Rubenstein Chapter 12: Services and Settlements

Basic industries are:

• Industries that sell products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement

• A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted by surrounding area

• Industries that sell their products primarily to a consumer in the community

• A religion in which a central authority excercises a high degree of control

Which of the following is NOT a business service?

• Professional services

• Financial Services

• Education Services

• Transportation & Information Service

True or False: Rapid urbanization continues today in Develped Countries

• True

• False

What percent of U.S. jobs are in the public sector?

• 0.025

• 0.05

• 0.1

• 0.2

Which of these factors did NOT contribute to the 2008 economic recession?

• Rapid rise of real estate prices

• Poor judgement in loaning money by financial institutions

• Government agenices creating more regulations of financial institutions

• Unwillingness of financial institutions to make loans after recession began

The hierarchical organization of settlements by size is known as the...

• Economic Base

• Primate City

• Gravity Model

• Rank Size Rule

A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is a...

• Basic Industry

• Primate City

• Non-basic Industry

• Consumer service

Nonbasic industries are:

• Industries that sell products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement

• Industries that sell their products primarily to a consumer in the community

• Any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it

• The area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services

A market area is a good example of what kind of region?

• Formal Region

• Functional/Nodal Region

• Uniform Region

• Cultural Region

If a country follows the rank-size rule, and the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants, how many people live in the fifth largest city?

• 50000

• 100000

• 200000

• 500000