Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Map of the Week

I was actually looking for a map of Korea but thought this would be useful to orient Korea in its larger context. Korea is on the right side, just west of Japan. Some impressions:

• I always thought the Japanese islands were oriented North-South. So it's a bit of a surprise to learn they're actually oriented more NE-SW.
• Mongolia seems to be an actual country rather than just a region as I previously thought.
• The bulk of China seems to be more southern than Oregon, same goes for most of the countries I know in Asia.
• I really don't know this part of the world
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Finally! A baseline for me to gauge relative political ideology, http://www.politicalcompass.org/.

I'm currently trying to catch up on my political science studies, especially in regards to ideology. Currently, I'm reacquainting myself with the differences between socialism and communism.

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