Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following do developing countries specialize in?

Accepted Answer

A)  raw material production and high finance 
B)  offshore financial services and back office functions 
C)  high finance and transportation 
D)  transportation and manufacturing 
E)  medical tourism and banking

Question 3

The world's population of urban settlements exceeded that of rural settlements for the first time in human history in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  1990 
B)  1995 
C)  2000 
D)  2004 
E)  2008

Question 4

In the U.S.,manufacturing centers are generally clustered mostly in the

Accepted Answer

A)  old northeastern manufacturing belt. 
B)  deep South. 
C)  the Midwest. 
D)  along the Mississippi River. 
E)  along the Mississippi Delta.

Question 5

What is rank-size distribution of settlement and why is that important?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

World cities are most closely integrated into the global economic system because they are

Accepted Answer

A)  at the center of the flow of information and capital. 
B)  control the flow of labor and technology. 
C)  contribute money to local, regional and national candidates for elective officers. 
D)  at the heart of the supply chain and make sure goods move freely. 
E)  integral to the functioning of democracy.

Question 7

Geographers typically predict market share of stores through the so-called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  analog method 
B)  central place theory 
C)  threshold rule 
D)  range analysis 
E)  rank-size rule

Question 8

Basic industries are enterprises whose customers live in the same community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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 10

Below the first tier of world cities are five other tiers of settlements according to type and extent of business services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  A department store has more than 50 employees. 
B)  A survey reveals that people are prepared to drive a 30 minutes to get to a department store. 
C)  A department store typically needs roughly 25,000 people living within a 15-minute radius. 
D)  A department store only carries female products. 
E)  A drugstore has a loyalty card that is extremely generous.

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

In the global economy,developed countries specialize in two distinctive types of business services: offshore financial services and back-office functions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The service sector of the economy is subdivided into four types;consumer services,business services,academic services and private services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Two-fifths of people live in urban settlements in developing countries,compared to about three-fourths in developed countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Generally,cities with high cultural diversity tend to have relatively high percentages of talented individuals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  90 
B)  60 
C)  40 
D)  30 
E)  15

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to the primate city rule,the largest settlement has

Accepted Answer

A)  about the same size as the second ranking settlement. 
B)  slightly more people than the second ranking settlement. 
C)  more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement. 
D)  about three times the population of the second ranking settlement. 
E)  about four times the population of the second ranking settlement.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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Exam 12: Services and Settlements

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

Which of the following do developing countries specialize in?

The world's population of urban settlements exceeded that of rural settlements for the first time in human history in ________.

In the U.S.,manufacturing centers are generally clustered mostly in the

What is rank-size distribution of settlement and why is that important?

World cities are most closely integrated into the global economic system because they are

Geographers typically predict market share of stores through the so-called ________.

Basic industries are enterprises whose customers live in the same community.

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

Below the first tier of world cities are five other tiers of settlements according to type and extent of business services.

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

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

In the global economy,developed countries specialize in two distinctive types of business services: offshore financial services and back-office functions.

The service sector of the economy is subdivided into four types;consumer services,business services,academic services and private services.

Two-fifths of people live in urban settlements in developing countries,compared to about three-fourths in developed countries.

Generally,cities with high cultural diversity tend to have relatively high percentages of talented individuals.

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

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

According to the primate city rule,the largest settlement has

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