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9601399908basic businessa business that sells its products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement ex. Like a moes bbq type place0
9601399909business servicea service that primarily meets the needs of other business ex. a business that does what most business's do.1
9601402175central placea market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area ex. like a farmers market, we have those a lot around where I live.2
9601404179central place theoryhelps to explain how the most profitable location can be identified ex. a thing that helps things be identified3
9601405305clustered rural settlementa rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other ex. A clustered village4
9601407534consumer serviceprovides services to individual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them ex. like amazon5
9601408978dispersed rural settlementa rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages ex. a large open place like side or back roads, like the neighborhood hagley6
9601414507consumer serviceprovides services to individual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them ex. like amazon or any website that sells stuff.7
9601416506dispersed rural settlementrural settlement characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages ex. something like north Dakota where most places are far away from eachother and its all spread out8
9601421229economic basea community's collection of basic industries ex. taxes9
9601424625enclosure movementpractice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings ex. like a farm holding cattle10
9601426110food desertan area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain ex. like your house when your parents don't buy healthy foods11
9601426111gravity modelpredicts interaction between places on the basis of their population size and distance between them ex. like international phone calls12
9601428890hinterlanda remote and undeveloped area ex. like woods13
9601428891market areaarea surrounding a service from which customers are attracted ex. like a hq for a big company14
9601431357nonbasic businessa business that sells its products primarily to consumers in the same settlement ex. like mcdonalds adapting its food to different countries life style15
9601433499primate citya city that ranks first in a nation in terms of population and economy ex. like a big city16
9601433500primate city rulethe largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement ex. like a big city17
9601436391public servicework for the good of others, often through a job in government ex. like a govenor18
9601436392rangethe difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution ex. like the smartest and dumbest person in class19
9601436490rank size rulestatistical regularity in size distributions of cities and regions ex. fairness20
9601438611serviceany activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it21
9601438612settlementa permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants22
9601440074thresholdthe level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse23
9601442981urbinizationThe movement of people from rural areas into cities24

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