Test yourself on all 23 flags of North America. Every question shows a flag and four North America countries to choose from, so the answers are always close neighbors, just like a real test. This flags of North America quiz also has the flags in a printable form, and tables that sort the 23 flags by level, first letter and name length.
Flags of North America quiz to print (PDF)
The four printable pages below are a multiple-choice sheet, a write-in sheet, the answer key and a black-and-white version. Click a picture for the PDF.
How to play the flags of North America quiz
Set the level, the number of questions and the timer above the quiz. This quiz has 23 questions in three levels: 5 easy, 8 medium and 10 hard. A wrong answer shows the right one, and the result ends with a list of answers to learn.
Flags that are easy to mix up
- Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador: blue, white, blue; Honduras has five blue stars, the others a coat of arms.
- Costa Rica and Thailand (in Asia): both red, white and blue stripes; Costa Rica has a coat of arms on its red band.
- Cuba: blue and white stripes with a red triangle and a white star.
- Canada: a red maple leaf between two red bands.
- Trinidad and Tobago: a black band edged in white across red.
- Belize: blue with red stripes top and bottom and a large coat of arms.
Countries in this quiz
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
Flags of North America quiz: 23 flags by level
The flags of North America quiz puts 23 flags of North America into three levels, so that every player can start at the right place. Easy has 5 flags, medium has 8 and hard has 10. The easy level has the flags that people see most often, and the hard level is mostly small countries:
| Level | Flags | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 5 | Canada, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, United States |
| Medium | 8 | Bahamas, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Hard | 10 | Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, … |
North America flags quiz: countries by first letter
For the North America flags quiz, it helps to know the shape of the list. The letter B starts the most country names (3 of 23), then C (3). The counts for every letter are:
| First letter | Flags |
|---|---|
| A | 1 |
| B | 3 |
| C | 3 |
| D | 2 |
| E | 1 |
| G | 2 |
| H | 2 |
| J | 1 |
| M | 1 |
| N | 1 |
| P | 1 |
| S | 3 |
| T | 1 |
| U | 1 |
Names with fewer letters are quicker to write on the printed sheet. Counting only letters, the shortest and longest names in the quiz are:
| Letters in the name | Countries | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortest | 4 | Cuba |
| Longest | 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
North America flag quiz: design features to look for
Every question in an North America flag quiz comes down to a few design clues: the colors, the number of stripes and the symbols. These are the clues that matter most in North America:
- Canada has a red maple leaf with eleven points on a white square between red bars.
- Jamaica has black, green and gold, and it is the only national flag with no red, white or blue.
- Dominica has a purple parrot, which is a very rare color on a flag, and Belize has two people on its coat of arms.
- The Dominican Republic is the only national flag that shows a Bible, in the center of its coat of arms.
- Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua have blue, white and blue stripes, a design that goes back to the Federal Republic of Central America.
- Haiti and Liechtenstein both had a blue and red flag, and the two were found to be the same at the 1936 Olympic Games, so Liechtenstein added a crown in 1937.
- Mexico has an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its beak, and the United States has 13 stripes and 50 stars.
Guess the North America flags: a five-day study plan
To guess the North America flags with confidence, work through the levels in order. This plan uses the 5 easy, 8 medium and 10 hard flags in the quiz, plus a printed test to check what you remember:
| Day | What to do | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Play the easy level only (5 flags) until you score 100% | 5 |
| Day 2 | Play the medium level (8 flags) with the timer off | 8 |
| Day 3 | Play the hard level (10 flags) and say each country aloud | 10 |
| Day 4 | Print the write-in sheet and name every flag from memory | 14 |
| Day 5 | Play all 23 flags with the timer on and use “Practice the ones I missed” | 23 |
Playing all 23 flags takes 5 minutes at 12 seconds each. Wikipedia’s list of national flags of sovereign states shows every flag with a short description, and the study of flags has its own name, vexillology.
Flags of North America quiz and the capitals quiz: study both
Link each flag with its capital: the capitals of North America quiz asks for the capital of the same countries.
Print this flags of North America quiz
Make a printable version with an answer key: 10 to 30 questions, as multiple choice or write-in answers.
Frequently asked questions
4 quick answers
How many countries are in North America?
This quiz has 23: the United Nations member states in North America.
Where do the flag pictures come from?
Twemoji flag images by Twitter, Inc. and contributors, used under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Which flags are the hardest in the flags of North America quiz?
The hard level has 10 flags, for example Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica. They belong to small countries, or to flags that look like many others.
How long does the flags of North America quiz take?
Ten questions take about 2 minutes, and all 23 flags take 5 minutes at 12 seconds each. The timer is optional.