Question

africa calls for map to show continents true size 21st august 2025 the african union (au) has called for an end to a widely used map that shrinks the african continent. the map is called the mercator projection. it was created by map - maker gerardus mercator in 1569. in the 18th century, it became the international standard for sailors. it is now the worlds most widely used map. however, it does not show the true size of different nations. countries farther away from the equator look larger than they really are, whereas countries closer to the equator appear smaller. the au is supporting a campaign called correct the map. it is also calling for a design that shows the correct size of africa, and of other continents and countries. the deputy chairperson of the au spoke about the mercator map. she told reuters: \it might seem to be just a map, but in reality, it is not.\ she said the mercator gave the impression that africa was less important. she said africa is the worlds second - largest continent by area and has more than one billion people. the executive director of the non - profit organization africa no filter agreed. she said the mercator map was \the worlds longest misinformation and disinformation campaign and it just simply has to stop\. the group speak up africa wants people to use the 2018 equal earth map, on which \africa appears 14 times larger than greenland, as it actually is\. sources: theguardian.com / cnn.com / correctthemap.org / wikipedia.org / equal - earth.com true / false 1) the african union wants people to stop using a map that shrinks africa. t / f 2) the worlds most widely used map was created in 1569. t / f 3) on the widely used map, northern countries look smaller than they are. t / f 4) on the widely used map, countries on the equator look larger. t / f 5) the article says africa has the worlds second largest population. t / f 6) the africa no filter group said the widely used map misinformed people. t / f 7) the speak up africa group wants people to use a gender equality map. t / f 8) greenland is 14 times smaller than africa. t / f synonym match (the words in bold are from the news article.) 1. map a. feeling 2. created b. accurate 3. international c. region 4. true d. chart 5. supporting e. really 6. seem f. global 7. impression g. backing 8. area h. plainly 9. simply i. made 10. actually j. appear writing map - reading should be a subject taught in schools. discuss.

Explanation:

1. Según el artículo, la Unión Africana pide que se deje de usar un mapa que achica África, así que es cierto.
2. El mapa de proyección de Mercator fue creado en 1569 y es el más usado, cierto.
3. En el mapa de Mercator, los países del norte parecen más grandes de lo que son, no más pequeños, falso.
4. En el mapa de Mercator, los países cerca del ecuador parecen más pequeños, no más grandes, falso.
5. África es el segundo continente más poblado, cierto.
6. El grupo Africa No Filter dijo que el mapa desinforma, cierto.
7. El grupo Speak Up Africa pide un mapa que muestre el tamaño correcto de África, no un mapa de igualdad de género, falso.
8. África es 14 veces más grande que Groenlandia, cierto.

Para el Synonym Match:

1. "map" - "chart" (d)
2. "created" - "made" (i)
3. "international" - "global" (f)
4. "true" - "accurate" (b)
5. "supporting" - "backing" (g)
6. "seem" - "appear" (j)
7. "impression" - "feeling" (a)
8. "area" - "region" (c)
9. "simply" - "plainly" (h)
10. "actually" - "really" (e)

Answer:

1. T
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. T
7. F
8. T

Synonym Match:

1. d
2. i
3. f
4. b
5. g
6. j
7. a
8. c
9. h
10. e