Exam 12: Services and Settlements

Central Place Theory predicts larger settlements are

Which of the following is not primarily a consumer service?

Among the oldest well-documented urban settlements is Ur in Mesopotamia.

A community's economic structure depends initially on its basic industries.

Daily Urban Systems -This map indicates that

The most prominent structure in the ancient city of Athens was the ________, which still overlooks the city.

The attraction of the outsourced "offshore banking" industry can best be explained by

According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a country contains 1,000,000 inhabitants, the fifth largest city should contain 200,000 inhabitants.

-This map of the percentage of GDP from services indicates that services account for between 60 and 69 percent of GDP in

One of the most important basic activities in the southern Great Lakes region is

People who live in rural settlements are more likely to engage in secondary sector economic activities.

The French long-lot system was developed primarily because of

Periodic markets are likely to feature

Which of the following is most likely a basic economic activity?

The population of the world is roughly split in half between urban and rural settlements.

-An analysis of this U.S. map indicates that

As recently as 1800, only 3 percent of Earth's population lived in urban settlements.

Because of its centrality in an ancient communications network, we still have the old saying "All roads lead to ________."

The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the

A primate city is