Exam 12: Services and Settlements

The Caymans have only ________ inhabitants,but there are ________ companies there,including several hundred banks and the world's four largest legal and accounting firms.

The percentage of people living in cities increased from 3 percent in 1800 to about ________ percent in 1950.

Which of the following is the least relevant to the concept of threshold?

According to (Figures 12.7.4 and 12.7.5 in the text) scientist and professionals

Generally,if the settlement hierarchy does not graph as a straight line,then the society does not have

Which of the following will a company in the U.S.not typically outsource to a developing country?

The first permanent settlements may have been a place for

Originally called Byzantium,and now known as Istanbul,________ became the world's largest settlement after the decline of Rome,and remained the largest settlement for most of the next 1,000 years.

In the U.S.,the financial sector provides about ________ percent of all jobs.

New York's population swelled with the arrival of millions of immigrants,especially during

A clustered rural settlement typically does not include

Most rural settlements in the United States are

Briefly discuss the three types of services.

The ________ is the minimum number of people needed to support the service.

A ________ is an agricultural based community in which a number of families live in close proximity to each other,with fields surrounding the collection of houses and farm buildings.

The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service is called

Which of the following do developing countries specialize in?

Which of the following is most relevant to the concept of threshold?

This helps to explain the distribution of settlements of varying sizes in North Dakota.Larger settlements are fewer and farther apart,whereas smaller settlements are more frequent and closer together.

Attracting talented individuals is important for a city because these individuals are