Matching Flags to Countries

Match the flags to their countries.

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1. Use an atlas to label the countries for the flags on the map.

2. How many flags belong to Scandinavian countries? _________________________________________________________________________________

3. What feature do the Scandinavian flags have? _________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Tick the flags which are tricolour.

Greece Poland

China France

India Brazil

Russia Egypt

Canada Germany

Italy Mexico

5. Use an atlas to label the oceans on your map.

6. Which four countries does the Union Jack flag represent? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Use an atlas to draw the Equator on your map.

8. Look carefully at the flags. Which flag has a sun emblem? _____________________________________________________________________________________

9. Which labelled country is the hottest? Why? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. In which hemisphere would you find Greenland? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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11. How many flags are Asian countries? ________________

Which flags are these?

United Kingdom Mongolia

South Africa Australia

China Pakistan

India Brazil

Russia Egypt

Canada Germany

12. Why do think the Australian and New Zealand flags contain the Union Jack? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. Can you think of any other flags which also have this feature? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. Look carefully at the flags. Which flag has a crescent and a star to represent progress, light and knowledge? ________________________________________________

15. Look carefully at the flags. Which flag do you think this meaning represents? A blue field symbolises the skies stretching over the people,
and the steppe eagle beneath a shining sun represents love, freedom and aspirations. ___________________________________________

16. How many labelled countries are in the southern hemisphere? ____________

17. If the summer months run from June to September in the northern hemisphere, when do you think the summer months would be for the
southern hemisphere? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Match the flags to their countries.

ARCTIC ARCTIC
Greenland Sweden
OCEAN OCEAN
Iceland Russia
Germany
Canada Mongolia
United
Poland
Kingdom
Kazakhstan
France
United States
Italy
of America Greece
China
ATLANTIC
Mexico Jamaica OCEAN PACIFIC
India OCEAN
Egypt Pakistan

Eritrea

THE EQUATOR Nigeria

INDIAN
Brazil Gabon OCEAN

PACIFIC ATLANTIC
OCEAN OCEAN
Australia

Argentina South Africa

SOUTHERN New
OCEAN Zealand

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1. Use an atlas to label the countries for the flags on the map.

2. How many flags belong to Scandinavian countries? 2 (Sweden and Iceland)

3. What feature do the Scandinavian flags have? The distinctive, off-centre (Scandinavian) cross

4. Tick the flags which are tricolour.

Greece Poland

China France ✓
India ✓ Brazil

Russia ✓ Egypt ✓
Canada Germany ✓
Italy ✓ Mexico ✓
5. Use an atlas to label the oceans on your map.

6. Which four countries does the Union Jack flag represent? England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

7. Use an atlas to draw the Equator on your map.

8. Look carefully at the flags. Which flag has a sun emblem? Argentina

9. Which labelled country is the hottest? Why? Brazil and Gabon because the equator runs through both of them.

10. In which hemisphere would you find Greenland? Northern Hemisphere

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11. How many flags are Asian countries? 4

Which flags are these?

United Kingdom Mongolia ✓

South Africa Australia

China ✓ Pakistan ✓
India ✓ Brazil

Russia Egypt

Canada Germany

12. Why do think the Australian and New Zealand flags contain the Union Jack? They are part of the Commonwealth

13. Can you think of any other flags which also have this feature? Republic of Fiji, Tuvalu, United Kingdom

14. Look carefully at the flags. Which flag has a crescent and a star to represent progress, light and knowledge? Pakistan

15. Look carefully at the flags. Which flag do you think this meaning represents? A blue field symbolises the skies stretching over the people,
and the steppe eagle beneath a shining sun represents love, freedom and aspirations. Kazakhstan

16. How many labelled countries are in the southern hemisphere? 6 (South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Gabon)

17. If the summer months run from June to September in the northern hemisphere, when do you think the summer months would be for the
southern hemisphere? December, January and February

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