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Rubenstein Chapter 12: Services and Settlements

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Basic industries are:

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

Which of the following is NOT a business service?

a)

Professional services

b)

Financial Services

c)

Education Services

d)

Transportation & Information Service

3.

True or False: Rapid urbanization continues today in Develped Countries

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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

a)

0.025

b)

0.05

c)

0.1

d)

0.2

5.

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

a)

Rapid rise of real estate prices

b)

Poor judgement in loaning money by financial institutions

c)

Government agenices creating more regulations of financial institutions

d)

Unwillingness of financial institutions to make loans after recession began

6.

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

a)

Economic Base

b)

Primate City

c)

Gravity Model

d)

Rank Size Rule

7.

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

a)

Basic Industry

b)

Primate City

c)

Non-basic Industry

d)

Consumer service

8.

Nonbasic industries are:

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

9.

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

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional/Nodal Region

c)

Uniform Region

d)

Cultural Region

10.

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?

a)

50000

b)

100000

c)

200000

d)

500000

11.

In a linear community, the best location for a service is the...

a)

Range

b)

Meridian

c)

Median

d)

Threshold

12.

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

a)

Hinterland

b)

Range

c)

Market Area

d)

Median

13.

Which of the following is not primarily a consumer service?

a)

Education services

b)

Health services

c)

Retail services

d)

Professional services

14.

Most people in the world live in what type of settlement?

a)

Clustered rural

b)

Dispersed Rural

c)

Urban Settlement

d)

Metropolitan area

15.

Rural settlements differ from urban settlements primarily due to which type of activity?

a)

Religious

b)

Cultural

c)

Economic

d)

Political

16.

The most important political reason for the origin of settlements was a place to...

a)

Protect the group's assets

b)

Bury the dead

c)

Education

d)

House the ruler

17.

Which of the following is a cultural reason for establishing a settlement?

a)

Religion

b)

Politics

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Family Protection

e)

All of the above

18.

What is the area where most of the services in a city are located?

a)

Central Business District

b)

Urban Center

c)

Suburbs

d)

Uptown

19.

A large, significant city that affects global economics and production is a...

a)

Primate City

b)

World City

c)

Production Center

20.

Where were the earliest urban settlements located?

a)

Africa

b)

East Asia

c)

Europe

d)

The Middle East

21.

The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the...

a)

Hinterland/ Market area

b)

Cental Place

c)

Range

d)

Threshhold

22.

True Or False: The threshold of a service is the maximum number of people that can support a service

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Where would you find numerous small settlements with small thresholds and ranges and far fewer large settlements with large thresholds and ranges

a)

Developing Countries

b)

Countires near the equator

c)

Far Northnern/ Southern countries

d)

Developed Countries

24.

What percentage of the jobs in the US are consumer services (retail, education, health, & leisure)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

5%

25.

What sector of the economy is law enforcement or firefighting?

a)

Community service

b)

Public Service

c)

Professional Service

d)

Health service

26.

Christaller's concept helps to explain how the most profitable location can be identified. This concept is called...

a)

Market area Locator

b)

Threshhold Calculation

c)

Central Place Theory

d)

Hexagonal Compromise

27.

Which of the following is the smallest in size?

a)

Village

b)

Town

c)

City

d)

Hamlet

28.

Which are both primate cities?

a)

London + Mexico City

b)

Mexico City + Rio De Janeiro

c)

Paris + Los Angeles

d)

New York City + London

29.

Which is NOT considered a World City?

a)

New York

b)

London

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Tokyo

30.

Von Thunen's Model of Land Use reflects a...

a)

Linar rural settlement

b)

Circular rural settlement

c)

Dispersed rural settlement

d)

Clustered rural settlement

31.

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

a)

Product

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Service

d)

All of the above

32.

Services are most commonly found in...

a)

MCDs

b)

LDCs

33.

Which of these services include restaurants, bookstores, and department stores?

a)

Personal Services

b)

Producer Services

c)

Retail Services

34.

About 24% of the US economy is made up of business services

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Which level of government is responsible for the majority of public services?

a)

Federal

b)

State

c)

Local

36.

A hamlet would be a type of...

a)

Clustered Rural Settlement

b)

Dispersed Rural Settlement

c)

Circular Rural Settlement

d)

Linear Rural Settlement

37.

What shape is most commonly used to demonstrate market areas?

a)

Circles

b)

Squares

c)

Octagons

d)

Hexagons

38.

What is the market area?

a)

The region from which customers come from

b)

The area in which competition is minimized

c)

Area servied by a business

d)

All of the above

39.

According to Central Place theory, which type of settlement occurs most frequently?

a)

Small Settlements

b)

Large Settlements

40.

If the nth largest city in a country is 1/n the size of the largest city, it follows the...

a)

Primate City Rule

b)

Rank Size Rule

c)

Mathematical Distribution Theory