Chapter Twelve Services Flashcards
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| 745506994 | What is a linear settlement? | buildings are clustered around a road or river | |
| 745506995 | What region of colonial America most likely had clustered rural settlements? | northeast | |
| 745506996 | What are the elements of urbanization? | Increase in the number of people living in cities Increase in % of number of people living in cities | |
| 745506997 | When defining cities based on business services the ordered hierarchy is what? | world cities, command and control cities, specialized producer-service cities, dependent centers | |
| 745506998 | What types of services account for 2/3 of MDC GDP? | consumer, business, and public | |
| 745506999 | What is the relationship between the industrial revolution and urbanization? | the clustering of business services was because of the industrial revolution because large cities revolved around a main industry | |
| 747513879 | What were the impacts of the global recession in 2008? | it resulted in an absolute decline in world GDP, for the first time since the 1930s | |
| 747513880 | What is the relationship between range and lower and higher order services? | in lower order, the range is smaller while in higher order, the range is bigger | |
| 747513881 | What are clustered settlements? | everyone lives in a relatively small area (village) | |
| 747513882 | R. Florida's research showed a relationship between what two things? | ... | |
| 747513883 | Which areas were considered to be hearths of urban settlement? | Mesopotamia (Ur), Ancient Athens, Ancient Rome | |
| 747513884 | What is the effects of the enclosure movement on agriculture? | farms were smaller and privately owned | |
| 747513885 | What is rank size rule? | a pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement | |
| 747513886 | What are periodic markets? | a collection of individual vendors who come together to offer goods and services in a location on specified days | |
| 747513887 | Globally, most people live in what type of settlement? | urban | |
| 747513888 | What is range? | the distance one is will to go for a service | |
| 747513889 | Why was the long lot system developed? | so that each lot would have access to a river or road | |
| 747513890 | What is a threshold | the minimum number of people needed to support a service | |
| 747513891 | Market areas are represented by what shape? | hexagon | |
| 747513892 | What two factors that influence if backroom services will locate in LDCs? | cheap labor and ability to speak English | |
| 747513893 | European medieval settlements were orientated around what? | the church | |
| 747513894 | Market service areas are examples of what type of region? | nodal | |
| 747513895 | What are characteristics of primate city countries? | it is the largest city in a country; more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement | |
| 747513896 | What is the analog method (market share)? | ... | |
| 747513897 | What is the gravity model? | population1 x population2/ distance squared | |
| 747628232 | Central place can also be known as what? | market area | |
| 747628233 | What are world cities? | centers for the provision of services in the global economy | |
| 747628234 | Why are call centers found in India? | cheap labor and they can speak English | |
| 747628235 | Basic industries stimulate what? | non-basic industries | |
| 747628236 | What are basic econ activities? | Detroit steel companies | |
| 747628237 | The most likely religious reason for the origin of early settlements was what? | burial rituals | |
| 747628238 | What are public services? | provide security and protection for citizens and businesses | |
| 747628239 | What are consumer services? | provide services to individual consumers who desire than and can afford to pay for them | |
| 747628240 | What are business services? | facilitate other businesses | |
| 747628241 | What is the optimal location for a service in a linear settlement? | the median location of their customers | |
| 747628242 | Of the ten biggest cities today, how many are found in MDCs? | two | |
| 747628243 | When the roman empire fell, the size of what decreased? | urban settlements | |
| 747628244 | What are offshore services? | areas in LDCs where money of others can be kept secret | |
| 747628245 | What are backroom services? | services located in LDCs that process outsourcing | |
| 747628246 | What is a hinterland? | outskirts of city | |
| 747628247 | What is a basic industry? | industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement | |
| 747628248 | What is a city-state? | a sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediate hinterland | |
| 747628249 | What were Wirth's characteristics of an urban settlement? | large size, high density, and social heterogenity |