chapter 12

Question 1

an activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to the provider of that service.

Answer 1

service

Question 2

three types of service

Answer 2

consumer, business, public

Question 3

what is the one thing service needs to have

Answer 3

pay!

Question 4

Principal purpose is to provide services to individual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them.

Answer 4

consumer services

Question 5

four main types of consumer services

Answer 5

1)Retail and wholesale services
2)Education services
3)Health and social services
4)Leisure and hospitality

Question 6

what is the fastest growing type of consumer service

Answer 6

health and social services

Question 7

Principal purpose is to facilitate other businesses

Answer 7

Business services

Question 8

three main types of business services

Answer 8

professional serivces
financial services (FIRE)
transportation services

Question 9

what does FIRE stand for

Answer 9

fincail, insurance, real estate

Question 10

Purpose is to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses

Answer 10

Public services

Question 11

permanent collection of buildings where people reside, work, and obtain services.

Answer 11

Settlement

Question 12

helps to explain how the most profitable location can be identified.

Answer 12

Central Place Theory-

Question 13

who made the cental place theory

Answer 13

walter chirstaller

Question 14

a market center for the exchange of goods and services by people attracted from the surrounding area

Answer 14

Central Place

Question 15

the area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted

Answer 15

Market Area/ Hinterland-

Question 16

what type of region is a maret area

Answer 16

nodal region

Question 17

maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service

Answer 17

Range

Question 18

the minimum number of people needed to support the service

Answer 18

Threshold

Question 19

what type of country have numerous small settlements with low threshold and short ranges and far fewer large settlement with high threshold and long ranges

Answer 19

developed

Question 20

ranking settlements from largest to smallest population produces a regular pattern

Answer 20

Rank-Size Rule-

Question 21

he largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

Answer 21

Primate City Rule

Question 22

which rule is more likely seen in developed countries

Answer 22

ranking size rule

Question 23

predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the distance people must travel to access it.

Answer 23

gravity Model

Question 24

a collection of individual vendors who come together to offer goods and services in a location on specified days

Answer 24

Periodic Market-

Question 25

Services between consumer and business
ex: uber or lyft

Answer 25

sharing services

Question 26

a major center for the provision of services in the global economy.

Answer 26

Global City

Question 27

what are the six factors that rank global cities

Answer 27

economic (number of headquarters, law firms, financial institutions)
political (international events and hosting)
cultural (media outlets, sport facilitate, educational institutions)
infrastructure (airports, health care)
communications
transportation

Question 28

what involves
1) Tax breaks include little to no taxes and income, profits, and capital gains. These are so-called tax havens
2)Bank secrecy laws can help individuals and businesses evade disclosure in their home countries

Answer 28

offshore financial services

Question 29

what involves
1)processing , management of payroll, routine clerical activities

Answer 29

back-office function

Question 30

why are developing countries attracting back offices

Answer 30

low wages
ablility to speak english

Question 31

export primarily to consumers outside the settlement

Answer 31

Basic business

Question 32

serve priority customers living in the sa settlement

Answer 32

Non Basic Business-

Question 33

the unique cluster of basic businesses in a settlement

Answer 33

Economic Base

Question 34

an agricultural-based community in which a number of families live in close proximity to each other, with field surrounding the collection of houses and farm buildings

Answer 34

Clustered Rural Settlement

Question 35

characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements.

Answer 35

Dispersed Rural Settlement

Question 36

how are farms set up in clustured rural settlements

Answer 36

circularly or linerarly

Question 37

what are the four hearths of settlements

Answer 37

Mesopotamia
West egypt
China
Indus valley (south asia)

Question 38

what were early consumer services

Answer 38

burrying the dead

Question 39

what was early business services

Answer 39

trading things

Question 40

what was early public services

Answer 40

guarded homes

Question 41

the process by which the population of urban settlements grows

Answer 41

Urbanization

Question 42

• an urban settlement with a total population in excess of 10 million people

Answer 42

Megacity

Question 43

an urban settlement with a total population of more than 20 million people

Answer 43

Metacity