Exam 12: Services and Settlements

In the United States educational services account for about ________ of jobs.

-An analysis of this map of global cities indicates that

Typical medieval European urban settlements were characterized by the

-This map of central place theory in North Dakota indicates that

Urban residents are generally more tolerant of ________ than are the residents of rural communities, but residents of urban settlements often feel that they are surrounded by people who are indifferent and reserved.

-According to these "geography of talent" maps,

-This map of offshore financial centers indicates that

Clustered rural settlements were most common in which region of colonial America?

The potential use of a service at a location is related directly to population and inversely to distance in the

-This map of early urban settlements indicates that by 1 A.D.

The most prominent structure in the ancient city of Ur was the stepped temple called the ________, which was built about 4,000 years ago.

The colonial New England rural settlement pattern was clustered.

In the United States about ________ of all jobs are in consumer services.

-This map of central place theory in North Dakota indicates that the populations of

-An analysis of this U.S. map indicates that

The minimum number of people needed to support a service is called the

Although people had lived in the eastern Mediterranean for tens of thousands of years, urban settlements were first established there about 2500 B.C.

Settlements hold nearly all the Earth's population but cover only about 1 percent of its surface.

Developing countries are experiencing rapid urbanization. What advantages might their societies experience as a result of this rapid shift? What disadvantages are most pronounced? On the whole, is this a positive or negative trend?

In what ways have you participated economically in your community's service economy, both as a laborer and as a consumer, in recent years?