https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74 Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC 2026-02-16 01:11:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175307 "I chose Savana to represent the East Africa because the Savana, or tropical grassland with scattered trees lies south of the steppe and extends  east to west across the subregion.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175307 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175309 "I chose HIV/AIDS to represent the East Africa  because AIDS is a disease caused by HIV has reached epidemic proportions.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175309 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175313 I chose the Sahel to represent the Transition Zone because Africa immediately south of the Sahara is an area of land that transitions between the desert climate of North Africa and the tropical savanna of Equatorial Africa.]]> 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175313 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175314 "I chose Great Green Wall to represent the Transition Zone because the name comes from the plan that calls for a wall of trees to divide the semi-arid Sahel from the Sahara.” ]]> 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175314 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175317 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.]]> 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175317 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175318 "I chose Berlin Conference to represent the Transition  Zone because Berlin Conference was held between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization.” Is ]]> 2020-04-02 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489175318 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489242244 "I chose Lake Victoria to represent the East Africa because Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh water lake in the world and is between the eastern and western branches of the Great Rift Vally.

]]> 2020-04-02 15:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489242244 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489254655 "I chose Swahili to represent the East Africa because Swahili is the most widely spoken African language in the region.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489254655 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489266769 "I chose Lake Volta to represent the West Africa because Lake Volta is a human made lake and the fourth largest reservoir in the world.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489266769 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489278852 "I chose Jazz and blues music to represent the West Africa because Jazz and blues music found its roots in this area with slaves who were brought over to America.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489278852 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489293963 "I chose Tropical to represent the West Africa because West Africa is largely tropical with a land scape that includes desert, shoreline, low plains, highlands, and rain forests.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489293963 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489318263 "I chose Trade to represent the West Africa because Trade has historically been very important for this region.”

]]> 2020-04-02 15:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489318263 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489402765 "I chose Basin to represent the Equatorial Africa because a basin is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.”

]]> 2020-04-02 16:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489402765 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489431046 “I chose Christianity Religion to represent the Equatorial Africa because Europeans introduced Christianity to the region.”]]> 2020-04-02 16:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489431046 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489453385 "I chose Navigable to represent the Equatorial Africa because the Congo river and its many tributaries form a large network of natural highways that are navigable by smaller boats.”]]> 2020-04-02 16:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489453385 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489479739 “I chose Plantations to represent the Equatorial Africa because African village life was also disrupted by the replacing of locally centered agriculture with large commercial farms, called plantations, which grew cash crops.”]]> 2020-04-02 16:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489479739 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489514017 "I chose Great Escarpment to represent the Southern Africa because along the coasts lies the coastal plain, and behind it are high steep cliffs known as the Great Escarpment.”]]> 2020-04-02 17:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489514017 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489525201 "I chose Cecil Rhodes to represent the Southern Africa because Cecil Rhodes was an English man who moved to Cape Colony and created De Beers, which in 1891, produced 90 percent of the world’s diamonds.]]> 2020-04-02 17:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489525201 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489542771 "I chose Okavango River to represent the Southern Africa because the Okavango River, Orange River, Zambezi. River and Limpopo River are all important to the region, though none are navigable.”]]> 2020-04-02 17:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489542771 ryuarrow4 https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489580347 "I chose Khoisan or Bantu to represent the Southern Africa because most of the African languages spoken in Southern Africa are related to one of the two language families Khoisan or Bantu.”]]> 2020-04-02 17:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ryuarrow4/29ob7n8dwv74/wish/489580347