Areas not under government control
Areas not under government control on 3/27/15.
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Political maps
Political Maps show governmental and administrative borders of countries, provinces, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and other political units.
Visa requirements for UK citizens vs visa policy of the UK
In 2020 residents of a United Kingdom passport could visit 185 countries without a tourist visa or a visa on arrival. According to the Henley Passport Index, the United Kingdom passport now ranks seventh in words of trip freedom (tied with the passports of the United States, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland).
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Visa requirements for American citizens
In 2020 holders of a U.S. passport could visit 185 nations without a tourist visa or with a visa on
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North Korea vs. South Korea
The Division of Korea started at the end of WWII in 1945. The USSR controlled the North of Korea, and the U.S. held South Korea. As a result, North and South Korea have been divided for more than 75 years. All this time, countries have been developing in opposite directions. Now the impact of this development is visible even from space.
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Who do you see as the biggest threat to world peace?
The U.S. is estimated to be the biggest threat to peace globally. The U.S. has over 800 military bases abroad in seventy countries, and it is involved in conflicts from Afghanistan to Sudan. Even 13% of U.S. citizens considered their nation the most significant threat to global peace.
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Global Arms Trade Network
The U.S. is the largest arms exporter in the world, shipping more than $12 billion in arms to other nations. Russia is the 2nd most exporter ($6.15 billion). France ($2.16 billion) is the other nation exceeding $2 billion, with the rest of the significant players from Europe participating less.
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15 maps about America worth bringing up at dinner parties or first dates
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers) and a population of about 332 million people, the United States is the world’s 3d-largest country by total area and 3rd most populous country in the world. The country consists of 50 states, one federal district, 5 major unincorporated territories.
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A political map of the world (200 AD)
In 200 CE, great religions spread along the trade roads of the Eastern Hemisphere. Meantime, one of the most populated cities in the entire world now thrives in the Western Hemisphere.
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Map of Pangea with current International borders
Pangea was a mega continent that existed throughout the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It gathered from earlier continental parts about 335 million years ago, and it started to split apart about 175 million years ago. Much of Pangaea was in the southern hemisphere enclosed by a superocean, Panthalassa, in opposition to the modern Earth and its concentration of continental mass. Thus Pangaea was the most recent mega continent to have existed and the first to be reconstructed by scientists.
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The true size of Argentina
Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 square kilometers or 1,073,500 square miles of the southern portion of the South American continent. Argentina is the 2nd-largest country in South America after Brazil, the 4th-largest country in the Americas, and the 8th-largest country globally.
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