Collins - World Flags for Children

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This map shows the flag for each country in Europe.
All these flags have three colours. They are red, white and blue.
These flags have only two colours.

Some are blue and white and some are red and white.

This map shows the flag for each country in North America. The flag of the USA is made up of stars and stripes. The Canadian flag shows the national emblem. This is a maple leaf.
The colours on flags are often shown as stripes.
The colours on flags are often shown as stripes.

Many of these flags have blue and white stripes.
These flags have stars. Some flags have only one star and some have many stars.

This map shows the flag for each country in South America. These flags have the colours red and yellow.

White shapes appear on all of these flags.
Sometimes flags have only one or two colours.
Sometimes flags have only one or two colours.

Many flags have lots of colours.

This map shows the flag for each country in Asia. Some flags show a symbol of a crescent moon, the sun or the stars. Next page