Josie: It's crazy how big Greenland is. It's a single country, but it's almost the size of Africa, which is a whole continent! You know: The most-used world map (the Mercator map) distorts the size of land at the top and bottom. Africa is actually 14.5 times bigger than Greenland. Which of the following counterarguments would be most effective for correcting Josie? * You're right, Greenland is huge on every map I've ever seen hung on the wall in school. But you know what's crazy? Those maps are totally misleading and Greenland is actually way smaller than Africa. I feel lied to! You are such an idiot! Didn't you know that flat maps are totally distorted? I can't believe you actually thought that. That's actually incorrect. Africa is 14.5 times larger than Greenland because the Mercator map distorts the size of some locations.
That's actually incorrect. Africa is 14.5 times larger than Greenland because the Mercator map distorts the size of some locations. It's important to look at different types of maps to get a more accurate representation of the sizes of countries and continents.
