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Critical Thinking using Geographic Perspectives. Critical Thinking:. disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded and informed by evidence. Earth. What do you think when you see this?. These maps look flat to me. Doesn’t that mean the earth is flat?.
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Critical Thinking: disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-mindedand informed by evidence
Earth What do you think when you see this?
These maps look flat to me. Doesn’t that mean the earth is flat?
Square Miles Greenland: 836,300 Africa: 11,670,000 Greenland can fit into Africa almost 14 times!
Assignment Mercator’s Peter’s For additional information: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/2/maps-cartographycolonialismnortheurocentricglobe.html
Citations • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Mercator-projection.jpg • http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/images-4/flat-earth.jpg • http://blog.lib.umn.edu/walke541/architecture/fuller_1280x640.jpg • http://jwhlearning.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/africa_map.jpg • http://www.pratham.name/images/mercator.png • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection_SW.jpg • http://www.businessinsider.com/map-overlays-comparing-size-2013-12 • http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/mercator_projection_color.jpg • http://www.ucutathome.com/store/products/Tim-Holtz-Bigz-Vintage-Globe-cut-at-home-635728-7688a.jpg • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/critical+thinking • https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/time_95.jpg • http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobodyer-large.jpg