Which was the whole point of the map. To highlight the majority of American schoolchildren who got it wrong.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Or they have been looking at Mercator projections. > > > http://www.bestworldmap.info/wp-content/uploads/map-of-world/4/world-map.gif > > Yes, I'd say that most people would look at that and guess that the US > is a bit smaller than Africa. Maybe half the size. Certainly the US > and China together would be at least the size of Africa and Greenland > is about the same size as Africa. > > Judah > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Comparing continents to countries seems to me to enhance geographic > > ignorance, not alleviate it. Anyone who does not know that the > > CONTINENT of Africa is larger than the COUNTRY of the United States is > > very poorly educated. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
