Exam 12: Services and Settlements

Originally called Byzantium,and now known as Istanbul,________ became the world's largest settlement after the decline of Rome,and remained the largest settlement for most of the next 1,000 years.

Permanent settlements existed prior to beginning of recorded history around ________ years ago.

Developed countries have a higher percentage of urban residents,but developing countries have more of the very large urban settlements.

The ________ is the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

The two components of central place theory are

The range of a service is the minimum number of people needed to support the service.

In the Caymans,it is a crime to discuss confidential business,defined as matters learned on the job,in public.

Generally,small settlements provide services with large thresholds,ranges,and market areas whereas large settlements provide services with small thresholds,range and market areas.

Generally,global cities are divided into

The first step in forecasting sales for a proposed new retail outlet is to define the market or trade area where the store would derive most of its sales.

________ are enterprises whose customers live in the same community,essentially,consumer services.

The Caymans have only ________ inhabitants,but there are ________ companies there,including several hundred banks and the world's four largest legal and accounting firms.

This helps to explain the distribution of settlements of varying sizes in North Dakota.Larger settlements are fewer and farther apart,whereas smaller settlements are more frequent and closer together.

A clustered rural settlement typically includes homes,barns,tool sheds,and other farm structures,plus consumer services,such as religious structures,schools,and shops.

A ________,characteristic of the contemporary North American rural landscape,is characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements.

The concept of basic industries originally referred to ________.

In the U.S.,the financial sector provides about ________ percent of all jobs.

Compare and contrast the developing world and the developed world with regards to the percentage of people living in urban areas.

The first permanent settlements may have been places for nomads to bury and honor their dead.

Which of the following will a company in the U.S.not typically outsource to a developing country?