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You and your partner have 15 minutes to draw a map of the world and place the following items on your map…
• 5 Political Items (Cities, Countries, etc.)• 5 Geographic Features (Mountains,
Rivers, Oceans)• 5 Inventions• 5 Cultural Items (Art, Music, Religion)• 5 Historical Items (People, Events, etc.)• 5 Arrows Showing Movement across
Space (such as the Mongols invading Europe or Smallpox coming to the Americas)
How Do You View the World?
The Robinson Projection Map is not perfect (just look at Antarctica!); however, it is fairly accurate along the equator. The Robinson Map is considered to look right for world maps, and hence is widely used by
Rand McNally, the National Geographic Society, and others.
In 1974, as an effort to reduce the political bias of conventional maps, Arno Peters created the 'Peters Projection' of the world so that one square inch anywhere on the map represents an equal number of square miles of the earth's surface.
The Peters Projection Map from
Two Perspectives
Comparing Projections
Which map projection does the College Board use?
"Political" Map
Regional World Map
You Need to Study More Geography
If You Think…
Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
Andes is
an after dinner mint
The Andes Mountains
The Balkans are
alien people on Star Wars
The Balkans
Area is HistoricallyKnown as a CrossroadsOf many Cultures that Live there.
The English Channel isa TV show about Prince Charles
and Princess Di
The English Channel
•Joins the North Sea and the Atlantic
The United Kingdom is… a theme park
The United Kingdom
The Tropic of Cancer is… a rare disease
Tropic of Cancer
This is the Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire
The Bermuda
Triangle is a percussion instrument in a reggae
band
The Bermuda Triangle
The International Dateline is
another dating network
The International Dateline
The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish
Dust Bowl
AND FINALLY, you definitely need to study more geography if …
you are on a Mediterranean Cruise but you think you are in the Indian
Ocean!
BEFORE
AFTER!
