Chapter 12: Services Flashcards
Business Services
Services that primarily meet the needs of other business, including professional, financial, and transportation services.
Basic Industries
Industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement.
Central Place
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area.
Central Place Theory
A 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 farther.
City State
A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediate hinterland.
Basic Industries
Industries that sell the products of services primarily to consumers outside the settlement.
Business Services
Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation services.
Central Place
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area.
Central Place Theory
A 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 that smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther.
City-State
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.
Clustered Rural Settelment
A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement.
Consumer Services
Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services.
Dispersed Rural Settlement
A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages.
Economic Base
A community’s collection of basic industries.
Enclosure Movement
The process of consolidating small landholdings into smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century.
