Wake Island by Andrea Garcia https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf Alexis Marks, Andrea Garcia, Cameran Ratz en-us 2018-10-30 16:57:11 UTC 2024-07-22 09:13:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Location (CR) ratzcam https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298629526 Wake Island is North East of Australia and South East of Asia. It is about 2,300 miles West of Honolulu, Hawaii. ]]> 2018-10-30 17:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298629526 When was Wake Island acquired? (AG) garciand https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298629869 Wake Island was acquired in 1899.]]> 2018-10-30 17:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298629869 How does the United States control/operate/defend the Wake Island today?(AM) marksale https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298629877 It is owned bt the U.S Air force and is most known for the Battle Of Wake Island.]]> 2018-10-30 17:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298629877 Interesting Facts! (CR) ratzcam https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298635552 -Wake Island only has military and civilian people to maintain and watch the airfields and the facilities. 
-There is a total of three islands

]]> 2018-10-30 17:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298635552 Was their opposition to U.S. control from the native inhabitants or otherwise?(AM) marksale https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298636064 Japan was very upset that the U.S has control of the wake island and bombed it with 36 bommbers. They did this very few hours before the attach of Pearl Harbor. ]]> 2018-10-30 17:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298636064 Why was Wake Island acquired? (AG) garciand https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298636448 After the Spanish-American war, Spain after gave the island to the United States.]]> 2018-10-30 17:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/298636448 What purpose does Wake Island serve today? (AG) garciand https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/299076482 During the Spanish-American war Wake Island was used for a military base now the Island is basically a National Wildlife Refuge for migratory seabirds such as the ¨Sooty Tern¨ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wake-island-where-americas-day-really-begins/ ]]> 2018-10-31 16:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/299076482 Tourist Attractions (CR) ratzcam https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/299083215 -Beaches and Lagoons 
-98 Rock
-Birdwatching

]]> 2018-10-31 16:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/299083215 What is the current economic situation of Wake Island? Population? What kind of government do they have?(AM) marksale https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/299083546 All food and manufactured goods must be imported onto the island. There is no set population their but in 2018 there were about 100 military operators and  communications facilities on the island]]> 2018-10-31 16:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/garciand/wsge17g5keyf/wish/299083546