Geography Q&A: Regionalism, Culture, and Population

  1. The largest (most extensive) popular region is: The West
  2. What is another term for a grassroots form of regionalism? Regional Backlash
  3. Where is the weakest regional identity in the following? The Northeastern US
  4. Which is the weakest vernacular region of the following? The Middle Atlantic
  5. What is the most populous and sturdiest of the 14 vernacular regions? The South
  6. Punctuated meaningfulness throughout a meaningless expanse of area describes: Places
  7. The fact that our knowledge of the world is always starting
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Key Figures and Concepts in the Conquest of the Americas

Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of the Aztecs

In 1518, Cortés commanded his own expedition to Mexico, ignoring orders from Velázquez, with more than 500 men and 11 ships.

Cortés allied with some native peoples, but used force to conquer others. He fought Tlaxcalan and Cholula warriors. Cortés took Montezuma hostage, and his soldiers raided the city. He left the city after learning that Spanish troops were coming to arrest him for disobeying orders. The Aztecs eventually drove the Spanish from

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RP English Phonetics: Vowels and Diphthongs

/r/ Phoneme Articulation

The point of articulation of /r/ is post-alveolar. In RP English, it never appears as a syllabic nucleus, though it is a frictionless continuant. It appears in a pre-vocalic position. Phonetically, this sound is a retroflex vowel.

Articulation: The tip of the tongue is near the alveolar ridge, the tongue is retracted, and the air escapes freely. An /r/ was originally produced in this position: bird. Postvocalic /r/ has been lost because of its vocalic articulation. So, a postvocalic

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Geography Review: Regionalism, Culture, and Population

Geography Review Questions

  1. The largest (most extensive) popular region is: the West.
  2. Regional backlash is another term for a grassroots form of regionalism.
  3. The weakest regional identity is in the Northeastern US.
  4. The weakest vernacular region is the Middle Atlantic.
  5. The most populous and sturdiest of the 14 vernacular regions is the South.
  6. Punctuated meaningfulness throughout a meaningless expanse of area describes: places.
  7. The fact that our knowledge of the world is always starting from and based around
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Understanding English Vowel Sounds

VOWELS: A vowel sound is produced when air flows through the vocal cords in the larynx, causing them to vibrate. The sound is then shaped by the tongue and lips, modifying the mouth’s overall shape. The tongue’s position is a key reference point for distinguishing between different vowel sounds.

/iː/ – Long Vowel

Fully spread lips, closed jaw, tongue position: high front, tense sound. The front part of the tongue is raised slightly below and behind the close front position. The lips are spread, the

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English Phonetics: Pronunciation and Sound Production

Consonant Clusters

Stop + Stop: When one stop consonant is immediately followed by another, as in kept, the closure of the speech organs for the second consonant is made while the closure for the first consonant is still in position. There’s only one explosion for the two stops; the first stop is incomplete. This “missing explosion” happens whenever one stop consonant (except /tʃ/ and /dʒ/) is followed immediately by another, not only at the end of words but also in the middle of words, as in actor,

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