Chapter 12 AP Human Geo Study Guide
In the United States educational services account for about ________ of jobs.
10 percent
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
In the United States about ________ of all jobs are in consumer services.
50 percent
This map of the percentage of GDP from services indicates that services account for between 60 and 69 percent of GDP in
Brazil, Mexico, and Yemen.
An analysis of this map of global cities indicates that
Chicago is an alpha-ranked world city.
An analysis of this map of global cities indicates that
Chicago is ranked above Sao Paulo.
This map indicates that services account for less than 60 percent of GDP in
China and India.
This map of central place theory in North Dakota indicates that the populations of
Granville and Towner are smaller than Rugby.
An analysis of this U.S. map indicates that
Indianapolis is Gamma-ranked and Denver is Beta-ranked.
This map of offshore financial centers indicates that
Mauritius is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center.
Clustered rural settlements were most common in which region of colonial America?
New England
This map of central place theory in North Dakota indicates that
New Town is less than 20 miles from Parshall, and Parshall is less than 20 miles from Makoti.
The most prominent structure in the ancient city of Athens was the ________, which still overlooks the city.
Parthenon
An analysis of this U.S. map indicates that
Phoenix is Gamma-ranked and San Diego is Beta-ranked.
Because of its centrality in an ancient communications network, we still have the old saying "All roads lead to ________."
Rome
The most prominent structure in the ancient city of Ur was the stepped temple called the ________, which was built about 4,000 years ago.
Ziggurat
The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas is
a hexagon.
Residents of rural settlements are more likely than residents of urban settlements to work in
agriculture.
A primate city is
at least twice as large as the next smaller city.
The attraction of the outsourced "offshore banking" industry can best be explained by
bank secrecy laws and the avoidance of paying taxes in other countries.
A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is a
basic industry.
Back-office functions are also called
business-process outsourcing.
A place where farm buildings, homes, and churches are found close together is what kind of settlement?
clustered rural
This map indicates that
daily urban systems tend to cover much larger areas in western states.
The gravity model predicts that the optimal location of a service is
directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it.
Global cities are identified and ranked by a combination of
economic, political, cultural, and infrastructure factors.
Consumer services include
educational, retail, wholesale, social, leisure, and hospitality jobs.
The potential use of a service at a location is related directly to population and inversely to distance in the
gravity model.
The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the
hinterland.
Central Place Theory predicts larger settlements are
less numerous and farther apart.
What factors determine where back office services will locate in LDCs?
low wage rates and workers who can speak English
) The attraction of the outsourced "call center" industry to locate in India can best be explained by
low wages and the wide use of English.
One of the most important basic activities in the southern Great Lakes region is
manufacturing of durable goods.
This map of offshore financial centers indicates that
many are concentrated in the eastern Caribbean.
A central place is a
market center.
In a linear community, we can deduce that the best location for a service is the
median.
The French long-lot system was developed primarily because of
need for access to a river.
LDCs specialize in what two types of global business services?
offshore financial and back office
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
The most significant impact that Great Britain's enclosure movement made on the rural landscape was to
produce more of a dispersed rural settlement pattern.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is
range.
The hierarchical listing of settlements by size is known as the
rank-size rule.
According to these "geography of talent" maps,
scientists in the western states are partly concentrated in and around Seattle, Denver, and San Francisco.
A ________ is an example of a settlement that specializes in public services.
state capital
Which of the following is most likely a basic economic activity?
steel mill
Attracting a new basic industry is important to a community, primarily because it
stimulates new nonbasic industries.
Richard Florida's research identified a relationship between the distribution of
talent and diversity.
Two major benefits many LDCs offer in terms of global financial services are
tax breaks and privacy.
What technical development has allowed back-office functions to relocate to LDCs?
telecommunications
World cities are defined by
the number and type of business services found there.
According to these "geography of talent" maps,
the proportion of professionals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is greater than the proportion in the Chicago area.
According to these "geography of talent" maps,
the share of university graduates in the Atlanta area is greater than the share in the Memphis, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago areas.
The minimum number of people needed to support a service is called the
threshold.
Which of the following is not primarily a consumer service?
transportation services
Most people in the world live in what type of settlement?
urban settlement
Periodic markets are likely to feature
vendors who move from town to town.
