Urban Geography 6..2-6.4 AMSCO

What states that larger and closer places will have more interactions than places that are smaller and farther from each other?

• Gravity Model

• Distance Decay Theory

• Central Place Theory

• Spatial Interaction Model

What are command centers on a regional or national scale called?

• Nodal cities

• Central hubs

• Regional offices

• Administrative centers

What is a location where people go to receive goods and services called?

• Central Place

• Market

• Service Center

• Shopping Mall

What uses consumer behavior related to purchasing goods and services to explain the distribution of settlements?

• Central place theory

• Gravity model

• Concentric zone model

• Sector model

What is a city with a population of more than a million people called?

• Megacity

• Metropolis

• Town

• Village

What describes one way in which the size of cities within a region may develop?

• Rank-Size-Rule

• Urban Hierarchy

• Central Place Theory

• Concentric Zone Model

What is a shape used to depict the market areas in which higher-order goods and services will be purchased called?

• Hexagonal hinterlands

• Circular zones

• Rectangular grids

• Triangular sectors

What is a zone that contains people who will purchase goods or services that surrounds each central place called?

• Market area

• Trade zone

• Commercial hub

• Retail district

What is the term for the counter-flow of urban residents leaving cities?

• Counterurbanization

• Urbanization

• Suburbanization

• Ruralization

What are usually less expensive than higher-order services and require a small population to support called?

• Lower order services

• Higher order services

• Intermediate services

• Basic services