Flag of Yemen

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-yemen

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 official adoption date?May 22, 1990, coinciding with Yemeni unification
2. What is the graphical equivalence?Identical to the flag of the Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1972)
3. What does the flag of Yemen look like?It has three horizontal stripes: red on top, white in the middle, and black at the bottom.
4. When was the flag of Yemen adopted?It was officially adopted on May 22, 1990, when North and South Yemen joined together.

Pan-Arabism: An ideology advocating for the political, cultural, and economic unity of all Arab peoples.
Republicanism: A political ideology centered on the principle of popular sovereignty, where the head of state is not a monarch.
Sovereignty: Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.