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From the Ted Talk by Kayla Wolf: Why every world map is wrong
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Fourteen gerlaednns could fit in Africa, but you wouldn’t guess it from most maps of the world.
The fact is, every world map huanms have ever made is wrong. Actually, it’s ismioblpse 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 ditigal 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, ppolee didn't even try. They just plonked plecas down in arbitrary locations without any consistent scale.
Open Cloze
Fourteen __________ could fit in Africa, but you wouldn’t guess it from most maps of the world.
The fact is, every world map ______ have ever made is wrong. Actually, it’s __________ 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 _______ 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 locations without any consistent scale.
Solution
- places
- digital
- impossible
- greenlands
- people
- humans
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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