APGEO: Speaking of maps and the Middle and South America region quizzes...

Check out the picture on this week's cover of The Economist magazine:

Is this map "wrong"?  Why does it surprise you?  Who says that the "North" has to be on top and the "South" has to be on the bottom of maps?  After all, the Earth is a sphere....

Here is the accompanying article in the magazine: "Nobody's backyard: Latin America's new promise - and the need for a new attitude north of the Rio Grande": http://www.economist.com/node/16990967?story_id=16990967