https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7 Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC 2025-12-14 06:11:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556711 I chose Savanna to represent the East Africa Zone because   lies south of the steppe and extend east to west across the subregion. Rainfall is seasonal here, with alternating wet and dry season. Vegetation varies depending on rainfall.]]> 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556711 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556712 I chose the Rift Valley for represent the East Africa Zone because is a crack in Earth's surface formed by shifting and separating tectonic plates. The formation of the Great Rift Valley began millions of years ago when faults, or breaks in Earth's crust, were formed by the movement of plates below the Earth's surface.]]> 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556712 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556715 I chose Sahel to represent the Transition  Zone because is full vegetation and borders the sands of the Sahara. However the Sahel receives little rainfall, so only low-growing grasses, shrubs, and acacia trees grow here.]]> 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556715 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556716 I chose Great Green Wall to represent the Transition Zone because  The name comes for the plan that calls for a wall of trees to divide the semi-arid Sahel from the Sahara . The Goal is to stop the southward spread of the Sahara.]]> 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556716 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556717 I chose the Islam Religion to represent the Transition Zone because this area also represents a transition between the Islamic cultures of North Africa and the Christian and animist cultures to the south.]]> 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556717 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556718 I chose African Language to represent the Transition Zone because  the many ethnic groups of the transition zone speak language from several African language groups: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Congo-Kordofanian.]]> 2020-04-05 18:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493556718 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493632267 I chose  Rwanda Genocide to represent the East Africa Zone because in this violent outbreak the Hutus killed hundreds of thousands of Tutsi people. Conflict continues in African nations today, mainly about border issues and control of natural resources.]]> 2020-04-05 19:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493632267 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493637074 I chose AIDS to represent the East Africa Zone because Poor nutrition, famine, overpopulation, and the inability to treat common diseases are persistent issues for people in East Africa. AIDS a disease caused by HIV has reached epidemic proportions. In Kenya, Tanania, and Uganda, more than 5 percent of adults, the majority women, are infected with HIV.]]> 2020-04-05 19:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493637074 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493646128 I chose Blood Diamonds to represent the West Africa Zone because Oil, natural gas, coal, gold, and uranium are just some of the natural resources in West Africa, Another major resource is diamonds. These diamonds are mined in war zones and the money for them of often used to finance, or pay for, war.]]> 2020-04-05 19:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493646128 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493651644 I chose Africa Desert to represent the West Africa Zone because the north of West Africa is desert, then transitions into a semi-arid stepped, savanna grassland, and finally tropical forest. These environments have different climates, biomes, and resources.]]> 2020-04-05 19:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493651644 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493655871 I chose West Africa Societies to represent the West Africa Zone Because their culture reflects three main influences- Traditional African cultures, European culture, Islam. West Africa's people belong to hundreds of different ethnic groups. In fact, Nigeria alone is made up of more than 250 ethnic groups. The biggest ethnic groups there are Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo.]]> 2020-04-05 20:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493655871 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493671719 I chose Subsistence Farming to represent the West Africa Zone because agriculture is still the primary economic activity in this region. Most people practice subsistence farming, where you only grow enough to feed your own family, but comercial farming and mining are also practiced.]]> 2020-04-05 20:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493671719 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493677146 I chose Congo River to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because serves as much of border between the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as it journey to the Atlantic Ocean. The Congo River is the second-longest river in Africa and the fifth-largest in the world.]]> 2020-04-05 20:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493677146 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493682713 I chose Equatorial Africa's Climate to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because located on the equator leads to high temperatures and tropical climates. Most of this subregion contains tropical rainforest.]]> 2020-04-05 20:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493682713 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493690599 I chose Equatorial Africa's Slavery to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because when the Europeans landed along Equatorial Africa's coast in the late 1400s, they were interested in trade. They sought gold, ivory, textiles, and slaved Africans. Millions of people from the African interior were sold into slavery. The loss of so any young people to the slave trade did great harm to the societies left behind.]]> 2020-04-05 20:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493690599 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493698050 I chose Languages to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because the people here speak hundreds of different languages. They also speak dialects, or regional varieties of a languages.]]> 2020-04-05 20:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493698050 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493709935 I chose Great Escarpment to represent the Sothern Africa Zone because these cliff form almost unbroken U-shape and run from the west coast south to the Cape of Good Hope and then curve northeast to the South Africa- Mozambique border.]]> 2020-04-05 20:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493709935 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493714912 I chose Southern Africa Rivers to represent the Southern Africa Zone because The Okavango River, Orange River, Zambezi River and Limpopo River are the all important to the region, though none are navigable. They originate in highlands and as they flow through the steep, terrain, rapids and waterfalls mark their courses.]]> 2020-04-05 21:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493714912 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493719974 I chose Traditional African Religion to represent the Southern Africa Zone because many people here who are not Christian practice traditional African religion. Some of these people believe that ancestors and the spirits of the dead have divine powers.]]> 2020-04-05 21:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493719974 derenijimenez02 https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493726025 I Chose Shifting Cultivation to represent the Southern Africa Zone because these methods works if the population levels are small, but rapid population growth means that land does not have enough time to rest and recover, depleting the soil of nutrients and leaving empty, barren fields.]]> 2020-04-05 21:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/derenijimenez02/1kf3ifgs0by7/wish/493726025