1. Fun with Earth!

2. This projection is
distorted at the poles.
Mercator

3. A globe is more accurate

4. Many other projections

5. meteor; mass extinction of 75% of Earth’s plants and animals
Peninsulas
Yucatan
Dinosaur – ending
meteor; mass extinction of 75% of Earth’s plants and animals

6. Peninsulas
Scandinavian
Iberian
Apennine
Anatolian

7. Peninsulas
Jutland
Denmark
Balkan

8. Peninsulas Mexico Jutland Italy Iberian Greece Anatolian Scandinavian
Spain and Portugal
Norway, Sweden, Finland
Apennine
Denmark
Balkan
Greece
Yucatan

9. Straights and Canals The Dardenelles Gibraltar Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Spain
The Dardenelles
Morocco
Gibraltar

10. Russia
Bering straight
(land bridge)
Bering Sea

11. Panama Canal (1904 – 1914) Straight of Magellan Tierra del Fuego
Island Group

13. Straight of Hormuz
oil
shipping
Persia
Persian Gulf

14. Suez Canal
(1869)

15. Straights and Canals Between Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Bering Straight
Between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
The Dardenelles
Between Russia and Alaska
Straight of Gibraltar
Between Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Straight of Hormuz
Between South America and Tierra del Fuego
Straight of Magellan
Between Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf
Panama Canal
Between Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
Suez Canal

16. Straights and Canals Between Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea Suez Canal
Between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
Straight of Gibraltar
Between Russia and Alaska
Bering Straight
Panama Canal
Between Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Between South America and Tierra del Fuego
Straight of Magellan
Straight of Hormuz
Between Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf
Between Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
The Dardenelles