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WorksheetsRubenstein Chapter 12: Services and Settlements
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 18mins
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
In a linear community, the best location for a service is the...
Range
Meridian
Median
Threshold
The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is the...
Hinterland
Range
Market Area
Median
Which of the following is not primarily a consumer service?
Education services
Health services
Retail services
Professional services
Most people in the world live in what type of settlement?
Clustered rural
Dispersed Rural
Urban Settlement
Metropolitan area
Rural settlements differ from urban settlements primarily due to which type of activity?
Religious
Cultural
Economic
Political
The most important political reason for the origin of settlements was a place to...
Protect the group's assets
Bury the dead
Education
House the ruler
Which of the following is a cultural reason for establishing a settlement?
Religion
Politics
Manufacturing
Family Protection
All of the above
What is the area where most of the services in a city are located?
Central Business District
Urban Center
Suburbs
Uptown
A large, significant city that affects global economics and production is a...
Primate City
World City
Production Center
Where were the earliest urban settlements located?
Africa
East Asia
Europe
The Middle East
The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the...
Hinterland/ Market area
Cental Place
Range
Threshhold
True Or False: The threshold of a service is the maximum number of people that can support a service
True
False
Where would you find numerous small settlements with small thresholds and ranges and far fewer large settlements with large thresholds and ranges
Developing Countries
Countires near the equator
Far Northnern/ Southern countries
Developed Countries
What percentage of the jobs in the US are consumer services (retail, education, health, & leisure)?
25%
50%
75%
5%
What sector of the economy is law enforcement or firefighting?
Community service
Public Service
Professional Service
Health service
Christaller's concept helps to explain how the most profitable location can be identified. This concept is called...
Market area Locator
Threshhold Calculation
Central Place Theory
Hexagonal Compromise
Which of the following is the smallest in size?
Village
Town
City
Hamlet
Which are both primate cities?
London + Mexico City
Mexico City + Rio De Janeiro
Paris + Los Angeles
New York City + London
Which is NOT considered a World City?
New York
London
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Von Thunen's Model of Land Use reflects a...
Linar rural settlement
Circular rural settlement
Dispersed rural settlement
Clustered rural settlement
An activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it.
Product
Manufacturing
Service
All of the above
Services are most commonly found in...
MCDs
LDCs
Which of these services include restaurants, bookstores, and department stores?
Personal Services
Producer Services
Retail Services
About 24% of the US economy is made up of business services
True
False
Which level of government is responsible for the majority of public services?
Federal
State
Local
A hamlet would be a type of...
Clustered Rural Settlement
Dispersed Rural Settlement
Circular Rural Settlement
Linear Rural Settlement
What shape is most commonly used to demonstrate market areas?
Circles
Squares
Octagons
Hexagons
What is the market area?
The region from which customers come from
The area in which competition is minimized
Area servied by a business
All of the above
According to Central Place theory, which type of settlement occurs most frequently?
Small Settlements
Large Settlements
If the nth largest city in a country is 1/n the size of the largest city, it follows the...
Primate City Rule
Rank Size Rule
Mathematical Distribution Theory
