List of flags with blue, red, and white stripes

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

Name:

Date:

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/list-of-flags-with-blue--red--and-white-stripes

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 do the blue, red, and white stripes on some flags mean?They show ideas like freedom, equality, and friendship. The first Dutch flag used these colors in the 1500s to show independence.
2. Why did the French flag have blue, white, and red stripes?It was made during the French Revolution to show liberty, equality, and fraternity. It replaced the old royal flags.

Enlightenment: An 18th-century intellectual and philosophical movement emphasizing reason and individualism.
Republicanism: A political ideology advocating for a form of government where power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
Autocratic: A system of government where one person holds absolute power.