Why are most maps unable to accurately depict earth

Because of the curvature of the Earth, a 2-D map cannot accurately represent the correct size of different landmasses, distorting them.

The war began as a fight between mayans and the landowners of the country. the main causes of the guatemalan civil war was started by the greed of the united fruit company, the fear of communism, and the racism toward the  mayan  people.