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From the Ted Talk by Kayla Wolf: Why every world map is wrong

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The most accurate pjeocitorn to date is the autgharaph World Map designed by Japanese architect Hajime nkurwaaa in 1999. The continents and oceans are almost completely in proportion, and the map is rectangular, just how we like it. Could this be the perfect map?

Well... no.

Since the Mercator works for navigation and reads clearly, why bhtoer with all these whacky maps? Arno Peters argued that by elrainngg European and North American countries, the Mercator projection gives white nations a snese of supremacy over non-white nnitoas closer to the equator. He adapted the Gall-Peters Projection, which counteracts that particular problem, but the continents are still... stretched.

Open Cloze


The most accurate __________ to date is the __________ World Map designed by Japanese architect Hajime ________ in 1999. The continents and oceans are almost completely in proportion, and the map is rectangular, just how we like it. Could this be the perfect map?

Well... no.

Since the Mercator works for navigation and reads clearly, why ______ with all these whacky maps? Arno Peters argued that by _________ European and North American countries, the Mercator projection gives white nations a _____ of supremacy over non-white _______ closer to the equator. He adapted the Gall-Peters Projection, which counteracts that particular problem, but the continents are still... stretched.

Solution


  1. authagraph
  2. projection
  3. nations
  4. narukawa
  5. enlarging
  6. bother
  7. sense

Original Text


The most accurate projection to date is the AuthaGraph World Map designed by Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa in 1999. The continents and oceans are almost completely in proportion, and the map is rectangular, just how we like it. Could this be the perfect map?

Well... no.

Since the Mercator works for navigation and reads clearly, why bother with all these whacky maps? Arno Peters argued that by enlarging European and North American countries, the Mercator projection gives white nations a sense of supremacy over non-white nations closer to the equator. He adapted the Gall-Peters Projection, which counteracts that particular problem, but the continents are still... stretched.

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