https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC 2026-02-25 06:37:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735392 I chose the savanna to represent the East Africa Zone because the Serengeti Plain is one of the world's largest Sananna plains and is home to animals sucha as zebras, gazelles, hyenas, lions, giraffes, and cheetahs.]]> 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735392 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735393 I chose HIV/AIDS to represent the East Africa Zone because it is one of themajor problem of that cause the main adult death rate in this region.It has reached epidemic  proportions.In kenya, Tanania, and Uganda, more than 5 percent of adults, the majority women, are infected with HIV.]]> 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735393 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735395 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.]]> 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735395 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735396  I chose the Great Green Wall  to represent the Transition Zone because that calls for walls of trees to divide the semi-arid Sahel from the Sahara,and the goal of it is to stop the southward spreadof Shara.]]> 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735396 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735399 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.]]> 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735399 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735400 I chose the Berlin Conference to represent the Transition Zone because it was held between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization.The results of it is Europeans  created  colonial boundaries that often cut across cultural ,religious,or traditional boundaries.]]> 2020-04-04 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492735400 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492751116 I chose Poaching to represent the East Africa Zone because it is a prohibited but continues to be a huge problem and risk to the animals in this region,and let the animals become extincition.]]> 2020-04-04 20:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492751116 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492755822 I chose the Great Rift Valley to represent the East Africa Zone because it is a crack in Earth's surface formed by shifting and separating tectonic plates.]]> 2020-04-04 21:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492755822 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492768102 I chose Blood diamonds to represent the West Africa Zone because one of the major natural resource is diamonds, and these diamonds are mined in war zones and the money from them is often used to finance, or pay for wars.]]> 2020-04-04 21:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492768102 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492772034 I chose Lake Chad to represent the West Africa Zone because  once the second-largest wetland in Africa, supports a great diversity of animal and plant life.Although it has shrunk 90 percent, it is still vital to the region for irrigation of farmland and fishing.]]> 2020-04-04 21:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492772034 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492773597 I chose jazz and Blues Music to represent the West Africa Zone because Jazz and Blues Music was found its roots in this area with the salves who were brought over to America.]]> 2020-04-04 21:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492773597 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492776310 I chose Subsistance Farming to represent the West Africa Zone because people practice this way to grow enough food to their family.]]> 2020-04-04 21:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492776310 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492805204 I chose the Congo Basin to represent the Equatorial Africa Zone because basin is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries,and it is surrounded by higher country,highland, mountains, and plateaus can also be found in this region.]]> 2020-04-04 23:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492805204 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492805908 I chose Congo River to represent theEquatorial Africa Zone because it is the second-longest river in Africa and fifth-largest in the world,and it serves as much of the border between the Republic of the Congo and the Demoratic Republic of the Congo as it journeys to the Altantic ocean.]]> 2020-04-04 23:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492805908 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492806944 I chose Colonization to represent the Equatorial  Zone because under European rulers, traders, and missionaries promoted European culture, weakened traditional
African cultures,and often treated Africans harshly.]]> 2020-04-04 23:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492806944 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492813942 I chose Poverty and Hunger to represent the Equatorial Zone because Poverty and Hunger are widespread issues, and with such difficulties surviving, mangement of natural resources is neglected.Also it cause a lot of death rate of children.]]> 2020-04-04 23:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492813942 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492838853  "I chose Great Escarpment to represent the Southern Zone because these cliffs form an almost unbroken U-shape and run from the west coast south to the Cope of Good Hope and then curve northest to the South Africa-Mozambique.]]> 2020-04-05 01:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492838853 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492840078  "I chose Baobao Tree to represent the Southern Zone because it is a symbol Africa and it can live for hundreds of years and the trunks can be hollowed out and used to collect rainwayer or even as a shelter.]]> 2020-04-05 01:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492840078 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492840348  "I chose Slave Trade to represent the Southern Zone because it was running throughout Southern Africa.The Portuguese established slave and trading posts o both the east and west coats of Southern Africa.]]> 2020-04-05 01:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492840348 k1908035 https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492840560  "I chose Nelson mandela to represent the Southern Zone because he againsted the Apartheid policy, he succeed and became the first black president of South Africa in 1994.]]> 2020-04-05 01:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/k1908035/lv52duybizeo/wish/492840560