AP Human Geography: CH. 12 Services and Settlements Test
The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. brought about what change in urban settlements?
Reduction and urban population
Most people in the world live in what type of settlement?
Urban settlements
A place where farm buildings, homes, and churches are found close together is what kind of settlement?
clustered rural
True/False: An example of a periodic market around the globe is a Muslim market operating every day of the week.
false
True/False: Transportation services is primarily a consumer service.
false
A primate city is _______________________.
largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
Central Place Theory predicts larger settlements are __________________________.
less numerous and farther apart
What factors determine where back-office services will locate in LDC's?
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
What technical development has allowed back-office functions to relocate to LDC's?
low wages and workers who can speak English
Urbanization can be analyzed by looking at the increase in the _____________________ of people living in cities.
number and percentage
LDC's specialize in what two types of global services? _______________________.
offshore financial and back office
Typical medieval European urban settlements were characterized by the _____________________.
placement of buildings around a central market square
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
Consumer services include _____________________.
retail, health, education, and leisure
In the United States educational services account for about _______________ percent of jobs.
10
If a country follows the rank-size rule, if the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants, how many people live in the fifth city?
200,000
In the United States about __________________ percent of all jobs are in customer services.
50
The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas is _____________________.
a hexagon
The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is ____________________.
a range
Observe that a) Chicago is an alpha-ranked world city. b) New York City is a beta-ranked world city. c) Sao Paulo is a beta-ranked world city. d) Lima, Peru, is an alpha-ranked world city. e) Cairo is an alpha-ranked world city.
a) Chicago is an alpha-ranked world city.
Observe that a) Chicago is ranked above Lima. b) New York City is ranked below London. c) Sao Paulo is ranked above Chicago. d) Moscow is ranked above Sao Paulo. e) Cairo is ranked above Beijing.
a) Chicago is ranked above Lima.
Observe that a) Indianapolis is gamma-ranked and Denver is beta-ranked. b) Indianapolis is beta-ranked and Denver is alpha-ranked. c) Indianapolis is gamma-ranked and Denver is alpha-ranked. d) San Diego is gamma-ranked and Denver is alpha-ranked. e) Indianapolis is gamma-ranked and Detroit is gamma-ranked.
a) Indianapolis is gamma-ranked and Denver is beta-ranked.
Observe that a) Phoenix is gamma-ranked and San Diego is beta-ranked. b) Phoenix is ranked above Denver. c) New York City is ranked below Chicago. d) New York City is beta-and gamma-ranked. e) San Diego is gamma-ranked and Phoenix is beta-ranked.
a) Phoenix is gamma-ranked and San Diego is beta-ranked.
Residents of rural settlements are more likely than residents of urban settlements to work in _______________________.
agriculture
Observe that the vast majority of megacities, those with more than 10 million residents, are located in a) North America. b) Asia. c) South America. d) Africa. e) Europe.
b) Asia.
Observe that a) New Town is less than 10 miles from Parshall, and Parshall is less than 10 miles from Makoti. b) Carpio is closer to Burlington than to Kenmare. c) Garrison is closer than Parshall is to Minot following Highways 23 and/ or 83. d) Minot is about 100 miles west of Rugby, and Stanley is about 100 miles west of Minot. e) Following Highway routes, people in Kenmare travel greater distance than people in Stanley going to Minot.
b) Carpio is closer to Burlington than to Kenmare.
Observe that the populations of a) Rugby and Granville are smaller than Towner. b) Granville and Towner are smaller than Rugby. c) New Town and Stanley are larger than Minot. d) Bottineau is smaller than Lansford. e) Lansford is larger than Minot.
b) Granville and Towner are smaller than Rugby.
Observe the percentage of GDP from services indicates that services account for between 50 and 69 percent of GDP in a) Russia, Australia, and Germany. b) South Africa, Namibia, and Mexico. c) Mexico, Canada, and Russia. d) Brazil, Mexico, and Yemen. e) Brazil, the United States, and Canada.
b) South Africa, Namibia, and Mexico.
Observe that the majority of cities with more than five million residents are a) located in North America and Europe. b) in Asia situated on or near the coasts. c) in South America situated on or near the coasts. d) in Africa. e) located in South Asia and Australia.
b) in Asia situated on or near the coasts.
The attraction of 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
Observe that the following countries are more than 75 percent urban: a) South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, and Libya. b) Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, China, India, and Australia. c) Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Libya. d) India, China, Russia, Australia, and Spain. e) France, Germany, Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria.
c) Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Libya.
Which of the following megacities, those cities with more than 10 million residents, is the country's seat of government? a) Johannesburg b) Kolkata c) Jakarta d) Karachi
c) Jakarta
Observe that the following countries, less than half of the people live in urban areas: a) South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, and Libya. b) Mexico, India, China,, Saudi Arabia, and Libya. c) Niger, Chad, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania, and China. d) Niger, Chad, the Central African Republic, India, Australia, and South Africa. e) France, Germany, Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria.
c) Niger, Chad, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania, and China.
Observe that a) Gibraltar is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center. b) New Zealand is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center. c) Vanuatu is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center d) Vanuatu is a dependency that is also an offshore banking center. e) there are more offshore banking centers in Asia than in the Caribbean.
c) Vanuatu is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center
Observe that a) most services are concentrated in South America. b) many are concentrated in the United States. c) many are concentrated in the eastern Caribbean. d) many are concentrated in East Asia. e) there are more offshore banking centers in Europe than in the Caribbean.
c) many are concentrated in the eastern Caribbean.
Observe that services account for less than 50 percent of GDP in a) South Africa, and India. b) Columbia, and Venezuela. c) Australia and India. d) China and Venezuela. e) Brazil, Russia, and Namibia.
d) China and Venezuela.
Which of the following megacities, those cities with more than 10 million residents, is NOT the country's seat government? a) Cairo b) Lima c) Tokyo d) Istanbul
d) Istanbul
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
Which is NOT an Urban country? a) China b) The United States c) France d) Iran e) India
e) India
Global cities are identified and ranked by a combination of ___________________.
economic, political, cultural, and infrastructural factors
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
One of the most important basic activities in the southern Great Lakes region is _______________________.
manufacturing of durable goods
A central place is a ________________________.
market center
A food desert is usually associated with ________________________.
parts of the country where fresh fruit, vegetables, and other whole foods are unavailable; usually found in poverty areas of developing countries
The most significant anticipated benefit of the enclosure movement was to _______________________.
promote agricultural efficiency
The hierarchical listing of settlements by size is known as the _______________________.
rank-size rule
A ______________ is an example of a settlement that specializes in public services.
state capital
Attracting a new basic industry is important to community, primarily because it _____________________.
stimulates new nonbasic industries
Richard Florida's research identified a relationship between the distribution of _____________________.
talent and cultural diversity
Two major benefits many LDC's offer in terms of global financial services are ________________.
tax breaks and privacy
Global cities are defined by _____________________.
the number and type of business services found
True/False: A steel mill is an example of a basic economic activity.
true
True/False: Mesopotamia is considered the hearth of urban settlement.
true
Heterogeneity is more a characteristic of ________________________.
urban centers rather than rural communities
Periodic markets are likely to feature ______________________.
vendors who move from town to town
