Ch. 12 GEO Study Guide PDF

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Intro to Human Geography Ch. 12 Study Guide...

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Ch. 12 1. Processing of computer info is an example of which sector of the economy? (Tertiary) 2. An example of a primary sector activity is? (Mining) 3. Compared to more developed countries, less developed countries have a higher percentage of workers in which sector of the economy? (Primary) 4. In more developed countries, employment is increasing in which sector of the economy? (Tertiary) 5. Which of the 4 classifications of economic activity must locate where the resources are found? (Primary) 6. Dispersed rural settlements, typically found in the North American rural landscape, are comprised of: (Individual farms isolated from each other) 7. Of the ten largest urban area in the world, how many are in MDC’s today? (Two) 8. A place where farm buildings, homes, & churches are found close together is: (Clustered rural settlement) 9. The most significant impact on the rural landscape of Great Britain’s enclosure movement was to: (Improve agriculture by encouraging dispersed movement)

10. According to Louis Wirth, urban areas are more likely than rural areas to have: (Larger size, higher density, & more heterogeneity) 11. What are some examples of consumer service? (Retail & wholesale, education, health & social, leisure & hospitality) 12. The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the: (Hinterland) 13. According to the range concept of Central Place Theory, people should be willing to travel far distances for a ______ and only willing to travel short distances for _____ (Sporting event, flights, weddings – coffee, groceries, restaurants) 14. Periodic Markets feature: (Low prices for low income & fresh goods) 15. The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas is: (Hexagon) 16. Central Place Theory predicts larger settlements that are spaced: (Further apart & less numerously) 17. If a country’s largest city has 1M inhabitants and the second largest has 200K, the country follows what distribution? (Primate city) 18. A market area is a good example of what kind of region? (Functional region) 19. The hierarchical organization of settlements by size is known as: (Rank size rule)

20. Attracting a new basic industry is important to a community, primarily because it stimulates the creation of what kinds of jobs? (New non-basic industries) 21. World cities are defined by: (The number & type of business services found there) 22. LDC’s specialize in what two types of business services? (Offshore financial & back office) 23. Two major benefits many LDC’s offer in the financial services sector are: (Tax breaks & privacy) 24. What factors determine where back office services will locate in LDC’s? (Low wage rates & English-speaking workers) 25. What technological development has allowed back office services to relocate to LDC’s? (Telecommunication) 26. The important element of urbanization is an increase in: (Number of people living & land area occupied by urban settlements) 27. Urbanization can be analyzed by looking at _______ of people living in cities. (Number & percentage) 28. Growth is U.S. employment since 1975 has occurred in all of these industries except: (Information services) 29. Another name for a service’s hinterland is: (Market area) 30. The gravity model predicts that the optimal location of a service is: (Directly related to number of people in an area & inversely to distance people travel)

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