What are the strips of paper used to cover a traditional globe called?
ATiles
BGores
CPanels
DSlats
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Gores
1. Traditional globes were made by gluing a printed paper map onto a sphere.
2. The long, thin strips that narrow to a point at the poles are gores.
3. More gores mean less stretching and crumpling of the paper.
_Source: Wikipedia, Globe, Manufacture_
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