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From the Ted Talk by Kayla Wolf: Why every world map is wrong
Unscramble the Blue Letters
futeoern Greenlands could fit in Africa, but you wouldn’t gseus it from most maps of the world.
The fact is, every wolrd map humans have ever made is wrong. Actually, it’s impossible to make a map of the world 100% right. No, not you, globe— we know you’re accurate. Not you, Google Earth, you’re just a digital globe. We're talking about flat maps, which, let's face it, are way more convenient for a lot of things.
Anyway, as we were saying, it’s impossible to make a 100% accurate flat map of a spherical planet. For a long time, ploepe didn't even try. They just plonked pclaes down in arbitrary lcanooits without any consistent scale.
Open Cloze
________ Greenlands could fit in Africa, but you wouldn’t _____ it from most maps of the world.
The fact is, every _____ map humans have ever made is wrong. Actually, it’s impossible to make a map of the world 100% right. No, not you, globe— we know you’re accurate. Not you, Google Earth, you’re just a digital globe. We're talking about flat maps, which, let's face it, are way more convenient for a lot of things.
Anyway, as we were saying, it’s impossible to make a 100% accurate flat map of a spherical planet. For a long time, ______ didn't even try. They just plonked ______ down in arbitrary _________ without any consistent scale.
Solution
- places
- fourteen
- locations
- people
- guess
- world
Original Text
Fourteen Greenlands could fit in Africa, but you wouldn’t guess it from most maps of the world.
The fact is, every world map humans have ever made is wrong. Actually, it’s impossible to make a map of the world 100% right. No, not you, globe— we know you’re accurate. Not you, Google Earth, you’re just a digital globe. We're talking about flat maps, which, let's face it, are way more convenient for a lot of things.
Anyway, as we were saying, it’s impossible to make a 100% accurate flat map of a spherical planet. For a long time, people didn't even try. They just plonked places down in arbitrary locations without any consistent scale.
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