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Map Activity

Abstract

In this paper we will see the map activity I have done from just reading the front page of my local paper and the front page of a foreign paper. I do have personal perceptions and images in my mind of these nations. I will show how those perceptions stand to comparison with the facts that I found about the respective countries.  
Map Activity
The local newspaper I chose is the Miami Herald.   In it, you primarily find news from Miami- Fort Lauderdale area, in the front section there were a few articles mentioning Cuba. The regional news which are found in the Nations News sections is all from Washington and in the International Section there were mainly news articles about Cuba.
I would say that my favorite foreign newspaper by far is the International Herald Tribune, which "is the premier international newspaper for opinion leaders and decision makers around the world. In an era of information overload, those who both make and track decisions on the global level depend upon the IHT as the most complete, credible and concise daily newspaper in the world." (International Herald Tribune [IHT], 2005) In Today's Current Events France and China were the main stories China with its torture in Chinese law enforcement, while in France a doctor made the first face transplant.
Therefore, the countries that I was looking at more closely after examining those newspapers are Cuba, France and China.
I do have personal perceptions and images in my mind of these nations. I will show how those perceptions stand to comparison with the facts that I found about the respective countries.
1. Cuba.
When I think of Cuba I see a landscape similar to my country Puerto Rico, containing beautiful beaches, palm trees and also mountains in the central region of the island. Since I come from that area, the Caribbean, the perception that I have of Cuba is obviously quite accurate, as was proven to me when doing my research of a geographical map of Cuba. Indeed, Cuba compares...