https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28 en-us 2022-11-02 13:07:47 UTC 2025-12-11 18:07:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f33b.png awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2366667805 The Great Lakes are a number of large, fresh-water lakes located in North America. They are all connected, and are located between the US and Canada. They are also know as the Laurentian Great Lakes. There are 5 large lakes in total. They connect to the Atlantic Ocean by the St. Lawrence River.]]> 2022-11-02 13:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2366667805 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2366698244 The Saint Lawrence seaway is an important seaway located in North America. It is located in America and Canada. It is significant because it allows trade to be made from other countries into North America and Canada. It is made up by 15 locks. It allows trade to be made by the Atlantic Ocean into the Great Lakes of North America.]]> 2022-11-02 13:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2366698244 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2366721859 Immigration has been very significant to American history, economy, and government. Immigrants make a big contribution to the U.S. economy. Immigration influences the work force and amount of money America makes. It increases the potential economic output by increasing the size of the labor force.]]> 2022-11-02 13:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2366721859 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2368810902 Urban sprawl is one of the today's many issues. Urban sprawl is the rapid expansion of suburban communities due to a city's growth. It usually takes place in large cities, since there are more jobs available, there are more families that need to be housed.]]> 2022-11-03 16:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2368810902 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2369446770 The U.S. is a cultural melting pot. It includes many cultures and races. People come from all over the world into America. Culture is an important thing to people in America, and since so many people come from so many different places.]]> 2022-11-04 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2369446770 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379239236 The Panama Canal is an important canal that helps us trade. It is a man-made waterway located in Panama. It has to due with human-environment interaction because it helps the economy of different countries and is a significant waterway for trading. It helps ships get places quicker.]]> 2022-11-10 20:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379239236 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379243258 An important type/part of economy is informal economy. Informal economy is a varied set of economic activities, enterprises, jobs and workers that are not protected by the state. It is pretty much self employment, and happens a lot in Latin America. It is convenient for business owners so they don't have to pay taxes, and the government doesn't check how employers treat their employees.]]> 2022-11-10 20:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379243258 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379245008 One of todays issues is deforestation. Trees provide us with oxygen, which is needed in order for us to live. When we cut down trees, it releases carbon dioxide that the trees hold. It causes global warming after so much deforestation. A lot of deforestation is going on in the Amazon forest, in order to build houses and in attempt for Brazil to urbanize.]]> 2022-11-10 20:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379245008 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379246714 The Quechua Weavers in Patacancha are located in a rural village (Patacancha). It is near Cusco, Peru. They dress in traditional clothing, speak an ancient language called "Quechua", and live as their ancestors did. They are continuing the legacy of their ancestors by living different from most of the urbanized world.]]> 2022-11-10 20:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379246714 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379248521 The Andes Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world. They are also called the Andes, Spanish Cordillera, or Los Andes. They are located in South America on the west coast.]]> 2022-11-10 20:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2379248521 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2414642618 There is a lot human-environment going on in the Venice Canals. This is because there are many ships go throughout the canals, because instead of having places to walk, people go everywhere by boat. This causes a lot of pollution in the water from oil from boats. This is the human-environment interaction in the Venice Canals.]]> 2022-12-08 17:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2414642618 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2414995169 The Mediterranean Sea is located between Europe and Africa. It borders 22 countries. There are over 3,000 islands in the Mediterranean Sea. However, its two largest islands are Italian. Over 15 million people live there! The Mediterranean Sea is made up of many different seas.]]> 2022-12-09 00:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2414995169 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2414998397 The Roman Empire has a lot to do with the history, economy, and government of much of Europe. It was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. The Roman Empire fell on September 4, 476 AD. There is a lot of history when it comes to the Roman Empire. It was founded 27 BC. The Roman Empire was founded when Augustus Caesar proclaimed himself the first emperor of Rome in 31BC and ended with the fall of Constantinople in 1453CE. The economy of the Roman Empire was predominantly agrarian: Roman landowners, agricultural laborers, and small tenant farmers were highly dependent upon one another for assuring stability.]]> 2022-12-09 00:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2414998397 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2415000579 The Roman-Catholic is the largest Christian church in Europe. The founder is Jesus. The Roman Catholic Church is a branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome. As a Catholic, they are required to live a Christian life, pray daily, participate in the sacraments, obey the moral law, and accept the teachings of Christ and his Church.]]> 2022-12-09 00:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2415000579 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2415128255 The Serbian leader Slobodan Miloševic´ tried to increase Serbia’s power over the rest of Yugoslavia. As a result, in 1991 and 1992, four republics left Yugoslavia. Serbia went to war against them but lost. In 1999, an international court accused Milošević (who was the Yugoslav president by 
then) and Serbian troops of war crimes in those conflicts. ]]> 2022-12-09 02:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2415128255 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2451227328 The Ural Mountains is a large mountain range that runs north-south, mostly in Russia. It goes from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. They form an informal boundary between the regions of Europe and Asia. It has an elevation of 6,217 ft. They have many rich resources, such as metal ores, coal, and precious and semi-precious stones. ]]> 2023-01-20 15:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2451227328 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2451270247 The Aral Sea is a sea located in Kazakhstan/the former Soviet Union republics. The sea is an important sea for fisherman and other people to rely on for work and food. However, starting in the 1950s, people started taking water from the sea and using it to irrigate crops for agriculture. After doing this for so many years, it had caused the sea to dry up immensely. This causes problems for many people who rely on the sea for work and food. ]]> 2023-01-20 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2451270247 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2451290081 Before 1991, the Caspian Sea only had two coastal States, the Soviet Union and Iran. Now, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan have divided the seabed in the north, but Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan have disputed claims to petroleum deposits in the southern portion of the sea. The Caspian basin is seen as an important source of oil for world markets outside the Middle East.]]> 2023-01-20 16:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2451290081 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2452531060 Being fully nomadic means being able to live and work from anywhere, and getting to sample tastes of the world and immerse yourself in cultures, traditions, new places and experiences that can evolve your soul exponentially more in one year abroad than five years staying in the same place. Some nomads in Russia migrate every year through Arctic tundra with their reindeer herds. The others, inhabitants of forest tundra or taiga, live in villages, doing traditional activities, such as reindeer herding, hunting, fishing and gathering, living in-sink with mother nature.]]> 2023-01-22 19:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2452531060 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2452554894 The Soviet Union started producing nuclear weapons in 1949. Russia possesses a total of 5,977 nuclear weapons as of 2022, the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads in the world; the second-largest stockpile is the United States' 5,428 warheads. Russia's deployed missiles (those actually ready to be launched) number about 1,588, second to the United States' 1,644. This is an issue because this means Russia is the largest nuclear power in the world, and means it's a threat to other countries, including the USA.]]> 2023-01-22 20:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2452554894 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494077996 The Sahara Desert is a desert located in Northern Africa. It was very important for economies in Ancient Africa because of its trade routes. Goods like gold were trekked across the land in long trains of camels called "caravans". It covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia.]]> 2023-02-24 16:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494077996 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494086782 Desertification affects many places in Africa drastically. Humans have caused desertification in places like Africa over long periods of time. Some causes of desertification is climatic variations and human activities. Humans cause desertification by removing natural vegetation cover (cutting too much fuel wood) and agricultural activities in the vulnerable ecosystems of arid and semi-arid areas. This is how humans cause desertification. ]]> 2023-02-24 16:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494086782 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494094505 Mansa Musa was the ninth mansa of the Mali empire. He is best known for his wealth and generosity. He is also known for causing the Egyptian economy to crash. He was a devout Muslim who in 1324 made a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca. Along the way, he stopped in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and spent so much gold that he nearly wrecked the Egyptian economy. His riches came from the mining of significant gold and salt deposits in the Mali Empire, along with the slave and ivory trade. He was the richest man of all time.]]> 2023-02-24 16:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494094505 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494198973 Islam is a major religion in Africa. It spread through Africa through trade and preaching, and gained momentum during the 10th century. It came to Africa when in the 8th and 9th century Arab traders and travelers began to spread religion on the eastern coast of Africa and to western and central Sudan, stimulating the development of urban communities. This is Islam in Africa.]]> 2023-02-24 17:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494198973 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494204648 Africa is a very poor country. This causes people to have less access to healthcare in Africa. Less than half of Africa's citizens (52%) or around 615 million, have access to the healthcare they need. Africa's quality of health is generally poor and the family planning needs of half the continent's women and girls are unmet.]]> 2023-02-24 17:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2494204648 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535529126 The Dead Sea is a salt lake. It is bordered by Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the West. It has such high salinity, there can be no macroscopic organisms like fish or water plants that can live in it. This is why it's called the Dead Sea. It is important to people in Israel and Jordan because it is believed to have medicinal properties, and is a source of vitality for the body and soul.]]> 2023-03-28 19:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535529126 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535928073 Nomadic herding is a very common thing in Southwest Asia. Nomadic herding is one of the most ancient forms of herding. These nomads live in arid and semi-arid parts of Asia. Nomadic herders travel in small tribal family groups and have no home base. They correspond with the environment because they travel from place to place, letting their animals graze until there is no more food for their animals, then move on.]]> 2023-03-29 02:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535928073 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535944368 Muhammed was the founder of Islam. He lived his whole life in Saudi Arabia. He proclaimed the Quaran, Islam's sacred scripture. He was an Arab political, social, and religious leader. He was born in 571 AD in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. According to the Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet. He died 632 AH. Overall, Muhammed was an important historical figure in Southwest Asia, specifically to people of Islam.]]> 2023-03-29 02:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535944368 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535963692 Judaism is a monotheistic religion (where they believe in one god). It was developed among the ancient Hebrews. Its origin was in the 6th/5th century. It's the predominant religion in Israel and widespread worldwide as minorities. They are called "Jews". The symbol of Judaism is The Star of David. Jewish communities may differ in belief, practice, politics, geography, language, and autonomy.]]> 2023-03-29 02:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535963692 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535988006 Jerusalem was divided the first 20 years of the existence of Israel. Israel controlled Western parts of it while Jordan controlled the East. After 1967 (the 6 day war), Israel seized the rest of all of Jerusalem. This is an issue of sovereignty and who has the right to control the city. There have been many efforts to make Jerusalem a city of peace, but it has not yet achieved this goal.]]> 2023-03-29 02:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2535988006 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2563375934 The Himalayan Mountains is a mountain range located in South Asia. It is the largest mountain RANGE in the world. It separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. It has over 100 peaks. It runs through India, Nepal, China, and Bhutan.]]> 2023-04-21 15:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2563375934 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2565006402 The Ganges River is an important river located in (primarily) India. It is an important river to the people of India because firstly, it is known as the most sacred body of water in the world, as there are many sacred sites and cities along the river. It is known to people as having the ability to cleanse people's souls and healing their bodies. Another reason it is significant is the fact that it helps create fertile soil/land that provides agriculture for the people of India. Overall, it is a very important body of water to the people of India.]]> 2023-04-24 02:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2565006402 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2565015910 2023-04-24 02:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2565015910 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2567216506 Culture is an important thing in South Asia. Hinduism is the worlds oldest religion, and is practiced primarily in South Asia. It is the dominant religion in India. The believe doctrines of the Samsara, karma, and dharma. It is an important religion to people in South Asia. They believe in the three gods of the world: Brahma; the creator, Vishnu; the preserver, and Shiva; the destroyer.]]> 2023-04-25 13:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2567216506 awoods130 https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2567258643 The conflict in Kashmir is due to territorial disagreements between India and Pakistan. It is because Kashmir is an area that is between multiple different countries, such as China, India, and Pakistan. The conflict between these countries have caused a lot of violence and war in Kashmir, affecting lives of all people who live in/around this region.]]> 2023-04-25 13:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/awoods130/jx1sq54dxqsg8w28/wish/2567258643