https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6 Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-03 14:29:37 UTC 2020-04-04 18:06:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226336 I chose savanna to represent east africa because
The  savanna, or tropical grassland with scattered trees, lies south of the steppe and extends east to west across the subregion.]]> 2020-04-03 14:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226336 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226338 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.]]> 2020-04-03 14:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226338 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226341 "I chose great green wall to represent the transitio  Zone because is the plan that calls for a wall of trees to divide the semi-arid sahel from the Sahara. The goal is for the trees to stop the southward spread of the Sahara.]]> 2020-04-03 14:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226341 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226342 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.]]> 2020-04-03 14:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226342 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226344 I chose Berlin conference to represent the transition  Zone because was held between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization.]]> 2020-04-03 14:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491226344 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399532 I chose conflict diamonds  to represent the west africa because these diamonds are mined in war zones and the money from them is often used to finance, or pay for, wars.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399532 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399657 I chose subsistenc  farming to represent west africa because you only grow enough to feed your own family, but commercial farming and mining are also practiced. Fishing is also an important economic activity, though pollution and destructive methods have hurt tha industry.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399657 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399792 "I chose rivers to represent west africa because the region has many significant rivers including the volta river, Senegal river and Niger river.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399792 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399870 "I chose African culture to represent west africa because west Africa's people belong to hundreds of different ethnic groups. In fact, Nigeria alone is made up of more than 250 ethnic groups.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491399870 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400040 "I chose Congo basin to represent equatorial africa because a basin is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400040 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400131 "I chose Congo river to represent equatoria  africa because the Congo River serves as much of the border between the republic of the congo and the democratic republic of the congo as it journeys to the Atlantic ocean.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400131 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400199 "I chose cash crips to represent equatoria  africa because this harsh treatment led to many struggles for independence across Africa during the twentieth century. In one year alone, 1960, all of the countries of equatorial Africa achieved independence.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400199 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400307 "I chose e-commerce  to represent equatoria  africa because e-commerce, or selling products on the internet, has increased, as well as cell phone usage. Africa has the highest growth rate of cell phone subscriptions.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400307 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400439 "I chose great escarpmen  to represent southern africa because these cliffs form an 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.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400439 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400550 "I chose the baobab to represent southern africa because the baobab tree is often used as a symbol for all of africa. Baobabs can live hundreds of years and the trunks can be hollowed out and used to collect rainwater or even as a shelter.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400550 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400649 "I chose rights of the women to represent souther  africa because women do not have the same rights as men. Traditional laws prohibit women from inheriting or over owning property.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400649 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400752 "I chose shiftin  cultivation to represent souther  africa because is often practiced here. These methods work if the population level is small, but rapid population growth means that the land does not have enough time to rest and recover, depleting the soil of nutrients and leaving empty, barren fields. This leads to deforestation, which can cause habitat destruction on a large scale.]]> 2020-04-03 15:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491400752 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491402654 I chose HIV/AIDS to represent east africa because is a disease caused by HIV has reached epidemic proportions.]]> 2020-04-03 15:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491402654 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491402751 I chose  rift valley  to represent east africa because is a crack in Earth's surface formed by shifting and separating tectonic plates.]]> 2020-04-03 15:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491402751 josemanuelsalazarbello2005 https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491403788 I chose rwanda genocide to represent east africa because the hutus killed hundreds of thousands of tutsi people.]]> 2020-04-03 15:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/josemanuelsalazarbello2005/5nhgcv3xsas6/wish/491403788