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What are the strips of paper used to cover a traditional globe called?

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BGores
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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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