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Question

how can you fit a map of a continent and a country on pages that are the same size?
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Answer 1

By setting different scales for each map. A map is a 2-D graphic representation of a 3-D world. You cannot physically represent a part of the world as a 1:1 ratio where one foot equals 1 foot on the map. So you set a ratio of 1:24000 where one inch on the map equals 24,000 inches (2,000 feet) on the ground. The representation on the map is now smaller than its real world counterpart. By setting different ratios or "scales" you change the size of what your are representing on the map. This is confusing, but a large scale (1:a high number) makes something very large like a continent, appear very small on a map. Conversely a small scale (1:to a smaller number) can make a country appear larger than a continent.

Bottom line - set the continent to a large scale (make it smaller on the map), and set the country to a small scale (it will make the country appear the same size as the continent).

I work with maps every day, I hope I have not confused you.

Answer 2

By scaling the maps?

Answer 3

The maps must be made to different scales. (One way to do this is to photocopy one or both maps with different degrees of magnification.)