Gulf?

[ ]	Bahrain
[ ]	Bhutan
[ ]	Brunei
[ ]	Bermuda

10.

This is the flag of Bangladesh, but what was Bangladesh known as prior to 1971?

[ ]	North India
[ ]	West Burma
[ ]	East Pakistan
[ ]	South China

Flags of the World Quiz - Asian Flags 1 (Answers)

To which country, unified in 221 BC, does this flag belong?

[ ]	Thailand
[x]	China
[ ]	Vietnam
[ ]	Japan

What we now call China was originally several independent states. These were unified by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, in 221 BC. The Emperors who followed ruled China for 2,133 years before it became a republic in 1912

This flag represents which country which consists of almost 7,000 islands?

[ ]	Philippines
[ ]	Indonesia
[ ]	Maldives
[x]	Japan

The red circle in the middle of the flag represents the sun. In Japanese the flag has two names: Hinomaru (circle of the sun) and Nisshoki (sun-mark flag). The Japanese call their country Nippon, which means "the sun's origin"; literally, the land of the rising sun

The country represented by this flag is officially called Myanmar. By what name is it more commonly known?

[x]	Burma
[ ]	Nepal
[ ]	Malaysia
[ ]	Laos

What we call Burma was first unified in 849 AD as the Pagan Empire. It was conquered by the British in the 19th century, but regained its independence in 1948. In 1989 Burma changed the name given to it by the British and officially became Myanmar

This flag represents which country - the world's largest exporter of oil?

[ ]	Syria
[ ]	Iran
[x]	Saudi Arabia
[ ]	Iraq

The Saudi flag is marked by the Islamic creed, which translates into English as, "There is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God"

This is the flag of which country, officially called "The Republic of China?"

[ ]	Singapore
[ ]	North Korea
[x]	Taiwan
[ ]	Tibet

China was torn apart by civil war after World War II. The governing Nationalists were defeated on the mainland by the Communists who took control of the country. The Nationalists retreated to the island of Taiwan and held on to power there, hence its official name "The Republic of China," as opposed to the Communist "People's Republic of China" which is found on the mainland

Which country, whose capital city is Abu Dhabi, is represented by this flag?

[ ]	Syria
[ ]	Kuwait
[ ]	Yemen
[x]	United Arab Emirates

The UAE is made up of seven different emirates, including Dubai, the business, tourism and leisure metropolis. The UAE gained its independence from Britain in 1971

This is the flag of which country? It is based on the flag used by the Arabs during their revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I.

[ ]	Iraq
[x]	Jordan
[ ]	Iran
[ ]	Syria

It is said that the seven pointed star symbolises the seven verses of Islamic belief mentioned at the beginning of the Qur'an: faith in one God, humanity, humility, national spirit, virtue, social justice, and aspiration

The country represented by this flag is half the size of Wales and has Beirut as its capital city. Which nation is it?

[x]	Lebanon
[ ]	Oman
[ ]	Kuwait
[ ]	Brunei

Lebanon gets its name from the mountain range which runs through it. The root of the name means "white" and perhaps refers to the snow on the peaks of the Lebanon Mountains.
The Lebanese flag is marked by a cedar tree, a native of the country, and it symbolises immortality and steadiness

This is the flag of which small island kingdom which is located entirely within the Persian Gulf?

[x]	Bahrain
[ ]	Bhutan
[ ]	Brunei
[ ]	Bermuda

In its time Bahrain has been governed by the Persians, the Arabs, the Portuguese and the British, from whom it won its independence in 1971

10.

This is the flag of Bangladesh, but what was Bangladesh known as prior to 1971?

[ ]	North India
[ ]	West Burma
[x]	East Pakistan
[ ]	South China

Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan in 1971 following a war in which it was aided by the Indian government. It then changed its name from East Pakistan to Bangladesh