Maps can look different because they change how the world fits on a flat piece of paper. Imagine you have a round ball and you want to draw it on a flat sheet, some parts will be stretched, others squashed. A map that looks like a pizza slice is one kind; a map that stretches the poles is another. Each way helps us see the world differently.
Examples
- A map that makes Greenland look bigger than Africa, even though it's not.
- A flat map of the world that looks like a pizza slice, with Europe in the center.
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See also
- How Does a Clock Work?
- What Makes Some People Better at Math Than Others?
- Why Is the Shape of a Pizza So Perfect?
- Who is Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic?
- What Makes a Coin Flip Fair?
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