Chapter 12 - Settlements and Services

Question 1

basic business vs non-basic business

Answer 1

sells to consumers outside vs living in settlement

Question 2

Central place

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Economic base

Answer 3

community’s collection of basic businesses

Question 4

Central Place theory

Answer 4

A theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas (larger settlements=far apart and fewer. for people willing to travel further)

Question 5

Gravity model

Answer 5

the potential use of a service at a particular location related to number of people at said location (travel)

Question 6

periodic market

Answer 6

famers market I think

Question 7

primate city

Answer 7

largest settlement in a country , if it has twice as many as the second largest settlement (US doesn’t have one)

Question 8

rank-size rule

Answer 8

country’s _largest settlement will be 1/__ the population’s largest settlement (3rd largest = 1/3 largest)

Question 9

business service

Answer 9

sells to businesses