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    Obesity in North America

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    fast food is an increasingly popular replacement for healthy home-cooked meals. Canada and the United states have been called the “fast food” nations because it makes up an unhealthy and substantial amount of North American diets due to busy schedules. It is normal for people in North America to work ten hours a day‚ five days a week and on top of that have many extra activities that don’t allow them to take the time to properly concentrate on their eating habits. Fast food companies have catered

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    In early colonial America‚ there were thirteen colonies. The English started them all‚ but those colonies varied indefinitely. The two primary regions of the colonies were the Chesapeake and the New England Regions. In the very beginnings of these regions‚ there were ample amounts of differences to create two very different American cultures. The first permanent English settlement in America is Jamestown‚ Virginia. Jamestown began as a business venture and then failed. Later a Virginia Company of

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    Obesity In North America

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    Obesity in North America In 1999‚ an estimated 61% of adults in the United States were obese. One in seven children was also obese. Obesity is the biggest public health problem in North America. It can cause serious disease such as diabetes. In economic term‚ the cost of obesity in the United States was about $117 billion in 2000. Therefore‚ North American Society needs to be aware that modern life can cause obesity. This modern life includes fast food‚ transportation and new technology.

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    North America Fire

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    recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown how many more died soon afterwards‚ due to the effects of

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    and North America‚ were not always like they look now. There was no countries‚ no big cities‚ and no civilized life. There was only native tribes and nature. What we look now is product of what it’s called "colonization". Of course‚ none of the two pieces of the continent were colonized in the same way. First‚ I am going to explained how was the colonization in the USA‚ and then the colonization in South America. North America‚ XVII century. It all started in 1607‚ when a tiny village was built

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    The North and the South have different Geography‚ Societies and Economies. Here’s my supportive evidence of The Geography of the North and the South. The North experienced four distinct seasons from freezing winters to hot humid summers. The North also had jagged New England coast. And had many bays. On the other hand the South had fertile soil thick pine forest and many fast moving rivers. What was the Society of the North and South like? Well in the North many people still lived on farms cities

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    Racism in North America

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    abandon their religion‚ culture and beliefs and some where even made slaves. Soon after in 1670 the first black slaves were brought from Africa to North America. In the southern United States the ‘One Drop’ rule was placed‚ that meant that anybody with African American grandparents or great grandparents was a slave‚ unlike the northern states where it was only if you had coloured skin. Soon even the northern were against slavery like Canada. The Northern states demanded that slavery should be stopped

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    in the timeline above‚ it would be easy to assume that the Paleo-Indians had started out in the Northern Regions of modern day of America. Though‚ this is not the case‚ the really are estimated to started migrating north from Africa in as far back as 200‚000 BCE. But‚ aside from that‚ you can see that from Northern Asia‚ they traveled eastward towards Northern America for a time period of about 15‚000 years. Slide 2 So‚ the Paleo-Indians during their point of traveling crossed the land bridge Beringia

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    Urban sprawl in North America Introduction After the Second World War‚ the development of planning in North America transformed a lot. Under the influence of the war‚ the major planning principle of Britain in this period more focuses on post-war reconstruction and promoted the economic recovery. In contrast to Britain‚ although America attended the war‚ it had fewer negative effects on American development which it even promoted the economic development in America (Liu‚ 2010). Therefore

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    negative results. During the colonial period the development of the Virginia and Massachusetts colonies was greatly influenced by the effects of the search for riches and power. Each area had common basic interests‚ but the ways in which they went about attaining these goals were in most views different. Prosperity was the major goal of everyone‚ but each settlement had its"˜ own idea of the kind of prosperity it wanted and the way in which it was to be accomplished. Early Virginian settlements

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