APHG Unit 7 - Services & Urban Land Use

Which of the following is paired INCORRECTLY?

• Consumer services = department stores, teachers

• Business services = banking, real estate

• Public services = local, state, and federal employees

• Consumer services = lawyers, engineers

• Business services = trucking, warehousing

Which of the following countries would LEAST likely follow the rank-size rule?

• United States

• Germany

• Argentina

• Japan

• Italy

The primate city rule states that the largest settlement in a country has

• more than ten times as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• less than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• quadruple the amount of people as the second-ranking settlement

• more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

Which of the following statements related to primate cities and the rank-size rule is INCORRECT?

• Mexico City is a good example of a primate city because it is five times larger than its second-largest settlement

• The existence of rank-size distribution of settlements can impact the quality of life within a country

• Countries with primate cities tend to have an even distribution of goods and services throughout the country

• Residents of countries that follow rank-size distribution have greater access to important services

All of the following are true regarding the gravity model EXCEPT

• it predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the number of people in the area

• it predicts that the optimal location of a service is inversely (opposite) related to the distance people must travel to access it

• the farther people are from a service, the less likely they are to use it

• it holds that there are greater flows to smaller cities and greater flows between distant cities

• places that are larger and closer together will have greater interaction than places that are smaller and farther away from each other

Which is the world's largest megalopolis?

• London/Surrey/Manchester
• Boston/NYC/Washington
• Tokyo/Yokohama/Kawasaki
• Paris/Provence/LeHavre

A place where farm buildings, homes, and churches are found close together is what kind of settlement?

• dispersed rural
• linear rural
• clustered rural
• urban

Consumer services include

• educational, retail, wholesale, social, leisure, and hospitality jobs.
• educational, retail, wholesale, professional, and financial service jobs.
• educational, retail, wholesale, and financial service jobs.
• health and social, professional, and financial service jobs.

The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is

• hinterland.
• range.
• threshold.
• median.

In a linear community, we can deduce that the best location for a service is the

• hinterland.
• range.
• threshold.
• median.