https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6 Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-05 21:58:26 UTC 2024-06-01 12:42:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757260 I chose the Serengeti Plain to represent the East Africa because the Serengeti Plain is one of the world’s largest savanna plains and is home to animals such as zebras, gazelles, hyenas, lions, giraffes, and cheetahs. ]]> 2020-04-05 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757260 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757261 I chose AIDS to represent the East Africa because this disease caused by HIV has reached epidemic proportions in East Africa. In Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, more than 5 percent of adults, the majority women, are infected with HIV. ]]> 2020-04-05 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757261 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757262 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 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757262 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757263 I chose the Great Green Wall to represent the Transition Zone because the Great Green Wall is a wall of trees to divide the semi-arid Sahel from the Sahara and the goal is for the trees to stop the southward spread of the Sahara. ]]> 2020-04-05 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757263 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757264 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 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757264 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757265 I chose the Berlin Conference to represent the Transition Zone because this conference was held between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization and then all of the Sahel was under European control by 1914. ]]> 2020-04-05 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493757265 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493802343 I chose the Great Rift Vally to represent the East Africa because through the center of the Western Rift Valley is lake Tanganyika, one of the deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world, Lake Victoria is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world and is between the eastern and western branches of the Great Rift Valley, the Eastern Rift valley also contains two major volcanic mountains, Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya. ]]> 2020-04-05 23:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493802343 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493820365 I chose the Deforestation to represent the East Africa because by 2000, 126 million acres had disappeared, mostly due to loggers and farmers clearing the land. Deforestation has become a major problem in this region. ]]> 2020-04-05 23:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493820365 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493831249 I chose tropical to represent the West Africa because the West Africa is largely tropical with a landscape that includes desert, shoreline, low plains, highlands, and rain forests. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493831249 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493834188 I chose diamonds to represent the West Africa because diamonds is the major resource in West Africa. These diamonds are mined in war zones and the money from them is often used to finance, or pay for wars. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493834188 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493845188 I chose environmental issues to represent the West Africa because environmental issues Contribute to the poor health in the region. Water and sanitation problems are very common and put people’s lives at risk. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493845188 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493849011 I chose subsistence farming to represent the West Africa 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. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493849011 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493856690 I chose Congo Basin to represent the Equatorial Africa because Equatorial Africa is dominated by the Congo Basin. Water from rainfall in Congo Basin flows downhill and collects into streams. The streams empty into the Congo River. ]]> 2020-04-06 00:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493856690 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493861425 I chose the tropical rain forest to represent the Equatorial Africa because most of this subregion contains tropical rain forests. Daily, rain falls here, and the tropical rain forest are among the biggest and densest in the world. ]]> 2020-04-06 01:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493861425 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493905818 I chose ethnic concerns to represent the Equatorial Africa because ethnic concerns continue to plague parts of Equatorial Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s long dictatorship was followed by ethnic strife and one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War II. ]]> 2020-04-06 02:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493905818 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493911362 I chose slavery to represent the Equatorial Africa because European ships carried away enslaved people from areas that are now the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Cameroon. Gabon later became the center of the slave trade. Millions of people from the Africa interior were sold into slavery. 

]]> 2020-04-06 02:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493911362 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493931637 I chose the Great Escarpment to represent the South Africa because most of the land sits in South Africa at a high altitude. Along the coasts lies the coastal plain, and behind it are high steep cliffs known as the Great Escarpment. ]]> 2020-04-06 03:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493931637 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493937324 I chose mineral wealth to represent the South Africa because South Africa’s most important resource is its vast mineral wealth. Gold and copper are mined today along with coal, nickel, iron, cobalt, manganese, and uranium. ]]> 2020-04-06 03:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493937324 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493942103 I chose apartheid to represent the South Africa because in 1948 the South African government established a policy called apartheid, meaning “separateness.” ]]> 2020-04-06 03:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493942103 wendyyesiyu https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493947918 I chose shifting cultivation to represent the South Africa because South Africa has poor farming practices, such as shifting cultivation is often practice here. This leads to deforestation, which can cause habitat destruction on a large scale. ]]> 2020-04-06 03:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wendyyesiyu/aehvlbqdtzl6/wish/493947918