{"id":2883,"date":"2020-08-12T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T05:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T05:31:21","slug":"do-maps-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/2020\/08\/12\/do-maps-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Maps Lie?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One assumes that a map is accurate. There is no reason to alter a map after all. But nothing is straight-forward so unfortunately maps are not accurate. Just watch the following video to see how continents and countries are not what size you think they are. Which do you think is the biggest error?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Maps That Prove You Don&#039;t Really Know Earth\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUF_Ckv8HbE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the traditional world map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/world_map-18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/world_map-18.jpg?w=300&amp;h=179\" alt=\"World_map-18\" class=\"wp-image-1346\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/america-centered-world-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/america-centered-world-map.jpg?w=297&amp;h=156\" alt=\"america-centered-world-map\" class=\"wp-image-1347\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/asia-pacific-centric-world-map-2.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/asia-pacific-centric-world-map-2.gif?w=241&amp;h=154\" alt=\"asia-pacific-centric-world-map-2\" class=\"wp-image-1348\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first map was obviously produced by Europeans. They \u2018discovered\u2019 the world when they were building empires from the 15th to the 20th centuries. This may explain why Britain\u2019s size is exaggerated on maps, Europe too. Africa is always far smaller on world maps. Why do you think this is the case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/a-a-a-africa-and-world1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/a-a-a-africa-and-world1.jpeg?w=300&amp;h=211\" alt=\"a-a-a-africa-and-world1\" class=\"wp-image-1349\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And finally, ever wondered why so many people speak English?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/england-has-never-invaded.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsarethelocomotivesofhistory.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/england-has-never-invaded.jpg?w=394&amp;h=202\" alt=\"England has never invaded\" class=\"wp-image-1350\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you know the countries of the world? Try the following quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/games\/g\/world\">https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/games\/g\/world<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One assumes that a map is accurate. There is no reason to alter a map after all. But nothing is straight-forward so unfortunately maps are not accurate. Just watch the following video to see how continents and countries are not what size you think they are. Which do you think is the biggest error? This &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/2020\/08\/12\/do-maps-lie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Do Maps Lie?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}