Chapter 12

what is the theory that tries to explain town locations?

Christaller's central place theory

True or False? -- The central place theory describes the outward radiation of cultural patterns from a central place.

False

In what present day countries were the 4 ancient settlements located?

India, Egypt, Pakistan, China

Name the most important glabal cities.

London, New York, Dubai, Bejing, Sheinghi, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney.

what is an example of an industry with a large threshold?

Luxary fur coats

True or False -- According to Christaller, towns or equal size are equally spaced apart

True

True or False? -- crucial to the emergence of the first cities were developing an agricultural surplus, a system of food storage and distribution, labor specializations, and a stratified social system.

True

What term refers to the size and functional complexities of cities?

Urban Hiarchy

what industry would have a small range?

a gas station

name a non-basic industry in amarillo

any resturant

name a basic industry in amarillo

beef plant

what is the term for an area where healthy foods are more than a mile from impoverished areas?

food desert

what geometric figure did Christaller compromise on to describe service area?

hexagon

what are other names for "central places?"

hinterland, service area,

why would a MDC country outsource a call center in India?

it's cheaper than in America and they already have an English background.

What is the area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted?

market area

what is the maximum distance people are willing to travel for a good or service?

range

what would a clustered rural settlement look like

several families living close together, with fields surrounding their buildings

what does the gravity model state?

the potential use of a service is directly related to the number of people in an area and inversly related to the distance people have to travel.

according to the rank size rule, if the population of the largest city is 12 million, what is the populaion of the 4th largest city?

3 million