AP Human Geo. (Cultural Landscape - Chapt. 12: Key Issue 2)

What is central place theory? SELECT 2. (HINT: It has 2 parts in the definition.)

• Increase in the percentage of and the number of people living in a specified urban settlement.

• A theory explaining the distribution of services based on the fact settlements serve as centers of market areas for services.

• The minimum number of people that can afford a service under low-income that are living within an area to support a settlement.

• Larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people willing to travel farther.

What does central place theory help determine?

• The most profitable location for a public service.

• The least profitable location for a consumer service.

• The most profitable location for a business service.

• The most profitable location for a consumer service.

Each service has a distinctive . . .

• primate city.

• confined import.

• food desert.

• gravity model.

• market area.

What is market area? What is hinterland? (HINT: They are both the same definition.)

• The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted to.

• The population surrounding a service from which customers are attracted to.

• The area surrounding a settlement from which customers are attracted to.

• The area surrounding a service from which low-income communities and low-wage companies are attracted to.

To represent market areas in central place theory, geographers use what type of shape around settlements (or, used to delineate market areas)?

• (a)

• (c)

• (b)

All of the following are different levels of market area EXCEPT

• hamlet

• periodic market

• village

• city

• town

A convenience store has a small range. What does this mean for a large stadium?

• a circular range

• a small range

• a large range

• more football fans

• fewer team mascots

Threshold is . . .

• minimum number of people needed to support a service.

• maximum number of people needed to support a settlement.

• maximum number of people needed to support a market area.

• minimum number of people needed to support a settlement.

What is range?

• The minimum percentage of people willing to travel to use a service.

• The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

• The maximum time people are willing to spend on a service.

• The minimum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

What is the largest city in the area of north-central North Dakota?

• Rugby

• Stanley

• Burlington

• Minot