The test, developed by Ghent University, presents you with outlines of two countries. Your task is to click the (+) and (-) until the bottom entity is the same proportional size to the upper one as they are in real life.
It's a bit challenging, in part because so many of our mental maps distort high-latitude regions. My results were so-so:
Apparently the set of maps offered varies, so you may get the same pairs I did. But feel free to post your results in the Comments. The test is here.
Via Neatorama.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a difficult test. I only received 40% on North Korea vs Turkey, overestimating the flat map distortion.
I got 77% overall, but my score was hurt by severely overestimating the size of Nigeria versus Japan. I only got 3/10 on that one.
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ReplyDelete64. Big blowouts on France - Syria, Cuba - Israel and Germany - New Zealand.
ReplyDelete78% Moline, IL
ReplyDelete59. I was near perfect on some (Italy & N. Zealand) and way off on others (Cuba & France). The good news is I have lots of room to improve.
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ReplyDelete81%. I was pleasantly surprised.
ReplyDelete86. Proud that I got DRC-Greenland 10/10. But I also got some easy ones like Africa-Europe and North America-South America.
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