APHUG Ch. 12 Rubenstein Services & Settlements

Question 1

Area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use place's goods/services:

Accepted Answer

market area/hinterland

Question 2

The Von Thunen Model is to ________ as Central Place Theory is to _________ .

Accepted Answer

agriculture; services

Question 3

Rural settlement; pattern of isolated farms rather than clustered villages:

Accepted Answer

dispersed rural settlement

Question 4

LA or Lifetime Fitness are examples of:

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consumer services

Question 5

The population of the Twin Cities can support the Vikings stadium but not The British Museum:

Accepted Answer

threshold

Question 6

An increase in percentage of number of people living in cities/urban settlements:

Accepted Answer

urbanization

Question 7

A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland:

Accepted Answer

city-state

Question 8

Services offered by the government to provide security & protection to citizens & businesses:

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public services

Question 9

Services that primarily meet needs of other businesses; e.x. professional, financial, transport

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business services

Question 10

A community's collection of basic industries:

Accepted Answer

economic base

Question 11

1700s England; process of consolidating small land-holdings into smaller number of larger farms

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Enclosure Movement

Question 12

Which is the central place of the Twin Cities metro area?

Accepted Answer

downtown Minneapolis

Question 13

Public schools, police departments, the military, and food stamps are all examples of:

Accepted Answer

public services

Question 14

The Twin Cities can support the Mall of America, the Science Museum & the Twins stadium due to:

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its threshold

Question 15

Industries that sell their products/services primarily to consumers outside the settlement:

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basic industries

Question 16

You are willing to drive 10 minutes down the road each morning for a cup of coffee, but not 30:

Accepted Answer

range

Question 17

Lakeville is a part of the ___________ of the Twin Cities.

Accepted Answer

hinterland

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

central place

Question 19

An IT company that works with schools & businesses to trouble-shoot their on-the-job issues...

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is an example of a business service

Question 20

Rural settlement; houses & farm buildings situated close to each other, surrounded by fields:

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clustered rural settlement

Question 21

The largest settlement in a country; has to have at least twice as many people as next largest:

Accepted Answer

primate city

Question 22

A stylist who cuts your hair at Costco is an example of...

Accepted Answer

a consumer service

Question 23

Minimum number of people needed to support a particular type of service:

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threshold

Question 24

You are willing to drive to downtown Minneapolis to watch the Twins, but not to Milwaukee:

Accepted Answer

range

Question 25

Synonymous with "market area"

Accepted Answer

hinterland

Question 26

Which is NOT a part of the market area of the Twin Cities?

Accepted Answer

Los Angeles

Question 27

Which of the following is not a service?

Accepted Answer

making and selling organic honey

Question 28

Process of more and more people choosing to live in cities rather than suburbs or rural areas:

Accepted Answer

urbanization

Question 29

Permanent collection of buildings & inhabitants:

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settlement

Question 30

Maximum distance people are willing and able to travel to obtain a good or service:

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range

Question 31

Pattern of settlement in a country; nth largest settlement = 1/n the population of next largest

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rank-size rule

Question 32

A model; use of service in a location is related to number of people& distance they must travel

Accepted Answer

The Gravity Model

Question 33

Businesses that provide services mostly to individual consumers; e.x. retail, education, health

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consumer services

Question 34

Industries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community:

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nonbasic industries

Question 35

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

Accepted Answer

service

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