My brilliant shelf by brandon guerra https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h Made with a wish on a star en-us 2018-08-29 17:31:58 UTC 2026-02-22 18:27:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 5 themes of Geography guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276777425 2018-08-31 00:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276777425 Geographers tools guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276778981 2018-08-31 00:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276778981 Place vs. Region guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276781389 2018-08-31 00:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276781389 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276783457 Absolute location and Relative location]]> 2018-08-31 01:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276783457 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276783841 Latitude vs. Longitude]]> 2018-08-31 01:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276783841 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276784823 Grid System]]> 2018-08-31 01:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276784823 4 Spheres guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276785674 2018-08-31 01:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276785674 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276786142 Rotation vs. Revolution]]> 2018-08-31 01:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276786142 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276786718
Weather vs. Climate ]]> 2018-08-31 01:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276786718 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276787403 El Nino vs. La Nina]]> 2018-08-31 01:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276787403 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957311 Direct and Indirect Rays]]> 2018-08-31 16:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957311 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957695 Elevation]]> 2018-08-31 16:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957695 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957764 Biomes]]> 2018-08-31 16:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957764 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957866 Convergent vs. Divergent vs. Transform]]> 2018-08-31 16:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276957866 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958115 Erosion vs Weathering vs. Deposition]]> 2018-08-31 16:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958115 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958536 Ring of Fire]]> 2018-08-31 16:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958536 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958602 Tectonic Plates ]]> 2018-08-31 16:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958602 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958650 Fault]]> 2018-08-31 16:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958650 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958929 Subduction ]]> 2018-08-31 17:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276958929 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959280 Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources ]]> 2018-08-31 17:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959280 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959490 Adaptation and Modification ]]> 2018-08-31 17:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959490 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959732 Sustainability ]]> 2018-08-31 17:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959732 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959869 Natural Hazard ]]> 2018-08-31 17:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276959869 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960093 Seismograph vs. Richter Scale]]> 2018-08-31 17:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960093 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960506 Cultural Diffusion ]]> 2018-08-31 17:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960506 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960853 Types of Governments ]]> 2018-08-31 17:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960853 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960988 Cultural Heath]]> 2018-08-31 17:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/276960988 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277652402 Cultural Components ]]> 2018-09-04 16:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277652402 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277652747 Developed vs. Developing
Nation vs. Newly Industrialized ]]> 2018-09-04 16:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277652747 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277653290 Push vs. Pull Factor]]> 2018-09-04 16:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277653290 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277654009 Demographics ]]> 2018-09-04 16:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277654009 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277656869 Population Density ]]> 2018-09-04 16:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277656869 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277657376 Population Pyramid ]]> 2018-09-04 17:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277657376 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277657643 Standard of Living ]]> 2018-09-04 17:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277657643 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277658302 Cottage Industry vs. Commercial Industry ]]> 2018-09-04 17:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277658302 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277659060 4 Economic Activities ]]> 2018-09-04 17:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/277659060 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278945570 Emigration/Immigration:
Emigrate means to leave one's country to live in another. Immigrate is to come into another country to live permanently.]]> 2018-09-07 17:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278945570 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278948336 Urban vs. Rural vs. Suburb:
Suburban areas have a larger population than rural areas; however, urban areas have a larger population than both.]]> 2018-09-07 17:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278948336 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278948586 Refugge: 
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.]]> 2018-09-07 17:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278948586 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278949301 Census:
an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.]]> 2018-09-07 17:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278949301 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278949476 Dust Bowl:
an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice.]]> 2018-09-07 17:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278949476 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278949681 New Orleans Levees:
The failure mechanism for the Industrial Canal (east side south and west side) was overtopping of levees and floodwalls by the storm surge. ]]> 2018-09-07 17:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278949681 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278950018 Homestead Act:
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, ]]> 2018-09-07 17:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278950018 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278950327 Transcontinental Railroad:
The First Transcontinental Railroad was built crossing the western half of America and it was pieced together between 1863 and 1869. It was 1,776 miles long and served for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States to be connected by rail for the first time in history.]]> 2018-09-07 17:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278950327 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278950499 Ellis Island vs. Angle Island:
From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor.Angel Island Immigration Station was an immigration station located in San Francisco Bay which operated from January 21, 1910 to November 5, 1940, where immigrants entering the United Stateswere detained and interrogated.]]> 2018-09-07 17:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278950499 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951041 Potato Famine:
Great Famine, also called Irish Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, or Famine of 1845–49, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. ]]> 2018-09-07 17:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951041 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951254 Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt:
parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population.a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine, especially:
  • the southern US from California to Florida, noted for resort areas and for the movement of businesses and population into these states from the colder northern states.
]]> 2018-09-07 17:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951254 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951768 Amnesty:
an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.]]> 2018-09-07 17:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951768 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951883 Megalopolis:
a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex.]]> 2018-09-07 17:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278951883 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278952259 Cajun:
a member of any of the largely self-contained communities in the bayou areas of southern Louisiana formed by descendants of French Canadians, speaking an archaic form of French.]]> 2018-09-07 17:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278952259 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278952728 Creole:
a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean.]]> 2018-09-07 17:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278952728 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953165 Cattle Drive:
A cattle drive is the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.]]> 2018-09-07 17:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953165 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953293 Bread Basket:
a part of a region that produces cereals for the rest of it.]]> 2018-09-07 17:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953293 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953420 Blue Collar:
relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry.]]> 2018-09-07 17:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953420 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953798 Maritime:
connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.]]> 2018-09-07 17:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953798 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953904 Bilateral Trade: 
A bilateral trade is the exchange of goods between two nations promoting trade and investment. The two countries will reduce or eliminate tariffs, import quotas, export restraints, and other trade barriers to encourage trade and investment.]]> 2018-09-07 17:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278953904 guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278954254 NAFTA:
The North American Free Trade Agreement is a treaty between Canada, Mexico and the United States. That makes NAFTA the world's largest free trade agreement. ... By eliminating tariffs, NAFTA increases investment opportunities.]]> 2018-09-07 17:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/278954254 Humboldt Current: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283078022  A cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.]]> 2018-09-18 17:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283078022 Land Lock: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283080018 a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.]]> 2018-09-18 17:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283080018 Elongated State: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283080769 These states are usually very centralized with their capital areas usually in the middle of their country.]]> 2018-09-18 18:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283080769 Vertical Climate: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283081889  a region whose growth patterns are primarily affected by elevation.]]> 2018-09-18 18:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283081889 Nahuatl vs. Quechua: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283083185 Nahuatl---a member of a group of peoples native to southern Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs.
Quechua---a member of an American Indian people of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.]]> 2018-09-18 18:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283083185 Aztec, Incas, Mayan, Arawaks: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283085501 Aztec-a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.]]> 2018-09-18 18:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283085501 Mestizo vs. Mulatto: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283668772 Mestizo---a man/women of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian.
Mulatto---a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.]]> 2018-09-19 22:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283668772 Haciendas vs. Plantations: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283669693 Some haciendas were plantations, mines or factories. The term hacienda is imprecise, but usually refers to landed estates of significant size.

]]> 2018-09-19 22:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283669693 Maquiladoras: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283670537 a maquiladora or maquila is a sub-contractor, manufacturing operation, where factories import certain material and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly, processing]]> 2018-09-19 22:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283670537 Land Reform (Mexico): guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283670648 The southern boundary was set by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which followed the Mexican boundaries between Alta California (to the north) and Baja California and Sonora (to the south).]]> 2018-09-19 22:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283670648 PRI vs. PAN: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283671000 Although part of the Socialist International, it is now considered as a centrist party. Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) – a left of center party. ... This party allied with the PAN to elect the first non-PRIpresident in almost seven decades.]]> 2018-09-19 22:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283671000 Tenochtitlan: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283671262 Tenochtitlan, originally known as México-Tenochtitlán, was a large Mexica city-state in what is now the center of Mexico City. Founded on June 20, 1325, the city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico.]]> 2018-09-19 22:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283671262 Right Wing vs. Left Wing: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283671656 Left wing is generally a more liberal and forward-moving ideology whereas right wing is more conservative and generally traditional. In the UK, Labour are leaning leftfrom centre and the Conservatives are leaning right from centre.]]> 2018-09-19 22:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283671656 Machu Pichu: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283672011 Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley.]]> 2018-09-19 22:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/283672011 Gauchos: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284797908 A gaucho or gaúcho is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.]]> 2018-09-23 20:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284797908 Tango: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798135 Tango is a partner dance which originated in the 1880s along the River Plate, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.]]> 2018-09-23 20:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798135 Treaty of Tordesillas: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798323 The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe ]]> 2018-09-23 20:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798323 Favelas: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798670 A favela, Brazilian Portuguese for slum, is a low-income historically informal urban area in Brazil.]]> 2018-09-23 20:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798670 Rio DE Janeiro/Carnival: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798798 The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival held every year before Lent and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets.]]> 2018-09-23 20:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798798 Capoeira: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798982 Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music.]]> 2018-09-23 20:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284798982 Samba: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284799099 Samba is a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, and was originally developed by Andrew Tridgell.]]> 2018-09-23 20:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284799099 Latin Americ's Social Class structure: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284799254 Mixed ancestry of american Indian and European who speak Spanish, denied basic political, economics and social rights due to their mixed heritage.]]> 2018-09-23 20:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284799254 Caudillo vs la Junta (Mention Pinochet): guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284799558 A caudillo was a type of personalist leader wielding military and political power.
La Junta is the city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States.]]> 2018-09-23 20:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284799558 PEMEX: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800055 Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to Mexican Petroleum, but is trademarked and better known as Pemex, is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, created in 1938 by nationalization or expropriation of all private, foreign, and domestic oil companies at that time.]]> 2018-09-23 20:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800055 FARC/ Paramilitary: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800185 Guerrilla and Paramilitary Groups. Coca growing in Colombia has expanded largely in areas with limited or no government authority that are under more or less under the control of guerrilla and paramilitarygroups. ... Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army also known as FARC.]]> 2018-09-23 20:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800185 Maduro: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800397 Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has served as the 63rd President of Venezuela since 2013 and previously served under President Hugo Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013.]]> 2018-09-23 20:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800397 Guerrillas: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800854 Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.]]> 2018-09-23 20:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284800854 Fidel Castro and Communism: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801019 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008.]]> 2018-09-23 20:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801019 Slash and Burn: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801165 Slash-and-burn agriculture, or fire–fallow cultivation, is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.]]> 2018-09-23 21:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801165 Sandinistas vs Contras: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801272 The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a democratic socialist political party in Nicaragua.
The Contras were the various U.S.-backed and funded right-wing rebel groups that were active from 1979 to the early 1990s in opposition to the socialist Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction junta in Nicaragua.]]> 2018-09-23 21:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801272 Colonialism: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801608 Colonialism is the policy of a foreign polity seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of developing]]> 2018-09-23 21:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801608 Income Gap: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801706 Economic inequality is the difference found in various measures of economic well-being among individuals in a group, among groups in a population, or among countries. ]]> 2018-09-23 21:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/284801706 North Atlantic Drift: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392768 The North Atlantic Current, also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement, is a powerful warm western boundary current within the Atlantic Ocean that extends the Gulf Stream northeastward. ]]> 2018-09-30 22:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392768 Fjords: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392778 Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.]]> 2018-09-30 22:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392778 Dikes and Polders: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392791 A polder (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɔldər] ( listen)) is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes that form an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually operated devices. ... Flood plains separated from the sea or river by a dike.]]> 2018-09-30 22:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392791 3 Branches of Christianity: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392813 Protestantism, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox]]> 2018-09-30 22:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392813 Roman Legacy: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392953 The legacy of the Roman Empire includes the set of cultural values, religious beliefs, technological advancements, engineering and language.]]> 2018-09-30 22:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392953 Greek Legacy: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392976 The Ancient Greeks may have lived over 2000 years ago, but they left a lasting legacy that still affects Western culture and way of life.]]> 2018-09-30 22:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392976 3 Major Languages guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392990 Chines, Spanish, English

]]> 2018-09-30 22:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287392990 Industrial Revolution: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393006 The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840]]> 2018-09-30 22:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393006 Agricultural Revolution guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393072 2018-09-30 22:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393072 Iron Curtain/ Winston Churchill: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393092 Winston Churchill had been the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.]]> 2018-09-30 22:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393092 Satellite Nations: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393114 A satellite state is a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country.]]> 2018-09-30 22:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393114 The Balkans: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393126 The Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various definitions.]]> 2018-09-30 22:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393126 Kosovo/ President Bill Clinton: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393170 A smattering of Albanian comes in handy when deciphering certain Pristina street signs. Otherwise it may not immediately be apparent that "Boulevard Exhort Bush" refers to the former US president who insisted that Kosovo should become independent.]]> 2018-09-30 22:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393170 NATO vs. Warsaw Pact: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393181 In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).]]> 2018-09-30 22:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393181 WWI / MAIN reasons: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393193 One way to remember the FOUR main causes of World War I is to remember the acronym M – A – I – N. (M = Militarism, A = Alliances, I = Imperialism, and N = Nationalism.)]]> 2018-09-30 22:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393193 Armistice: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393201 An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.]]> 2018-09-30 22:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393201 European Union: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393224 The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.]]> 2018-09-30 22:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393224 Euro: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393234 The euro is the official currency of the European Union and its territories.]]> 2018-09-30 22:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/287393234 Russian Orthodox: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446455 The Russian Orthodox Church, alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate, is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox patriarchates.]]> 2018-10-10 19:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446455 Russian Revolution 1917: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446504 The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.]]> 2018-10-10 19:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446504 Karl Marx: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446546 Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist.]]> 2018-10-10 19:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446546 Vladimir Lenin: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446584 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin, was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.]]> 2018-10-10 19:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446584 Joseph Stalin: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446774 Joseph Stalin was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Georgian ethnicity.]]> 2018-10-10 19:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446774 Nikita Kruschev: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446821 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. ]]> 2018-10-10 19:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446821 Sputnik: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446891 Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite.]]> 2018-10-10 19:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446891 Perestroika: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446959
  •  First proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika originally referred to increased automation and labor efficiency, but came to entail greater awareness of economic markets and the ending of central planning.



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    ]]>     2018-10-10 19:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291446959     Communism vs. Capitalism: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447243 One of the major differences between capitalism andcommunism is with regard to the resources or the means of production]]> 2018-10-10 19:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447243 Glasnost: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447285 In the Russian language the word glasnost has several general and specific meanings. ]]> 2018-10-10 19:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447285 Chechenya: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447318 Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a federal subject of Russia.]]> 2018-10-10 19:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447318 Chernobyle: guerrabrandon1217 https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447352 The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident.]]> 2018-10-10 19:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/guerrabrandon1217/p8s00h8d150h/wish/291447352