Is it really that complicated? Really? Weâve all seen that ambiguous relationship status âItâs Complicatedâ on Facebook, but what does it really mean? Typically, the implication is that âItâs Mysteriousâ or âItâs Sordidâ or âWouldnât you like to know.â I call shenanigans.
Most of the United States is on the North American Plate. The tectonic plate that most of the United States rests on is the North American Plate. This plate also contains Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and parts of Iceland and Russia. Small parts of California and the entire Hawaiian islands rest on other tectonic plates.
Whatever position someone takes on the prospect of US military engagement with Iran, the issue of geographic literacy forms a backdrop. Iran âs area is 636,374 square miles (1,629,807 square kilometres), making it the worldâs seventeenth largest country. Alaska is the largest state in the United States, and Iran is only 4% smaller than Alaska. The limitations of map-making contribute to too few of us realizing how large Alaska is. Maps of the United States frequently show Alaska as an afterthought, small and off to the side with a different scale from the mainland.