Every country has a national flag, including the United States. Flags date back to around 1000 b.c.e., when the Egyptians used primitive versions of flags some were even made out of wood or metal to identify themselves and to signal to others. Ships started using flags at sea to signal to each other and to harbors, often to let them know they had a diseased crew aboard. Flags are still used today to let sailors know what weather conditions await at sea. The military also made use of flags to rally its troops. During the ancient wars, capturing an enemy’s flag was considered an honorable seizure. Today, the most popular use of flags is to identify and symbolize the world’s countries, which became commonplace in the 1700s. When new lands are discovered and, for example when Mount Everest and the Moon were conquered explorers raise their country’s flag as a sign of their being the first to set foot on these unchartered lands.
- Is there really a place called Atlantis?
- What is a landlocked country?
- Why do people speak different languages?
- Which countries have the most neighbors?
- How are countries formed?
- How does the United States’s size compare with that of other countries?
- Which country is the smallest?
- Which country is the biggest?
- What are the world’s newest countries?
- How many countries are there?
- Why are pigs so dirty?
- Why do horses sleep standing up?
- Why do cows stand around in fields eating all day?
- What is a country’s culture?
- Why do flies like cow poop?
- How can cows make so much milk?
- Can farm animals be cloned?
- Why does a rooster crow when the Sun comes up?
- What is a fish farm?
- Does organic farming contribute to less pollution?
