https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-05 21:44:57 UTC 2020-04-06 01:14:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747870 I chose the Savanna to represent the East Africa Zone because it lies south of the steppe and extendes east to west accross the subregion. Rainfall is seasonal here, with alternating wet and dry seasons. ]]> 2020-04-05 21:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747870 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747871 I chose the AIDS to represent the East Africa Zone because is a disease caused by HIV that has reached epidemic proportions. This disease drastically cuts the average life expectancy.]]> 2020-04-05 21:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747871 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747877 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.]]> 2020-04-05 21:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747877 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747878 I chose the Great Green Wall to represent the Transition Zone because is a wall of trees to divide the semi-arid Sahel from the Sahara. It`s goal is to stop the southward spread of the Sahara.]]> 2020-04-05 21:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747878 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747879 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 21:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747879 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747880 I chose the Berlin Conference to represent the Transition Zone because is a conference between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization. No Africans participatedc at the Berlin Conference.]]> 2020-04-05 21:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493747880 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493779897 I chose the Rift Valley to represent the East Africa Zone because is a crack in Earth`s surface formed by shifting and separanting tectinc plates. The formation of the Grate Rift Valley began million of years ago.]]> 2020-04-05 22:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493779897 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493785284 I chose the Rwanda Genocide to represent the East Africa Zone because the country erupted into violence over discrimination against the Hutus people in 1994. In this violent outbreak th Hutus killed hundreds of thousands of Tutsi people.  ]]> 2020-04-05 22:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493785284 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493809135 I chose Rainforests to represent the West Africa Zone because they once covered much of the land here, but they have been drastically reduced as land was cleared for agriculture and logging.]]> 2020-04-05 23:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493809135 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493814129 I chose Corruption to represent West Africa Zone because corruption has made solving this problem very difficult. Violent conflicts have erupte due to the corruption.]]> 2020-04-05 23:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493814129 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493816480 I chose Lake Chad to represent the West Africa Zone because once the second -largest wetland in Africa , supports great diversity of animal and plant life. Althought it has shrunk 90%, it is still vital to the region for iurrigation of farmland and fishing.]]> 2020-04-05 23:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493816480 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493819289 I chose Education to represent West Africa Zone because in West Africa is inconsistent, and the literacy rates are some of the lowest in the world.]]> 2020-04-05 23:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493819289 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493824710 I chose the Congo Basin to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because Equatorial Africa is dominated by the Congo Basin. Water from the rainfall in the Congo Basin flows downhill and collects into streams.]]> 2020-04-05 23:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493824710 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493828267 I chose Population to represent Equatorial Africa Zone because today about 137 million people live in Equatorial Africa. These people belong to hundreds of ethnic groups and have different customs.]]> 2020-04-06 00:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493828267 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493834142 I chose the Congo River to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because it serves as much of the border between the Replublic of the Congo and the Demcratic Republic of the Congo as it journeys to the Atlantic Ocean.]]> 2020-04-06 00:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493834142 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493839788 I chose Trade to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because when Europeans landed along Equetorial Africa`s coasts in the late 1400s, they were interested in trade. They sought gold, ivory and enslaved Africans. Millions of people from the African interior were sold into slavery. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493839788 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493844802 I chose the Baobab to represent the  Southern Africa Zone because it is the most strking tree found in the Kalahari Desert. It`s often used as a symbol for all Africa. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493844802 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493850162 I chose Poaching to represent Southern Africa Zone because it threatens some of the most notable South African species, such as elephants and rhinos.]]> 2020-04-06 00:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493850162 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493856308 I chose the Big Hole to represent the Southern Africa Zone because it`s a site in Kymberley, South Africa can be seen. It was a hill until diamonds were discovered; today it is a 700 foot deep hole.]]> 2020-04-06 00:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493856308 rinconvaleria2005 https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493860998 I chose Shifting Cultivation to represent the Southern Africa Zone because it is often practice in this part of Africa. These methods workif the population level is small, but rapid growth means that the land does not have enough time to rest and recover.]]> 2020-04-06 01:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rinconvaleria2005/2sy9tujldw9t/wish/493860998