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Page 1: The Geometry of Flags

THE GEOMETRY OF FLAGS Revisit our stops on the great race.

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The national flag of France is known as the French Tricolour.

France

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The yellow stripe is twice the width of the red stripe

The flag of Spain- “La Rojigualda”

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The orange, white and blue are the colors of the Netherlands flag.

Flag of New York City

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The flag was adopted in 1971. It contains the Pan-Arab colors, red, green, white and black, which symbolize Arabian unity.

Flag of the United Arab Emirates

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The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert (black and gold) and Crossland (red and white) families.

State of Maryland

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The “Union Jack” is a combination of the flags of England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Flag of Great Britain

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Introduced 1194 A.D. by Richard 1.

The English flag of St. George

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The flag of St. Andrew

The National Flag of Scotland

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The National Flags of Scotland and England were united for use at sea, thus making the first Union 'Jack'.

The first Union Jack

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In 1801 Ireland was united with Great Britain

Northern Ireland, the flag of St. Patrick

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The cross St Patrick was combined with the Union Flag of St George and St Andrew, to create the Union Flag

The Union Jack

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England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland were now all joined together and called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Where is Wales?


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