https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13 en-us 2018-04-04 13:07:34 UTC 2018-04-04 13:23:41 UTC hello@padlet.com mattjbrown1331 https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248471745 -56% of the country consists of forested areas
-4 national parks, 46 nature parks, 240 nature reservations which is all protected by the government 
-The 2012 Environmental Performance Index ranks Latvia second, after Switzerland, based on the environmental performance of the country's policies

]]> 2018-04-04 13:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248471745 mattjbrown1331 https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248472787 -Latvia lost their independence from the Soviet Union in 1940
-Germans took control from Soviets in 1941
-Under Nazi occupation 66,000 Latvian troops were killed or sent to Kaiserward concentration camp
-12.5% of Latvia's population were killed in WW2
-After WW2 between 1945-55 Soviet Union annexed Latvia and imprisoned 190,000 Latvians who opposed them 
-In 1991 Latvia gained independence from the Soviet Union and are advancing 

]]> 2018-04-04 13:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248472787 mattjbrown1331 https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248473732 -Latvia has on average the tallest women in the world at 5 foot 6 inches (170cm)
-Uljana Semjonova stood at 6 foot 11 inches and lead Riga to 12 consecutive European titles between 1962 and 1975 and was the first non-American women in the NBA hall of fame. 

]]> 2018-04-04 13:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248473732 mattjbrown1331 https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248473927 1.96 million people 
about two Latvia can fit inside of Illinois ]]> 2018-04-04 13:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mattjbrown1331/Latvia13/wish/248473927