APHUG Ch. 12 Rubenstein Services & Settlements

Question 1

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

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public services

Question 2

A community's collection of basic industries:

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economic base

Question 3

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

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its threshold

Question 4

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

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nonbasic industries

Question 5

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

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The Gravity Model

Question 6

Permanent collection of buildings & inhabitants:

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settlement

Question 7

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

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consumer services

Question 8

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

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market area/hinterland

Question 9

Which of the following is not a service?

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making and selling organic honey

Question 10

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

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threshold

Question 11

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

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urbanization

Question 12

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

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range

Question 13

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

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public services

Question 14

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

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Enclosure Movement

Question 15

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

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central place

Question 16

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

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urbanization

Question 17

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

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business services

Question 18

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

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rank-size rule

Question 19

A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland:

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city-state

Question 20

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

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basic industries

Question 21

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

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a consumer service

Question 22

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

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range

Question 23

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

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clustered rural settlement

Question 24

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 25

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

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dispersed rural settlement

Question 26

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

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agriculture; services

Question 27

Synonymous with "market area"

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hinterland

Question 28

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

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range

Question 29

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

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primate city

Question 30

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

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threshold

Question 31

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

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downtown Minneapolis

Question 32

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

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Los Angeles

Question 33

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

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hinterland

Question 34

LA or Lifetime Fitness are examples of:

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consumer services

Question 35

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

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service

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