Word Wall by Jayden Beakley https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u vocabulary en-us 2018-09-18 16:44:45 UTC 2025-12-07 11:26:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Government beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/283036284 A group of people to write something.


]]> 2018-09-18 16:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/283036284 Constitotio beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/284066185 2018-09-20 17:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/284066185 Algonquian beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294486642 Denoting, belonging to, or relating to a family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains.]]> 2018-10-18 16:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294486642 Empire beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294491055 the ancient empire, centred on the city of  that was established following the continuing to the final eclipse of the Empire of the West in the 5th century CE. A brief treatment of the Roman Empire follows. For full treatment.]]> 2018-10-18 16:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294491055 Iroquois League beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294953376
According to Indian tradition the league is founded by Hiawatha, a leader of the Mohawks, on the inspiration of a holy man, Deganawidah. An epic poem, supposedly the words of Deganawidah, becomes a sacred text of the league. Handed down as an oral tradition, it is recited from memory at important ceremonies. ]]> 2018-10-19 18:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294953376 kivas beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294958554 A kiva is a room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system.]]> 2018-10-19 18:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/294958554 Iroquois longhouse beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296019558 he design of the longhouse reflected the social organization of Iroquois culture, 300 - 500 years ago.]]> 2018-10-23 15:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296019558 natural resource beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296021489 A natural resource is something that is found in nature and can be used by people. Earth's natural resources include light, air, water, plants, animals, soil, stone, minerals, and fossil fuels.]]> 2018-10-23 15:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296021489 pueblos beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296026264 Definition of Pueblo. a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States. a city in Colorado south of Colorado Springs. a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock Similar Words: pueblo.]]> 2018-10-23 15:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296026264 tepee beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296031136 The Tepee was a typical structure used as a shelter or house style that was built  by many tribes of the Great Plains cultural group who made them their homes.]]> 2018-10-23 15:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296031136 totem beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296032642 an animal, plant, or natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clanor family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian.

]]> 2018-10-23 15:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/296032642 astrolabe beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309852286 Astrolabe, any of a type of early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes. One widely employed variety, the planispheric astrolabe, enabled astronomers to calculate the position of the Sun and prominent stars with respect to both the horizon and the meridian.]]> 2018-11-30 16:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309852286 carvel beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309854345 The caravel of the 15th and 16th centuries was a ship with a distinctive shape and admirable qualities. A gently sloping bow and single stern castle were prominent features of this vessel, and it carried a mainmast and a mizzen mast that were generally lateen-rigged. Although the caravel had already been in use for hundreds of years, it developed into an incredibly fast, easily maneuverable vessel by this time, which was noticed by eminent people.]]> 2018-11-30 16:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309854345 circumnavigation beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309860793 the action or process of sailing or otherwise traveling all the way around something, especially the world.

"he completed the fastest solo circumnavigation in a small vessel"
  • the action of going around or avoiding an obstacle.

  • "our leisurely circumnavigation of the rocks"
  • the action of avoiding something difficult or unpleasant.

  • "a circumnavigation of the simple facts"
]]> 2018-11-30 16:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309860793 compass beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309861894
  • an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
  • 2.
  • an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two arms linked by a movable joint, one arm ending in a point and the other usually carrying a pencil or pen.

    1. 1.
    2. go around (something) in a circular course.

    1. "the ship wherein Magellan compassed the world"



    2. 2.
    3. contrive to accomplish (something).

    1. "he compassed his end only by the exercise of violence"

    ]]>     2018-11-30 16:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309861894     conquistador beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309864487
    a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

    Examples of conquistador in a SentenceRecent Examples on the WebAnd the tomb at Tel Megiddo offers the first evidence that people outside Mesoamerica also used vanilla about 2,000 to 3,000 years before the it home from Mexico.— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Israeli tomb contains a tasty surprise: Vanilla extract," 20 Nov. 2018There’s documentation of this, in writing by Mesoamericans themselves and in records from the Spanish conquistadors.
    ]]>     2018-11-30 16:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309864487     expedition beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309869095
  • a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.

    1. "an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco"
    2. synonyms: | journey, voyage, tour, odyssey; More
    3. FORMAL
    4. promptness or speed in doing something.

    1. "the landlord shall remedy the defects with all possible expedition"

    ]]>     2018-11-30 16:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/309869095     lateen sail beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310674909 Lateen sail, triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation. The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail.


    ]]>     2018-12-03 22:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310674909     mutiny beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310675882
  • an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

    1. "a mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war"
    2. synonyms: | insurrection, rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising, insurgence, insubordination"there was a mutiny over wages"
    verb

    1. 1.
    2. refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority.
    3. synonyms: | rise up, rebel, revolt, riot, disobey/defy authority, be insubordinate"thousands of soldiers mutinied"

    ]]>     2018-12-03 22:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310675882     Northwest Passage beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310676830 Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. It represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlatic.


    ]]>     2018-12-03 22:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310676830     Partron beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310677402 a lord-master, a protector," c.1300, from Old French patron "patron, protector, patron saint" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin patronus "patron saint, bestower of a benefice, lord, master, model, pattern," from Latin patronus "defender, protector, former master (of a freed slave); advocate," from pater ]]> 2018-12-03 22:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310677402 quadrant beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310678843 each of four quarters of a circle.
    • each of four parts of a plane, sphere, space, or body divided by two lines or planes at right angles.

    • "the right upper quadrant of the kidney"
    • HISTORICAL
    • an instrument used for taking angular measurements of altitude in astronomy and navigation, typically consisting of a graduated quarter circle and a sighting mechanism.
    ]]>     2018-12-03 22:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/310678843     conquistador beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/318446255 The Spanish word for conqueror is conquistador. Many Spanish soldiers and explorers traveled to the Americas after Christopher Columbus made the first trip in 1492. These conquistadors sailed to the Americas to conquer the native peoples, to spread Christianity, and to look for gold and other treasure.]]> 2019-01-08 17:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/318446255 encomienda beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/318452993 Encomienda, in colonial Spanish America, legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the Indian population in its American colonies. It was based upon the practice of exacting tribute from Muslims and Jews during the Reconquista (“Reconquest”) of Muslim Spain.]]> 2019-01-08 17:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/318452993 environment beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319325908 Dictionary. Definition of environment. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" the totality of surrounding conditions.]]> 2019-01-10 16:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319325908 epidemic beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319329469 a rapidly spreading outbreak of disease. 2 : something harmful that spreads or develops rapidly a crime epidemic.]]> 2019-01-10 16:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319329469 indentured servant beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319332368 Indentured servitude is contract where someone is required to work for a landowner or another individual, typically for a period of five to seven years, in exchange for an expensive passage out of Europe.]]> 2019-01-10 16:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319332368 middle passage beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319338657 The definition of Middle Passage was the route of the former slave trade of Africans across the Atlantic ocean to the Americas. An example of the Middle Passage is the route the original African slaves were forced to follow.]]> 2019-01-10 16:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/319338657 mission beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/321823873 A mission statement is a short statement of an organization's purpose, what its overall goal is, identifying the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operation.]]> 2019-01-17 18:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/321823873 church of England beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/329323915 Church of England has been official church in England for about 450 years. The history of the church dates back much further than that, however.At first it was part of the Roman Catholic church,but in 1500s it became the central church of the new religion of Anglicanism.]]> 2019-02-08 17:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/329323915 colony beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/329329160 a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.]]> 2019-02-08 18:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/329329160 Commodity beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/330426557 a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee."commodities such as copper and coffee"]]> 2019-02-12 16:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/330426557 Dutch West India Company beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/330428588 Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie, Dutch pronunciation or Dutch: WIC; English: Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company (known as the "WIC") of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.]]> 2019-02-12 16:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/330428588 Joint-stock company beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/330829141 a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.]]> 2019-02-13 14:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/330829141 Massachusetts Bay company beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331015295 The Massachusetts Bay Company was a joint stock trading company chartered by the English crown in 1629 to colonize a vast area in New England extending from 3 mi (4.8 km) miles north of the Merrimack River to 3 mi miles south of the Charles River.]]> 2019-02-13 19:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331015295 Mayflower Compact beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331059089 The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. ... The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620.]]> 2019-02-13 21:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331059089 Mercantilism beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331059687 belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. HISTORICAL the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.]]> 2019-02-13 21:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331059687 ilgrim beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331060481
  • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
  • synonyms: | visitor to a shrine, worshipper, devotee, believer, traveler, wayfarer, crusader; More
  • travel or wander like a pilgrim.

    • ]]>     2019-02-13 21:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331060481     Protestant Church beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331061134 Protestant. A Christian belonging to one of the three great divisions of Christianity (the other two are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church).Protestantism began during the Renaissance as a protest against the established (Roman Catholic) church (see also established chur]]> 2019-02-13 21:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331061134 staple crop beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331062761 A staple food, food staple, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.]]> 2019-02-13 21:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331062761 Virginia Company beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331065411 The Virginia Company was a joint stock company that was approved by King James I to create new settlements in the colony of Virginia. A joint stock company is a business organization with which investors pooled money in order to purchase stock in a company.]]> 2019-02-13 21:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331065411 Anne Hutchinson beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331444685 Anne Hutchinson was an influential Puritan spiritual leader in colonial Massachusetts who challenged the male-dominated religious authorities of the time. Her father, Francis Marbury, was a Puritan minister who insisted his daughter learn to read. The first of these included John.]]> 2019-02-14 18:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331444685 John Rolfe beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331445773 John Rolfe (1585–1622) was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in .

    ]]>     2019-02-14 18:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331445773     Peter Stuyvesant beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331447312 Jan 28, 2019 - Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Petrus Stuyvesant, (born c. 1592, Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Netherlands—died February 1672, near New York, New York [U.S.]), Dutch colonial governor who tried to resist the English seizure of New York. ... He began his career in the Dutch West India Company .]]> 2019-02-14 18:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331447312 Roger Williams beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331452281 The RWU Board of Trustees has announced the selection of Ioannis Miaoulis as the 11th President of Roger Williams University. Meet the Next President.]]> 2019-02-14 18:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331452281 Separatists beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331453570 Separatist. religion. Alternative Title: Independents. Separatist, also called Independent, any of the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England and form independent local churches.]]> 2019-02-14 18:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331453570 Thomas Hooker beakleyj_26 https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331454570 Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage. ]]> 2019-02-14 18:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beakleyj_26/5qa44en7sg3u/wish/331454570