What are you doing ?   I ’ m just looking at this map of the world . I ’ m preparing for a geography class .   There are no countries marked on the map .   No , there aren ’ t . this map just show the geographical features . Look at the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world .   The thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is covered with water . Compared to the oceans , most countries are tiny . 