2006-10-21 13:51:17 · 8 answers · asked by Luckystar25 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
the union jack
2006-10-21 13:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Union Flag (commonly, the Union Jack) is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Historically, the flag has been used throughout the former British Empire. It still retains an official or semi-official status in many Commonwealth Realms. The current design (which is used as the national Flag of the United Kingdom) dates from the Union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801.
2006-10-22 11:47:43 · answer #2 · answered by It's Me! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Union Jack
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2006-10-21 20:58:52 · answer #3 · answered by doyoulikeme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Union Jack
2006-10-21 20:54:20 · answer #4 · answered by Judy the Wench 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably this is the most authoritative site on the Internet about such things: www.royal.gov.uk/
UNION FLAG
The Union Flag, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.
It is so called because it combines the crosses of the three countries united under one Sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland (although since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom).
The flag consists of three heraldic crosses.
The cross of St George, patron saint of England since the 1270's, is a red cross on a white ground. After James I succeeded to the throne, it was combined with the cross of St. Andrew in 1606.
The cross saltire of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, is a diagonal white cross on a blue ground.
The cross saltire of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, is a diagonal red cross on a white ground. This was combined with the previous Union Flag of St George and St Andrew, after the Act of Union of Ireland with England (and Wales) and Scotland on 1 January 1801, to create the Union Flag that has been flown ever since.
The Welsh dragon does not appear on the Union Flag. This is because when the first Union Flag was created in 1606, the Principality of Wales by that time was already united with England and was no longer a separate principality.
2006-10-21 21:08:53 · answer #5 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Previously called the 'Union Jack', it is now called the 'Union Flag'
2006-10-21 20:59:50 · answer #6 · answered by potterlike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Union Jack
2006-10-21 20:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by sweet_smarty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a jack is a flag, the Union is the UK, so it's the "union jack"
2006-10-21 20:59:56 · answer #8 · answered by Nick F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋