Wake Island by Tyler Wills https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z The island that never sleeps en-us 2017-10-31 18:27:59 UTC 2017-11-01 23:45:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Where is it located? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202653110 Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, 1,501 miles (2,416 kilometers) east of Guam, 2,298 miles (3,698 kilometers) west of Honolulu and 1,991 miles (3,204 kilometers) southeast of Tokyo.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjm4dzV_p3XAhWK6YMKHawgCdAQFggnMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWake_Island&usg=AOvVaw1a_2ARjjWHT-GgHwez1PMZ)

]]> 2017-11-01 18:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202653110 When was it acquired? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202653630 Wake Island was acquired in 1899 according to us history.com]]> 2017-11-01 18:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202653630 Why was it acquired? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202654226 American Samoa was acquired under the 1899 Treaty of Berlin between Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. ... Guam became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War. Under the December 10, 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the island to the United States. 
(https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/mld/usacqup.html)

]]> 2017-11-01 18:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202654226 How does the United States control/operate/defend this country today? (Or maybe it doesn’t?) willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202655500 It does not]]> 2017-11-01 18:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202655500 Was their opposition to U.S. control from the native inhabitants or otherwise? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202655703 No it was given by the Treaty of Berlin.]]> 2017-11-01 18:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202655703 What purpose does it serve today? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202656911 N/A]]> 2017-11-01 18:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202656911 What is the population? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202657886 no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 150 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities (2009) 
(https://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/wake_island/wake_island_people.html)

]]> 2017-11-01 18:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202657886 How big is Wake Island? willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202658771 Area: 2.857 mi² ]]> 2017-11-01 18:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202658771 willstyl https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202659003 2017-11-01 18:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/willstyl/yvumr0sa15z/wish/202659003