These maps will give you a better understanding of the United States in relation to the rest of the world.
Alaska x The Contiguous United States
Brazil x The United States
Argentina X The United States
Chile x The United States
Iran x The United States
Saudia Arabia x The United States
Libya x The United States
The Sudan* x The United States
*before South Sudan officially became an independent state on July 9th, 2011
The Democratic Republic of Congo x The United States
Madagascar x The United States
Japan x The United States
North Korea x The United States
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos vs The United States
China x The United States
Russia x The United States
India x The United States
The United States x Africa
The U.S. vs The World
Maps are just all wrong. Here's how the world map should look according to "The West Wing":
Ah, the politics of map design.
The Gall-Peters Projection world map
While originally created by James Gall in 1885, the Gall-Peters Projection came into public consciousness in 1967 when Arno Peters championed it as a more accurate representation of the size of countries. It was considered controversial for calling into question the way the "third-world" is represented.
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What maps do N.A.S.A. use? What do the photographs from space tell us about the placement of our continents?
Well, that escalated quickly.