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AP Human Geography
Unit 1 – Thinking Geographically
Topic 1.2
Which type of distortion does a Mercator projection cause?
Shape distortion at the equator
Distance distortion at the tropics
Direction distortion at prime meridian
Size distortion at the poles
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