AP Geography Practice (Chapter 12: Services and Settlements)

What is Central Place Theory

• A theory explaining the placing of industries in an area

• A theory explaining the distribution of services in areasas market centers

• A theory explaining the services and their location near trading places

• A theory explaining why a large city contains more services than small areas.

Choose the types of services....

• Comsumer

• Supplier

• Business

• Public

• Financial

How is Central PLace Theory shown

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One main aspect of The Recession

• Banks giving loans to anyone

• Better materials used in houses

• Real estate prices fell

• New technology gave the services more power

Global cities are divided into what levels

• Alpha

• Kappa

• Gamma

• Beta

• Sigma

Rank-size distribution can help show wealth in a society

• True

• False

Periodic Markets can be found in....

• Rural China

• India

• Africa

• Spanish-speaking Countries

During the Severe Recession, who was the most impacted areas?

• Developing Countries

• Countries near the Equator

• Developed Countries

• Emerging Countries

What is the gravity model?

• Predicts the amount of people that would not attend to the service

• Predicts the location of a industry near a service

• Predicts the location of a service is related to the number of people in an area.

• Predicts the prices of materials that a services would have to import in

Factors used to identify global cities

• Political

• Cultural

• Industrial

• Economic

• Development