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Chap. 12 APHG
AP Human Geography Chapter 12 Study Guide - Services
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The area of the city where the retail and office activities are clustered is the what? | Central Business District (CBD) |
| Retail activities which tend to concentrate in the CBD include those which have what for office workers? | Service |
| The CBD attracts offices primarily because of its what? | High accesibility |
| Land values are high in the CBD primarily because of what? | Competition for limited sites due to accesibility |
| As a result of high land costs, the American CBD is characterized by construction of what? | Skyscrapers |
| What activity tends to locate on the street-level floor of a sky-scraper in a typical North American CBD? | Walk-in trade (retail) |
| European CBDs are similar to those in North America because they both contain what? | Retail and office activities |
| A land use typically excluded from a North American CBD is what? | Industrial |
| Public transportation is better suited for commuting to the CBD primarily because of what? | Each traveler takes up less space |
| Because so few people live in the CBD, urban areas are characterized by a high degree of what? | Commuting |
| What is not a cultural reason for establishing a settlement? | Home for women and children |
| The most important religious reason for the origin of settlements was a place to do what? | Bury the dead |
| The most important political reason for the origin of settlements was a place to do what? | Protect the group's assets |
| Economic reasons for settlements include what? | Warehousing, trading, and agriculture |
| Residents of rural settlements are more likely than residents of urban settlements to work in what? | Agriculture |
| Rural settlements differ from urban settlements primarily according to which type of activity? | Economic |
| A place where farm buildings, homes, and churches are found close together is what kind of settlement? | Clustered rural |
| Most people in the world live in what type of settlement? | Clustered rural |
| The French long-lot system was developed primarily because of what? | Need for river access |
| The most significant impact on the rural landscape of Great Britain's enclosure movement was what? | Dispersed pattern |
| The most significant anticipated benefit of the enclosure movement was to what? | Have greater agricultural efficiency |
| Clustered rural settlements were most common in which region of colonial America? | New England |
| The plantation was a common form of rural settlement in which region of colonial America? | Southeast |
| The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD brought about what change in rural settlements? | Reduction in urban population |
| The typical medieval European urban settlements were characterized by what? | The placement of buildings around a central market square |
| The city-state is an example of a state dominated by what? | Its major city |
| Banking is an example of what kind of service? | Producer services |
| Producer services provide what kind of services? | To help people conduct other business |
| The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is what? | Hinterland/Market area |
| The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is called what? | Range |
| The minimum number of people needed to support a service is what? | Threshold |
| In a linear community, the best location for a service is where? | Median |
| According to the gravity model, the potential use of a service at a location is related directly to what and inversely to what? | Population; distance |
| The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas is what? | Hexagon |
| Larger settlements are what numerous and what apart than smaller ones? | Less; farther |
| If a country follows the rank-size rule if the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants, how many people live in the fifth largest city? | 200,000 |
| If a country's largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, the country follows what distribution? | Primate city |
| Why is the absence of a rank-size distribution significant in a country like Romania? | Not all consumers can access goods and services |
| A market area is a good example of what kind of region? | Functional |
| A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is what? | A basic industry |
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