Chapter 12 Primer
Consumer services include a. educational, retail, wholesale, social, leisure, and hospitality jobs. b. health and social, professional, and financial service jobs. c. educational, retail, wholesale, professional, and financial service jobs. d. educational, retail, wholesale, and financial service jobs. e. wholesale, social, leisure, and information service jobs.
a
Richard Florida's research identified a relationship between the distribution of a. talent and diversity. b. rural and urban settlements. c. talent and economic prosperity. d. business and consumer services. e. central places.
a
The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. brought about what change in urban settlements? a. reduction in urban population b. rapid urbanization c. development of city-states d. increased trade e. revival of urban life
a
What technical development has allowed back-office functions to relocate to LDCs? a. telecommunications b. effective trademark enforcement c. standard time zones d. improved public health services in tropical countries e. financial market reforms
a
Which of the following is most likely a basic economic activity? a. steel mill b. gas station c. video rental store d. travel agency e. grocery store
a
Heterogeneity is more a characteristic of a. manufacturing centers and rural populations. b. urban centers than rural communities. c. suburban and rural communities. d. ancient urban centers than modern urban centers. e. rural and urban centers.
b
Two major benefits many LDCs offer in terms of global financial services are a. command and control centers and low wages. b. tax breaks and privacy. c. privacy and low wages. d. command and control centers and dependent centers. e. dependent centers and tax breaks.
b
A ________ is an example of a settlement that specializes in public services. a. hospital b. retirement community c. state capital d. large casino complex e. shopping mall
c
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? a. equidistant b. economic base c. primate city d. rank-size e. central place
c
In a linear community, we can deduce that the best location for a service is the a. threshold. b. hinterland. c. median. d. range. e. meridian.
c
Residents of rural settlements are more likely than residents of urban settlements to work in a. cities. b. services. c. agriculture. d. manufacturing. e. education.
c
The attraction of the outsourced "offshore banking" industry can best be explained by a. the avoidance of paying taxes in other countries and the hiding of prostitution and capital crimes. b. low wages, bank secrecy laws, and the avoidance of paying taxes in other countries. c. bank secrecy laws and the avoidance of paying taxes in other countries. d. the wide use of English and the large number of working students in the Cayman Islands. e. corporate greed and the hiding of unethical and illegal behaviors, including prostitution.
c
The potential use of a service at a location is related directly to population and inversely to distance in the a. threshold model. b. distance decay. c. gravity model. d. population model. e. gravitational model.
c
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? a. 50,000 b. 5,000,000 c. 500,000 d. 200,000 e. 100,000
d
The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the a. meridian b. threshold. c. median. d. hinterland e. range.
d
The most prominent structure in the ancient city of Athens was the ________, which still overlooks the city. a. Great Pyramid b. cathedral c. pyramid d. Parthenon e. Ziggurat
d
The most significant impact that Great Britain's enclosure movement made on the rural landscape was to a. improve transportation. b. reinforce the traditional clustered rural settlement pattern. c. discourage urbanization. d. produce more of a dispersed rural settlement pattern. e. increase the rural population.
d
Which of the following is not primarily a consumer service? a. health services b. retail and wholesale services c. education services d. transportation services e. hospitality services
d
Which statement best describes the relationship between urbanization and the Industrial Revolution in Europe? a. Urbanization preceded the Industrial Revolution by thousands of years. b. Urbanization and the Industrial Revolution are largely unrelated. c. Urbanization ultimately promoted the Industrial Revolution. d. Urbanization preceded the Industrial Revolution by hundreds of years. e. The Industrial Revolution ultimately promoted urbanization.
e
