Flag of Ukraine

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/flag-of-ukraine

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the flag composition?Two equal horizontal bands: blue (top) and yellow (bottom)
2. What is the symbolic interpretation?Blue represents the sky; yellow represents wheat fields
3. What do the blue and yellow colors on Ukraine's flag represent?Blue is the sky, showing peace and hope. Yellow is wheat, showing the fertile fields that feed Europe.
4. Why was the flag hidden when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union?The Soviet flag replaced it, so people kept the blue and yellow secret to remember their own nation.

Bicolor: A flag or design consisting of two distinct colors.
Nationalism: A political ideology characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty.
Sovereignty: The authority of a state to govern itself or another state; supreme power or authority.
Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.