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Philippines General 1

Can there be more than one country in the same archipelago? The Philippines is an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean between Indonesia and Taiwan. As of 2023, 22 states have officially designated their status as archipelagic. Which country is not an archipelago?

1. Indonesia 2. Papua New Guinea 3. Papua New Guinea 4. Solomon Islands 5. Japan 6. Morocco 7. New Zealand

Philippines General 2

What happens to the country’s flag during the war? In the Philippines, the flag on the pole is flipped in the event of military action, with the blue and red stripes reversed. The golden sun on the flag of the Philippines in the center of the triangle has 8 rays — the number of provinces of the Philippines that first rose to the fight against Spain. The three golden five-pointed stars signify the island groups that make up the Philippine archipelago…

1. Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau 2. Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu 3. Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao 4. Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java 5. Andros, Abaco, Inagua

Philippines General 3

Why are birds depicted on the coat of arms? The official coat of arms of the Republic of the Philippines was adopted much later than the flag in 1940. The sun and the five-pointed stars mean the same on it as on the flag. In a reminder of the colonial past, the arms depict a bald eagle as a symbol of the United States of America and a lion as a symbol of Spain’s past dominance. The ribbon has an inscription…