Mental Map

I think this is a good representation of a mental map. It shows someone's perception of Africa from prior knowledge. Then it shows the new perception of Africa after learning more about it in a unit study. The first mental map that is drawn here I think is an excellent example of how your perception of a place you have never been to or learned about can be very different from the real thing once you have seen or learned about that place. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mental+map&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1525&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=SHm49qE5laTFEM:&imgrefurl=http://manciasmaps.blogspot.com/2010/07/mental-map.html&docid=emzHCFka-HAdDM&imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-Ahssrp3z4DzLvkLpdA9SHyz-5gFPiuAVmdjA4-SuZ_OvKpik6VUTFvoMz7DsiDQJx_c5ntb2QZ6LDjxW90vmJGtgjOtVPOTUFkTbsPkvxm2H8l1dXp8nIHcmAkM6Zf5T0gARN0YCw5P/s1600/Mental.gif&w=540&h=518&ei=z1q5TuawN9L82gWDm73LBw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=16&sig=107395654614239701683&page=2&tbnh=118&tbnw=127&start=28&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:24,s:28&tx=66&ty=42