APHUGEO Chapter 12 Key Issue 1 & 2

A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered village

The minimum number of people needed to support a service.

Any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it.

Market that is typically set up in a street or other public space early in the morning, taken down at the end of the day

An area that has a substantial amount of low-income residents and has poor access to a grocery store

A community’s collection of basic businesses

Area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services (aka market area)

Area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services aka hinterland

A permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a consumer service?

Service that primarily meets the needs of individual consumers, like retail, education, health, and leisure services.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a public service?

City that is the largest settlement in a country and has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

The gravity model predicts that the optimal location of a service is

A basic business is one that

A service offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses.

Growth in U.S. employment since 1975 has occurred in all of these industries except

The gravity model predicts that the optimal location of a service is

A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area.

Business-process services are outsourced to selected developing countries because

Pattern of set. in a country such that the largest set. has more than 2x as many people as the 2nd ranking set.

Which of the following was likely an early service in prehistoric urban settlements?

Rural settlement, houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other, fields surround the set.

Which of the following is least important to ranking a city high in the hierarchy of global cities?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a business service?

Service that primarily meets the needs of other businesses, like professional, financial, and transportation services.

A business that sells its products primarily to consumers in the same settlement

Theory that helps to explain how the most profitable location can be identified.

The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

Rural settlements

Pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement

An increase in the percentage of and the number of people living in urban settlements

A business that sells its products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement

The service sector is also known as which of the following?

The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the 18th century