Question 1

________ feature buildings clustered along a road or body of water to facilitate communications.

Accepted Answer

A)   Clustered rural settlements
B)   Dispersed rural settlements
C)   Clustered linear rural settlements
D)   Clustered circular rural settlements
E)   Main street settlements C

Question 2

The ________ predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it.

Accepted Answer

A)   gravity model
B)   central place theory
C)   rank-size rule
D)   threshold rule
E)   range predictor A

Question 3

Settlements in the United States can be classified by their type of basic activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

How does the concept of threshold help a business decide on the right location?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

The threshold of a service is the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the U.S., the ________ sector provides about 6 percent of all jobs.

Accepted Answer

A)   financial
B)   government
C)   fishing
D)   service
E)   manufacturing

Question 7

Generally, global cities are divided into:

Accepted Answer

A)   categories called forward-leaning, stagnant, and backward-leaning cities.
B)   two levels, called primate and non primate cities.
C)   three levels, called alpha, beta, and gamma.
D)   four levels, called alpha, beta, gamma, and delta.
E)   none of the above.

Question 8

About a quarter of all jobs in the United States are in business services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the rank-size distribution of a settlement and why is it important?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)   the Second World War
B)   the First World War
C)   the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
D)   the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries
E)   the last 30 years

Question 11

Discuss the phenomenon of global urbanization.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

According to Demographia, how many cities in the world today have a population of at least 20 million?

Accepted Answer

A)   4
B)   8
C)   10
D)   15
E)   20

Question 13

The two key components of central place theory are:

Accepted Answer

A)   range and rank-size rule
B)   rank-size rule and threshold
C)   threshold and market share
D)   market share and range
E)   range and threshold

Question 14

The concept of basic industries originally referred to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   manufacturing
B)   trapping
C)   mining
D)   services like police and firefighters
E)   banking

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)   range
B)   threshold
C)   distance
D)   hierarchy
E)   law of equidistance

Question 16

A central place is a market center for the exchange of goods and services by people attracted from the surrounding area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is the market area of a service and why is it important?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

Basic industries are enterprises whose customers live in the same community; essentially, they are consumer services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Ancient Memphis, in Egypt, may have been the first settlement to exceed 30,000 inhabitants around 5,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)   payroll management
B)   processing insurance claims
C)   transcription work
D)   customer service phone banks
E)   legal representation

Exam 12: Services and Settlements

________ feature buildings clustered along a road or body of water to facilitate communications.

The ________ predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it.

Settlements in the United States can be classified by their type of basic activity.

How does the concept of threshold help a business decide on the right location?

The threshold of a service is the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

In the U.S., the ________ sector provides about 6 percent of all jobs.

Generally, global cities are divided into:

About a quarter of all jobs in the United States are in business services.

What is the rank-size distribution of a settlement and why is it important?

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

Discuss the phenomenon of global urbanization.

According to Demographia, how many cities in the world today have a population of at least 20 million?

The two key components of central place theory are:

The concept of basic industries originally referred to ________.

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

A central place is a market center for the exchange of goods and services by people attracted from the surrounding area.

What is the market area of a service and why is it important?

Basic industries are enterprises whose customers live in the same community; essentially, they are consumer services.

Ancient Memphis, in Egypt, may have been the first settlement to exceed 30,000 inhabitants around 5,000 years ago.

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