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6611300814basic buisnessA business is an enterprise or entity that provides products or services to customers. ex walmart0
6611302354business serviceA commercialenterprise that provides work performed in an expert manner by an individual or team for the benefit of its customers ex banking1
6611303798clustered rural settlementA rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each others fields and surround the settlement.ex Neighborhood2
6611304584consumer serviceBusinesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services3
6611305225dispered settlementsettlement that is laid out over a distnace mid west ex Oklahoma4
6611310447central place theoryA theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther5
6611310448economic basecommunities collection of basic industries ex aiken and all the shops and stores6
6611312438enclosure movementThe process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms ex in England in the eighteenth century.7
6611312439food desertparts of country vapid of fresh fruits and vegatables ex the map of the united states8
6611313408gravity modelthe pull toward an industry depending on hpw close you are to it ex publix outside of woodside9
6611314862central placeA market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area. ex target10
6611314863market placeThe area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services. ex walmart11
6611316193metes and bounds surveymethod of describing land and property ex england used this12
6611316895non basic businessIndustries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community.13
6611316896primate citytop city in the rank size rule ex mexico city mexio14
6611317829rangedistnace some one is willing to travel to get some where ex 5 miles15
6611317830rank size ruletop city should be the 2 times the size of the second ex mexixo city mexio16
6611319175public serviceServices offered by the government to provide security and protection for all citizens. ex teaching17
6611319176rectangular surveytownships enlgand used this 24 miles divided into six sections18
6611319904serviceActivities that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it. ex accounting19
6611319905settlementlocation in which some one lives ex neighborhoods20
6611320875thresholdIn central place theory, the size of the population required to make provision of services economically feasible. ex smaller settlements provide the services21
6611321583urbanizationpeople moving toard urban living ex industrial revolution22
6611321584world citycity with many foriengers that visit23
6611322495hinterlandhexagon24

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