The Easternmost Part of the State of Texas, Around the City

question 143

Multiple Choice

The easternmost part of the state of Texas, around the city of Paris, has a point rising more north than the rest of the state. When people draw Texas, they almost always draw the border as a straight line. It is not that these folks want to kick Paris, Texas, out of the state, it is just that:

• A) it is too difficult to draw the upward bump
• B) people image irregular shapes as regular
• C) the bump around Paris had been incorrectly categorized
• D) the state is represented in a symbolic, not an analogical, form

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