https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky TO MUCH WORK en-us 2019-01-03 18:43:33 UTC 2025-12-29 17:51:02 UTC hello@padlet.com gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317301183 civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games, first released in 1991. Sid Meier developed the first game in the series and has had creative input for most of the rest, and his name is usually included in the formal title of these games, such as Sid Meier's Civilization]]> 2019-01-03 18:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317301183 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317301468 The Neolithic, the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first development of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. ]]> 2019-01-03 18:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317301468 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317301699 a new method, idea, product]]> 2019-01-03 18:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317301699 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317302301 a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.]]> 2019-01-03 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317302301 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317305178 The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code. A partial copy exists on a 2.25 metre stone stele]]> 2019-01-03 18:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317305178 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317306432 Social stratification is a kind of social differentiation whereby a society groups people into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status, or derived power]]> 2019-01-03 18:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317306432 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317306679 Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.]]> 2019-01-03 18:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317306679 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317306850 A monarchy is a form of government in which a group, generally a group of people representing a dynasty, embodies the country's national identity and its head, the monarch, exercises the role of supreme sovereignty.]]> 2019-01-03 18:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317306850 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307055 A country that has this form of government is an oligarchy too. The political term,oligarchy, comes to English from the Greek with its meaning intact — a form ofgovernment run by a small number of people such as wealthy landowners, royalty or powerful military figures.]]> 2019-01-03 18:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307055 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307291 Democracy, in modern usage, has three senses—all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. In a direct democracy, the citizens as a whole form a governing body and vote directly on each issue. In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves. ]]> 2019-01-03 18:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307291 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307693 A republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a “public matter”, not the private concern or property of the rulers. The primary positions of power within a republic are not inherited, but are attained through democracy, oligarchy or autocracy.]]> 2019-01-03 18:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307693 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307885 In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.]]> 2019-01-03 18:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317307885 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308089 Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society. It was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the Roman villa system of the Late Roman Empire, and was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe as well as China]]> 2019-01-03 18:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308089 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308291 Jihad is an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim. ]]> 2019-01-03 18:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308291 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308541 Pastoralism is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as cattle, camels, goats, yaks, llamas, reindeers, horses and sheep. "Pastoralism" generally has a mobile aspect; moving the herds in search of fresh pasture and water.]]> 2019-01-03 18:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308541 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308769 the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.]]> 2019-01-03 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317308769 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317309362 The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries and marking the transition from the middle ages to modernity. ]]> 2019-01-03 18:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317309362 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317309660 The Commercial Revolution consisted in the creation of a European economy based on trade, which began in the 11th century and lasted until it was succeeded by the Industrial Revolution in the mid-18th century. Beginning with the Crusades, Europeans rediscovered spices, silks, and other commodities rare in Europe]]> 2019-01-03 18:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317309660 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317309853 Nationalism is a political, social, and economic ideology and movement characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland.]]> 2019-01-03 19:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317309853 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317310195 Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence over acceptance of dogma or superstition. ]]> 2019-01-03 19:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317310195 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317310405 The Reformation was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and other Protestant Reformers in 16th-century Europe.]]> 2019-01-03 19:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317310405 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317310650 The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named for Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.]]> 2019-01-03 19:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317310650 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311001 Mercantilism is a national economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports of a nation. Mercantilism was dominant in modernized parts of Europe from the 16th to the 18th centuries before falling]]> 2019-01-03 19:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311001 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311176 Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come.]]> 2019-01-03 19:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311176 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311357 The divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the right to rule directly from the will of God]]> 2019-01-03 19:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311357 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311779 the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.]]> 2019-01-03 19:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317311779 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312022 The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, which is considered as the "Century of Philosophy".]]> 2019-01-03 19:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312022 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312192 an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. Theories of a social contract became popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects.]]> 2019-01-03 19:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312192 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312522 The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789]]> 2019-01-03 19:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312522 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312704 The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the US, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.]]> 2019-01-03 19:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/317312704 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318006312 Imperialism is a state government, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas. ]]> 2019-01-07 18:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318006312 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318006889 Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets.]]> 2019-01-07 18:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318006889 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318007262 a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.]]> 2019-01-07 18:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318007262 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318007587 The Scramble for Africa was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. It is also called the Partition of Africa and by some the Conquest of Africa.]]> 2019-01-07 18:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318007587 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318007970 the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.]]> 2019-01-07 18:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318007970 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318008593 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.]]> 2019-01-07 18:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318008593 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318009154 The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late-1930s]]> 2019-01-07 18:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318009154 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318009442 Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe]]> 2019-01-07 18:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318009442 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318009941 the action or process of appeasing.]]> 2019-01-07 18:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318009941 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318010633 The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.]]> 2019-01-07 18:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318010633 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318011183 killing a large group of people ]]> 2019-01-07 18:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318011183 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318012017 The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.]]> 2019-01-07 18:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318012017 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318012343 The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect]]> 2019-01-07 18:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318012343 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318012888 The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.]]> 2019-01-07 18:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318012888 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318013325 Détente is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. The term originates in the time of the Triple Entente and Entente Cordiale in reference to an easing of tensions]]> 2019-01-07 18:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318013325 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318013761 Globalization or globalisation is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide]]> 2019-01-07 18:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318013761 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318014185 Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror among masses of people; or fear to achieve a religious or political aim. It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence during peacetime or in war against non-combatants.]]> 2019-01-07 18:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318014185 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318014524 a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.]]> 2019-01-07 18:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318014524 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318014949 Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.]]> 2019-01-07 18:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318014949 gtcummings https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318015269 The Global Positioning System, originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force.]]> 2019-01-07 18:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gtcummings/lrs0lx0pf7ky/wish/318015269