a disease caused by HIV

has reached epidemic proportions

. In Kenya, Tanania, and Uganda, more than 5 percent of adults, the majority women, are infected with HIV. This disease drastically cuts the average life expectancy. 

. Planners expect the barrier will be wide enough to block desert winds and will help hold moisture 

in the soil and also help to reduce soil erosion. 

. A conference, known as the 

Berlin Conference, was held between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization. All of the Sahel was under European control by 1914.

.

onic plates. The formation of the Great Rift Valley began millions of years ago when faults, or breaks in Earth’s crust, were formed by the movement of plates 

below Earth’s surface

levels of education vary, with

literacy rates being higher in 

urban areas ,Literacy is also higher in men than in women. Women do most of the farm work but rarely own land. Women’s roles have remained traditional, with often-

limited access to education

, but many are trying to change that

includes desert, shoreline, low plains, highlands, and rain forests

. West Africa’s long coastline is made up of sandy beaches, thick 

mangrove swamps, lagoons, and b

road coastal plains. Rainforests once covered much of the land here, but they have 

been drastically reduced as land was cleared for agriculture and logging

West African countries include

Benin, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea

-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

All of the countries in West Africa, except Cape Verde, have 

part of their territory in the Transition Zone

.

African Americans freed from 

slavery established it on land purchased for them by the American Colonization Society. 

The African Americans who relocated to Liberia had a different culture from the indigenous 

people who already lived there. 

is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries. Water from rainfall in the Congo Basin flows downhill and collects into 

streams. The streams empty into the Congo River

Christianity

to the region. Now many people in 

the formerFrench, Spanish and Portuguese colonies are 

Roman Catholic, while 

Protestant Christianity

is most common in former British colonies. Islam an

d indigenous religions are also practiced here.

threaten the supply of food, the health of the people, and the plant and animal life. Poverty and hunger

are widespread issues, and with such difficulties surviving, management of natural resources is neglected. 

. I chose Kalahari Desert-the baobab  to represent the southern africa Zone because  the baobab 

tree is often used as a 

symbol for all of Africa

. Baobabs can live for hundreds of years and the trunks can be hollowed out and used to collect rainwate

r or even as a shelter. 

are mined today along with coal, nickel, iron, cobalt, manganese, and uranium. Diamonds and gemstones

can also be found in the area, though they are a source of controversy.

  to represent the   southern africa Zone because Many people in Southern Africa who are not 

Christian practice 

traditional African religions

. Some of these people believe that ancestors and the spirits of the dead have divine powers. In Zi

mbabwe, traditional beliefs and 

Christianity have been mi

xed together. About half of the 

people of Zimbabwe practi

ce a combination of traditional 

beliefs and Christianity.