AP Chapter 12/13 Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Define a "Service" | A service is any activity that funfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it |
| Define a "Settlement" | A permanent collection of buildings where people reside, work and obtain services |
| What is the purpose of "Consumer Services"? | The purpose is to provide services to indivisual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay them |
| What are "Retail Services"? | They provide goods for sale to consumers |
| Give 2 examples of "Transportation Services" | -car, bike, truck -broadcasting |
| Give 2 examples of "Public Services" | -keeping money in a bank -staying at a hotel |
| Name 4 services typically found in "clustered Rural Settlements" | -religious structures -schools -shops -homes |
| Describe a "Circular Rural Settlement" and a "Linear Rural Settlement" | The circular form consists of a central open space surrounded by structures Linear rural settlements feature buildings clustered along a road, river or dike to facilitate communications |
| What was the "Enclosure Movement" and what were the effects of it? | -1750 through 1850 in Great Britain -To improve agricultural production, a number of European countries converted their rurals landscapes from clustered settlements to dispersed patterns |
| What is a "Central Place"? | Is a market center for the exchange of goods and services by the people in the area |
| What is a "Market Area of a Service"? | The area surronding a service from which customers are attracted |
| What 2 factors are needed to determine the extent of a market area? | Its range and its threshold |
| Define the term "Range" | the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service |
| What is the "Threshold" of a service | the minimum number of people needed to support a business |
| What is a "Market-Area Analysis" and why is it important? | Retailer and other services provides make use of market-area studies to determine if locating in the market would be profitable and where the best location would be |
| What is meant by "Optimal Location" within a market? | The best location is the one that minimizes the distance to the service for the largest number of people |
| What is meant by the "Hierarchy of Services"? | Small settlements are limited to consumer services that have small thresholds, short ranges and small market areas. A business cannot manage in a place where it cannot be supported. |
| What is the "Rank-Size Rule"? | In whihc the country's nth-largest settlement is 1/2 the population of the largest settlement. Serveral MDCs in Europe |
| Define "primate city" | the largest settlement in serveral MDCs; the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement |
| Define "World City" and give 3 examples. | Wrold citites are most closely integrated into the global economic system because they are the center of the flow of information and capitol -London -New York -Tokoyo |
| Name 4 cities in the "second tier" | -Chicago -Los Angeles -Washington -Brussels |
| Name 4 cities in ther "third tier" | -Houston -Miami -San Franciso -Tornoto |
| What the "Command and Control Centers"? | The second level of cities, contains the head quarters of many large corporations, well-developed banking facilities, and concentrations of other business services |
| Define "Specialized Prodcer-Service Centers" | The third level of cities, offer more narrow and highly specialized variety of services |
| What are "Dependent Center"? | They provide relatively unskilled jobs and depend on their economic on the world's decisions |
| What is the difference between "Basic Industries" and "Non-basic Industries"? | Basic industries-is a settlements distinctive economic structure derives which export primarily to consumers outside of the settlement Non-basic industires are enterprises whose customers live in the same community, essentially consumer services |
| Name 3 types of services one might find in the CBD of a city or settlement | -Shops with....high threshold, long range, that serve people who work in the center |
| Name 4 services that have a "High Threshold" | -expenisve shops -movie theaters -restaurants -theme parks |
| Why do countries build "Skyscrapers" | The demand for space in the central city |
| Give 3 reasons why manufacturing has declined in the CBD | The typical modern industry requires a large percent of land for operation Transformed their waterfronts from industry to commercial and recreational activities tourists attractions |
| Name 2 ways CBDs are different in Europe | Less dominated by commercial considerations making new buildings are difficult |
| Name 3 reasns why businesses have moved to the suburbs since WWII | -Less transportation -Able to improve -Cheaper to maintain |
| Name 3 reasons factories have moved to the suburbs | -Land costs are lower -More service providers -Most customers are there |
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