The Union Jack is the United Kingdom's flag. It represents the four countries in the United Kingdom: Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. The flag has been used since the year 1801.
Scotland
The U.k
Union Flag, or more casually the Union Jack
The Union Jack is the nickname of the UK flag.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
New Zealand is a commonwealth country which derived from English origins thus the Union Jack.
There are no stars in the union jack. There are three crosses: England's St. George's cross, Scotland's St. Andrew's cross and Ireland's St. Patrick's cross. There are, however, 6 stars on the Australian flag which has a union jack in the top left hand corner. The 5 stars that are on the right side of the flag represent a constellation of stars called the 'Southern Cross'. All of these stars have 6 points which represent the 6 states of Australia. The star on the left hand side of the flag is called Federation star. This is larger and has 7 points which represent Canberra and the Northern Territory.
The British flag, otherwise known as the Union Flag or incorrectly the Union Jack, is an amalgam of the flags of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'special name', but the official name for the British flag is: Union Jack
The jack refers to the jackstay of a ship, on which the Union Jack would be displayed. Strictly speaking the flag should be called the Union Flag, but Union Jack is well known. Actually, the union jack is what the flag is called out at sea, but the union flag is what they call it on land.
Because Samoa is an independent country, not a British colony.
because before Australia became a republic (independent country) it was ruled by England. Australia still has strong ties with england, so the union jack is on the flag to show this relationship.