My grand shelf by jennifer hernandez

My grand shelf by jennifer hernandez https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz Made with a dash of wit en-us 2018-08-29 17:31:06 UTC 2018-12-06 20:24:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png 5 Themes of geography jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276677933 1. Location
2.Place
3.Region
4.Movement
5.Human Environmental Interaction]]> 2018-08-30 17:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276677933 Geographers tools jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276680349 Geographers use technology to study the earth.]]> 2018-08-30 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276680349 Place vs. Region jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276682332 Place- Describes the human and physical characteristic of a location.

Region-divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.]]> 2018-08-30 17:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276682332 Absolute Location& Relative Location jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276688614 Absolute location-A location exact position on earth using longitude or latitude.

Relative location- describe where a location is in relation to other places.]]> 2018-08-30 17:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276688614 ongitude vs Latitude jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276693196 Latitude can range up to 90 degrees
Longitude-the angular distance of a place.]]> 2018-08-30 18:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276693196 Grid system jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276695253 In order to measure accurately the position of any place on the surface of the earth, a grid system has been set up.]]> 2018-08-30 18:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276695253 4 spheres jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276696531 1Air
2.Water
3.Land
4.Life]]> 2018-08-30 18:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276696531 Rotation& Revolution jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276697490 Rotation-It takes Earth 24 hours, or 1 day, to make a complete rotation on its axis.
Revolution- Around the sun.]]> 2018-08-30 18:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276697490 Weather vs. Climate jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276801737 Weather-is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time
Climate-is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time.]]> 2018-08-31 03:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276801737 El nino vs. La nina jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802086 La nina-is sometimes referred to as the cold phase of ENSO.
El nino-as the warm phase of ENSO. ]]> 2018-08-31 03:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802086 Direct and Indirect Rays jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802400 Direct rays are warmer than areas that are hit by indirect rays.]]> 2018-08-31 03:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802400 Elevation jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802692 the action or fact of elevating or being elevated.]]> 2018-08-31 03:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802692 Biomes jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802863 a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra.]]> 2018-08-31 03:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276802863 Convergent vs. Divergent vs. Transform jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276803294 Divergent- boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
Convergent -provides a wide range of customer contact management services which help to lower cost

Transform-make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.

]]> 2018-08-31 03:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276803294 Erosion vs.Weathering vs.Deposition jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276803774 Weathering-is the breaking down of the rocks, soil, and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's Atmosphere, biota and waters.

Erosion- is the process of eroding or being eroding wind, water, or other

Deposition-the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.

]]> 2018-08-31 04:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276803774 Ring of Fire jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276804484 It has 452 volcanoes (more than 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes). The Ring of Fire is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt.]]> 2018-08-31 04:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276804484 Tectonic Plates jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276804697 the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.]]> 2018-08-31 04:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276804697 Fault jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276804855 a crack in the Earth's crust]]> 2018-08-31 04:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276804855 Subduction jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276805047 the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.]]> 2018-08-31 04:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276805047 Renewable and Non Renewable Resources jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276805444 nonrenewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means]]> 2018-08-31 04:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276805444 Adaptation and Modification jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806008 adaptation is when a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment and modification is a change made.]]> 2018-08-31 04:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806008 Sustainability jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806493 avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.]]> 2018-08-31 04:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806493 Natural Hazard jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806588 naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events ]]> 2018-08-31 04:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806588 Seismograph vs. Ritcher Scale jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806765 A seismograpgh is any instrument that measures motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources. While, the Ritcher scale is a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.]]> 2018-08-31 04:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276806765 Cultural Diffusion jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276855545 the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.]]> 2018-08-31 11:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276855545 Types for Government jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276861651

Monarchy
Constitutional Government. ...
democracy .
Dictatorship.

]]> 2018-08-31 12:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276861651 Cultural Hearth jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276873567 is any place where certain related changes in land-use appeared due to human domestication of plants and animals.]]> 2018-08-31 13:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276873567 Cultural Components jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276874809 1.Gestures
2.Language.

3. values
4.Norms
5. Sanctions
6. Folkways.

]]> 2018-08-31 13:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276874809 Develop vs. Developing vs Newly Industrialize jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276951615 A newly industrialize country is a term used by political scientists.

Developing ranks it somewhere between the developing and First World classifications.

Develop-grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.]]> 2018-08-31 16:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276951615 Push vs Pull factor jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276957729 push-factors that help migrates decide to leave their homes.

pull-factors that attack people to and area where migrants are going.]]> 2018-08-31 16:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276957729 Demographics jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276958727 statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.]]> 2018-08-31 16:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276958727 Population Density jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276958930 he number of people living in each unit of area.]]> 2018-08-31 17:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276958930 Population pyramid jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276959366 A population pyramid, also called an "age-sex pyramid", is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population.]]> 2018-08-31 17:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276959366 Standard of Living jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276960289 the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.]]> 2018-08-31 17:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/276960289 cottage industry vs commercial industry jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/277792347 Cottage industry-a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.

Commercial industry-are usually factory-based and employ many workers. Each worker typically participates in one small step of the manufacturing process, rather than making an entire product from start to finish.]]> 2018-09-05 00:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/277792347 4 economics activity jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/277792739

Raw Materials (Primary Sector)

Manufacturing and Industry (Secondary Sector)

Service Sector (Tertiary sector)

Knowledge Sector (Quarternary Sector)

]]> 2018-09-05 00:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/277792739 emigration/ immigration jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/278557369 Emigration-the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.

Immigration-the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.]]> 2018-09-06 17:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/278557369 Nativist jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/278558548 a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants.]]> 2018-09-06 17:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/278558548 Urban vs Rural vs Suburb jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/278670298 Urban- areas refers to areas of high population that is both for living and working purposes.
Rural-areas are the least populated areas.

Suburban- areas have a larger population than rural areas]]> 2018-09-06 22:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/278670298 Refugee jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279530676 a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.]]> 2018-09-10 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279530676 Census jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279531157 an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.]]> 2018-09-10 17:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279531157 Dust Bowl jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279531495 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.]]> 2018-09-10 17:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279531495 New Orleans Levees jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279985496 The failure mechanism for the Industrial Canal (east side south and west side) was overtopping of levees and floodwalls by the storm surge. The primary mechanism of failure for leveesprotecting eastern New Orleans was the existence of sand in 10% of places instead of thick Louisiana clay.]]> 2018-09-11 17:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/279985496 Homestead Act jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280140724 a house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings.]]> 2018-09-11 23:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280140724 Transcontinental Railroad jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280142373 A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.]]> 2018-09-12 00:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280142373 Ellis island vs Angel island jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280142905 The immigrants at Ellis island were treated more equally than those at Angel island Immigrants at Angel Island were not treated fairly. They were detained for long periods of time in filthy living conditions.]]> 2018-09-12 00:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280142905 Potateo Famine jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280143589 A famine in Ireland in the nineteenth century caused by the failure of successive Potato crops in the 1840s. Many in Ireland starved, and many emigrated. More than a million Irish came to the United States during the famine.]]> 2018-09-12 00:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280143589 Rust Belt vs Sun Belt jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280144000 Rust Belt-parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population. Steel-producing cities in Pennsylvania and Ohio are at its center.

Sun Belt-a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine, especially:]]> 2018-09-12 00:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280144000 Amnesty jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280144769 an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.]]> 2018-09-12 00:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280144769 Megalapolis jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280144899 a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex.]]> 2018-09-12 00:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280144899 Cajun jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280146220

Recipe of the Day. Semlor (Semla) ...

Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce. 117. ...

WATCH. Mardi Gras King Cake.

Colored Sugar. 139.

Pralines II. Try this delicious candy made with sour cream and pecans

]]> 2018-09-12 00:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280146220 Creole jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280146724 a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean.]]> 2018-09-12 00:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280146724 Cattle Drive jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280146879 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.]]> 2018-09-12 00:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280146879 Bread Basket jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280147846 a part of a region that produces cereals for the rest of it.]]> 2018-09-12 00:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280147846 Blue Collar jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148161 relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry.]]> 2018-09-12 00:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148161 Maritime jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148394 connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity]]> 2018-09-12 00:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148394 Bilateral Trade jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148542 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.]]> 2018-09-12 00:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148542 NAFTA jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148850 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.]]> 2018-09-12 00:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280148850 Homboldt Current jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280481634 The Homboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America. It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator, and extends 500–1,000 km (310–620 mi) offshore.]]> 2018-09-12 17:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280481634 Land Lock jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280482678 almost or entirely surrounded by land; having no coastline or seaport.]]> 2018-09-12 17:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/280482678 Elongated State jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283062585 A state that posses a roughly circular shape from which the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions. Fragmented state. A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory. elongated state . A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape.]]> 2018-09-18 17:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283062585 Vertical climate jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283063976 vertical climate refers to the pattern of weather in a region whose growth patterns are primarily affected by elevation. In vertical climate zones, the climate becomes colder as the elevation increases.]]> 2018-09-18 17:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283063976 Nahuatl vs Quechua jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283065572 Quechua-a member of an American Indian people of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Nahuatl-a member of a group of peoples native to southern Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs.]]> 2018-09-18 17:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283065572 Aztec, Incas, Mayan, Arawak jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283067712 Aztec-a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.
Incas-a South American hummingbird having mainly blackish or bronze-colored plumage with one or two white breast patches.
Mayan-a large family of American Indian languages spoken in Central America and Mexico, of which the chief members are Maya and Quiché.
Arawak-a member of a people originally of the Greater Antilles and adjacent South America, now living mainly in Guiana. They were forced out of the Antilles by the more warlike Caribs shortly before Spanish expansion in the Caribbean.]]> 2018-09-18 17:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283067712 Mestizo vs Mulatto jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283070643 Mestizo -a man 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.]]> 2018-09-18 17:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283070643 Haciendas vs Plantation jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283071817 Haciendas-a large estate or plantation with a dwelling house.
Plantation-an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.]]> 2018-09-18 17:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283071817 Maquiladoras jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283072632 a factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country of that company.]]> 2018-09-18 17:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283072632 Land Reform (Mexico) jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283073312

the statutory division of agricultural land and its reallocation to landless people

]]> 2018-09-18 17:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283073312 PRI vs PAN jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283076790 PRI-he Primary Rate Interface (PRI) is a telecommunications interface standard used on an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) for carrying multiple DS0 voice and data transmissions between the network and a user. PRI is the standard for providing telecommunication services to enterprises and offices.
PAN-a container made of metal and used for cooking food in.]]> 2018-09-18 17:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283076790 Tenochtitlan jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283079061 tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire from the middle of the 1300s to the early 1500s. Mexico City was built upon some of the ruins of Tenochtitlan. In this lesson, you'll learn about this historic city, and then you can test your knowledge with a quiz.]]> 2018-09-18 17:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283079061 Right Wind vs Left Wing jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283080667 Right Wing-the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.
Left wing-the liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system.]]> 2018-09-18 18:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283080667 Machu Pichu jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283083212 An ancient Inca fortress city in the Andes northwest of Cuzco, Peru. Its extensive ruins and elaborate terraces became famous after an American explorer published a description of them in 1911.]]> 2018-09-18 18:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283083212 Gauchos jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283083882 a cowboy of the South American pampas.]]> 2018-09-18 18:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283083882 Tango jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283084324 a ballroom dance originating in Buenos Aires, characterized by marked rhythms and postures and abrupt pauses.]]> 2018-09-18 18:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283084324 Treaty of Tordeillias jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283085346 Treaty of Tordesillas , agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.]]> 2018-09-18 18:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/283085346 Favelas jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286152904 Favela, also spelled favella, in Brazil, a slum or shantytown located within or on the outskirts of the country's large cities, especially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A favela typically comes into being when squatters occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shanties of salvaged or stolen materials.]]> 2018-09-26 17:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286152904 Rio de Janeiro/Carnival jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286154029 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. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723. It is celebrated in honour of the gods and to respect the great waters.]]> 2018-09-26 17:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286154029 Capoeira jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286155722 a system of physical discipline and movement originating among Brazilian slaves, treated as a martial art and dance form.]]> 2018-09-26 17:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286155722 Samba jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286157593 a Brazilian dance of African origin.]]> 2018-09-26 17:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286157593 Latin Americ's social class Structure jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286158128 Mixed ancestry of american Indian and European who speak Spanish, denied basic political, economics and social rights due to their mixed heritage. Lowest social class, they had no rights. And were often treated poorly and used as a labor source by the plantaions owning creoles.]]> 2018-09-26 17:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286158128 Caudillo vs La junta jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286159545 Caudillo-a military or political leader.
La Junta-La Junta is the city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,077 at the 2010 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado 68 miles east of Pueblo.]]> 2018-09-26 17:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286159545 PEMEX jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286161333 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.]]> 2018-09-26 17:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286161333 FARC/ Paramilitary jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286161840 FARC-The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017.
Paramilitary-organized similarly to a military force]]> 2018-09-26 17:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286161840 Maduro jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286163417 a dark-colored relatively strong cigar.]]> 2018-09-26 17:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286163417 Guerrillas jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286163830 a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.]]> 2018-09-26 17:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286163830 Fidel Castro and cummunism jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286164260 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.]]> 2018-09-26 17:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286164260 Slash and Burn jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286165367 relating to or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming.]]> 2018-09-26 17:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286165367 Sandinista vs. Contras jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286166026 Sandinista-is a democratic socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinista in both English and Spanish.
Contras- a member of a guerrilla force in Nicaragua that opposed the left-wing Sandinista government 1979–90, and was supported by the US for much of that time. It was officially disbanded in 1990, after the Sandinistas' electoral defeat.]]> 2018-09-26 17:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/286166026 Colonialism jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289279665 the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.]]> 2018-10-04 17:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289279665 Income Gap jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289280367 Income inequality in the United States has increased significantly since the 1970s after several decades of stability, meaning the share of the nation's income received by higher income households has increased.]]> 2018-10-04 17:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289280367 North Atlantic Drift jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289281756 The Gulf Stream is the most important ocean-current system in the northern hemisphere, which stretches from Florida to north- western Europe.Without the warm North Atlantic Drift, the UK and other places in Europe would be as cold as Canada, at the same latitude.]]> 2018-10-04 17:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289281756 Fjords jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289282727 a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.]]> 2018-10-04 17:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289282727 Dikes and Polders jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289283016 A Polder 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.]]> 2018-10-04 17:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289283016 3 Branches of Christianity jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289283983 1-the Church of the East
2-Oriental Orthodoxy
3-Eastern Orthodoxy]]> 2018-10-04 17:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289283983 Roman Legacy jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289285021 The legacy of Ancient Rome is still felt today in western culture in areas such as government, law, language, architecture, engineering, and religion. ]]> 2018-10-04 17:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289285021 Greek Legacy jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289285371 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. During the height of the Greek civilization, Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean. It was then imitated by the Ancient Romans.]]> 2018-10-04 17:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289285371 3 Major Languages jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289286234

Hindi

Arabic

Portuguese

Bengali

Russian

]]> 2018-10-04 17:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289286234 Industrial Revolution jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289293028 The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.]]> 2018-10-04 17:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289293028 Agricultural Revolution jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289294436 The Agriculture Revolution was a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity that occurred during the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. ]]> 2018-10-04 17:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289294436 Iron Curtain/ Winston Churchill jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289297032 Iron Curtain-the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.
Winston Churchill- British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953.]]> 2018-10-04 17:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/289297032 Satellite Nations jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291425608 The term satellite nations was first used to describe certain nations in the Cold War. These were nation that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union. The satellite nation of the Cold War were Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany.]]> 2018-10-10 18:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291425608 The Balkans jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291426827 the countries in the Balkans Peninsula: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, ]]> 2018-10-10 18:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291426827 Kosovo/ President Bill Clinton jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291427974 Kosovo-The Republic of kosovo, a country in the Balkans.
President Bill Clinton-The impeachment of Bill Clinton was initiated in December 1998 by the House of Representatives and led to a trial in the Senate for the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.]]> 2018-10-10 18:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291427974 NATO vs. Warsaw pact jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291430031 NATO- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states—especially the United States and Europe—and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.]]> 2018-10-10 18:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291430031 WWI/ MAIN reasons jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291431834 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.) MILITARISM was one of the four major causes of the war. It was an “arms race.” Because Britain had a large navy, Germany wanted a large navy too.]]> 2018-10-10 18:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291431834 Armistice jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291433124 an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce]]> 2018-10-10 18:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291433124 Europe union jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291435080 The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 4,475,757 km² and an estimated population of over 510 million.]]> 2018-10-10 18:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291435080 Euro jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291435487 the single European currency, which replaced the national currencies of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands in 2002. Seventeen member states of the European Union now use the euro.]]> 2018-10-10 18:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291435487 Russian Orthodox jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291436767 of, relating to, or being the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church of Russia headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and using an Old Church Slavonic liturgy or one of its autonomous 20th century branches chiefly outside Russian.]]> 2018-10-10 18:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291436767 Russian Revolution jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291438397 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 19:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291438397 Karl Marx jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291438828 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier to a middle-class family, Marx studied law and Hegelian philosophy.]]> 2018-10-10 19:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291438828 Vladimir Lenin jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291439884 Vladimir Lenin was the architect of Russia's 1917 Bolshevik revolution and the first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. A prominent Marxist, Lenin was born in 1870 in Russia with the last name Ulianov. He picked up his radical beliefs during college, where he earned a law degree.]]> 2018-10-10 19:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291439884 Joseph Stalin jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291440769 Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) Synonyms: Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, stain Example of: commie, communist. a socialist who advocates communism.]]> 2018-10-10 19:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291440769 Nikita Kruschev jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291445306 national leader, solon, statesman. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.]]> 2018-10-10 19:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291445306 Sputnik jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291447646 each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit.]]> 2018-10-10 19:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291447646 Perestroikia jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291448514 the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. 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.]]> 2018-10-10 19:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291448514 Communisom vs. Capitalism jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291449723 Communison-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.

Capitalism-an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.]]> 2018-10-10 19:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291449723 Glasanost jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291450694 the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.]]> 2018-10-10 19:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291450694 Chechenya jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291451160 A predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia, which declared its independence from Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union. ... But chechen guerrillas (see guerrilla warfare) continue to harass Russian troops in Chechenya Russians believe that Chechens have been behind terrorist attacks in Moscow.]]> 2018-10-10 19:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/291451160 Chernobyle jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/293497599 A city of northern Ukraine near the border of Belarus. It was evacuated and remains uninhabited as a result of a major nuclear power plant accident nearby on April 26, 1986.]]> 2018-10-16 17:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/293497599 Scarcity jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/294930497 the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.]]> 2018-10-19 17:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/294930497 Mesopotamia/ Sumerians jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297068203 Mesopotamia- (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today's Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey.

Sumerians-a member of the indigenous non-Semitic people of ancient Babylonia.]]> 2018-10-25 17:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297068203 Aquifers/Oasis jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297070092 Aquifers-a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
Oasis-a fertile spot in a desert where water is found.]]> 2018-10-25 17:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297070092 Drip Irrigation jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297071109 Drip irrigation is a type of micro-irrigation system that has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either from above the soil surface or buried below the surface.]]> 2018-10-25 17:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297071109 Desalinization jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297074543 The removal of salt or other chemicals from something, such as seawater or soil.Desalinization can be achieved by means of evaporation, freezing, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, and electrodialysis]]> 2018-10-25 17:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297074543 Monotheisitc jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297077073 relating to or characterized by the belief that there is only one God.]]> 2018-10-25 17:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297077073 Islam jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297077701 the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.]]> 2018-10-25 17:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297077701 Christianity jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297078099 the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices]]> 2018-10-25 17:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297078099 Judaism jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297078776 the monotheistic religion of the Jews.]]> 2018-10-25 17:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297078776 Sunnis vs Shiite jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297079394 Sunnis-one of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
Shiite-an adherent of the Shia branch of Islam.]]> 2018-10-25 17:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/297079394 Theocarcy/ Ayatollah Khomeini jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437427 Theocarcy-a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Ayatollah Khomeini-Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini, known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian politician and marja]]> 2018-11-24 21:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437427 OPEC crisis jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437688 The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.]]> 2018-11-24 21:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437688 PLO vs HAMAS jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437749 PLO-he Palestine Liberation Organization is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle, with much of its violence aimed at Israeli civilians.
HAMAS-Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamist fundamentalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. It has been the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip since its takeover of that area in 2007. During this period it fought several wars with Israel. ]]> 2018-11-24 21:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437749 Anti-Semitic jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437845 The origin of "antisemitic" terminologies is found in the responses of Moritz Steinschneider to the views of Ernest Renan. As Alex Bein writes]]> 2018-11-24 21:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437845 Six Day War jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437911 The origins of the Six-Day War, which was fought between June 5 and June 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known then as the United Arab Republic, UAR), Jordan, and Syria, include both longstanding and immediate issues.]]> 2018-11-24 21:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437911 Operation Desert Storm jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437956 The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait]]> 2018-11-24 21:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437956 Operation Iraq Freedom jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437996 The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.]]> 2018-11-24 21:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307437996 Camp David accords jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438061 The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter]]> 2018-11-24 21:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438061 Zionsim jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438115 a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.]]> 2018-11-24 21:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438115 Kurds jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438173 a member of a mainly Islamic people living in parts of eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, western Iran, and eastern Syria.]]> 2018-11-24 21:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438173 Iranian Revolution jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438201 The Iranian Revolution was a series of events involving the overthrow of the 2,500 years of continuous Persian monarchy under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States.]]> 2018-11-24 21:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/307438201 Afghan war/ Bin Laden/Taliban jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312011265 The War in Afghanistan, code named Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan and Operation Freedom's Sentinel, followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of 7 October 2001.

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, also rendered Usama bin Ladin, was a founder of the pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda. He was a Saudi Arabian until 1994, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite

The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, are a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader is Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada]]> 2018-12-06 19:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312011265 Desertification jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312013365 the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.]]> 2018-12-06 19:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312013365 Tribalism jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312013654 the state or fact of being organized in a tribe or tribes.]]> 2018-12-06 19:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312013654 Animism jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312014077 the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.]]> 2018-12-06 19:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312014077 Bantu jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312014464 relating to or denoting a group of Niger–Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa, including Swahili, Xhosa, and Zulu.]]> 2018-12-06 19:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312014464 Aksum/ Masia, Kikuyu/ Ashanti jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312014862 he Kingdom of Aksum was an ancient kingdom in what is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. Ruled by the Aksumites, it existed from approximately 100 AD to 940 AD

Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the best known local populations due to their residence near the many game parks of the African Great Lakes, and their distinctive customs and dress.At a population of 6.6 million as of 2009, they account for close to 17% of the total population of Kenya. The term Kikuyu is derived from the Swahili form of the self-designation Gĩkũyũ.

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]]> 2018-12-06 19:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312014862 Ghana/Mali/Songhai jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312021991 Ghana-Ghana, a nation on West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, is known for diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches, such as at Busua. Coastal towns Elmina and Cape Coast contain posubans (native shrines), colonial buildings and castles-turned-museums that serve as testimonials to the slave trade. North of Cape Coast, vast Kakum National Park has a treetop-canopy walkway over the rainforest.
Mali-Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,240,000 square kilometres
Songhai-The Songhai Empire was a state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. At its peak, it was one of the largest states in African history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its leading ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai]]> 2018-12-06 20:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312021991 King Leopold jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312023359 Leopold II reigned as the King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and became known for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State as a private venture and the atrocities perpetrated there under his rule.]]> 2018-12-06 20:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312023359 Berlin Conference jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312025029 The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.]]> 2018-12-06 20:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312025029 Nelson Mandela/ Apartheid jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312025440 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.]]> 2018-12-06 20:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312025440 Blood Diamonds jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312025956 Blood diamonds is a term used for a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. The term is used to highlight the negative consequences of the diamond trade in certain areas, or to label an individual diamond as having come from such an area. ]]> 2018-12-06 20:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312025956 Boko Haram jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312026180 The Islamic State in West Africa or Islamic State’s West Africa Province, formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād and commonly known as Boko Haram until March 2015, is a jihadist militant organization based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. ]]> 2018-12-06 20:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312026180 Rwandan Genocide jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312026441 The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War, which had started in 1990. It was directed by members of the Hutu majority government during the 100-day period from 7 April to mid-July 1994]]> 2018-12-06 20:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312026441 Pandemic jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312026680 (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.]]> 2018-12-06 20:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312026680 Animal Poaching jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312027010 "Animal poaching" is when an animal is killed illegally. It usually occurs when an animal possesses something that is considered valuable (i.e. the animal's fur or ivory). Many countries believe that the rhino horn is an important ingredient for many medicines.]]> 2018-12-06 20:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312027010 Famine/Somalia/President B jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312027212 extreme scarcity of food.

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is a sovereign state with its territory located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Guardafui Channel and Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz/; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

]]> 2018-12-06 20:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312027212 Black Hawk Down/ President Bill Clinton jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312028162 The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System competition in 1972

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.]]> 2018-12-06 20:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312028162 Malnutrition jh2685553 https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312028737 lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.]]> 2018-12-06 20:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jh2685553/tthje9ryybuz/wish/312028737