Historical flags quiz: states that no longer exist
Flags outlive the states that flew them. This quiz shows the flag of a country, empire or short-lived state that no longer exists and asks you to name it: the Soviet Union, East Germany, Rhodesia, Zaire and dozens more.
Start the quiz: Historical flagsHow to learn them
- Many historical flags are the ancestors of current ones: the flag of a country often keeps the colors or the layout of the one before it.
- Pair each flag with the date it disappeared. The Soviet Union, East Germany and SFR Yugoslavia all ended between 1990 and 1992.
- Think in eras: colonial empires, the world wars, decolonization and the Cold War each left their own set of flags.