Urbanization Days 1-3

According to the Rank-Size Rule a state's THIRD largest city would be approximately 1/ _______ of the largest city.

• half (1/2)

• third (1/3)

• fourth (1/4)

True or False: Smaller settlements have more consumer services.

• True

• False

How services are distributed and why a regular pattern of settlements exists.

• Range

• Rank-Size Rule

• Central Place Theory

What is the single most important factor for how successful (profitable) a consumer service will be?

• Size of business

• Location

• Quantity of products

The distance that someone will travel to get something.

• Range

• Threshold

• Hinterland

The amount of people in an area that a business would need to buy something in an in order for it to be worth selling.

• Range

• Threshold

• Hinterland

There would be a very _____ threshold for winter coats in Alaska.

• low

• high

In Central Place theory, Hinterland means....

• the central city

• the suburbs

• the outlying area of a city or town.

The largest city in its country, province, state, or region, much larger than any other city in the area.

• the head honcho

• the primate city

• the capitol