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Chapter 12 Clickers
The Cultural Landscape
Eleventh Edition
Services and
settlements
John Conley
Saddleback College
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Where do service industries contribute the
smallest portion to the regional economy?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Africa
Australia
Eastern Europe
North America
Western Europe
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Where do service industries contribute the
smallest portion to the regional economy?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Africa
Australia
Eastern Europe
North America
Western Europe
Explanation:
Workers in LDCs remain concentrated in the primary and secondary
sectors of the economy.
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In contrast to the United States, most people in
the world live in:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
clustered rural settlements.
dispersed rural settlements.
small cities.
large cities.
moderate-sized towns.
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In contrast to the United States, most people in
the world live in:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
clustered rural settlements.
dispersed rural settlements.
small cities.
large cities.
moderate-sized towns.
Explanation:
Villages and hamlets surrounded by agricultural fields are common
throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
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The enclosure movement in Great Britain was
carried out primarily to:
a) advance democracy.
b) encourage rural citizens to move to clustered rural
settlements.
c) increase agricultural efficiency.
d) quell labor unrest.
e) squash the revolutionary spirit of the peasantry.
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The enclosure movement in Great Britain was
carried out primarily to:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
advance democracy.
encourage rural citizens to move to clustered rural settlements.
increase agricultural efficiency.
quell labor unrest.
squash the revolutionary spirit of the peasantry.
Explanation:
Using force, the British government consolidated small rural
landholdings into large farms.
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A central place is located in order to maximize
consumer:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
agricultural production.
access to raw materials.
access to services.
political control.
religious control.
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A central place is located in order to maximize
consumer:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
agricultural production.
access to raw materials.
access to services.
political control.
religious control.
Explanation:
Sites are selected in order to minimize the range and achieve the
necessary threshold.
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According to the gravity model, the optimal
location for a business is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
independent of distance from customers.
directly related to the number of people in the area.
next to businesses offering similar services.
in the Central Business District.
adjacent to large government facilities.
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According to the gravity model, the optimal
location for a business is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
independent of distance from customers.
directly related to the number of people in the area.
next to businesses offering similar services.
in the Central Business District.
adjacent to large government facilities.
Explanation:
Additionally, the gravity model assumes that the optimal location for a
service is inversely related to the distance people must travel to access
it.
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Complete the following analogy. Bartender is to
consumer services as:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
auto mechanic is to business services.
county clerk is to public services.
librarian is to consumer services.
corporate attorney is to public services.
zoning regulator is to consumer services.
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Complete the following analogy. Bartender is to
consumer services as:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
auto mechanic is to business services.
county clerk is to public services.
librarian is to consumer services.
corporate attorney is to public services.
zoning regulator is to consumer services.
Explanation:
Although the distinctions among service workers are not absolute, the
classifications are useful for discussing different spatial distributions.
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A market area associated with a central place is
an example of a:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
contagious region.
formal region.
functional region.
gravity region.
vernacular region.
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A market area associated with a central place is
an example of a:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
contagious region.
formal region.
functional region.
gravity region.
vernacular region.
Explanation:
Central place market areas are arranged like functional or nodal
regions.
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Which of the following is an example of a basic
industry?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
automobile assembly plant
dance studio
dentist
restaurant
supermarket
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Which of the following is an example of a basic
industry?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
automobile assembly plant
dance studio
dentist
restaurant
supermarket
Explanation:
Basic industries are those whose primary customers live elsewhere.
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Which of the following countries is least
urbanized?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Brazil
United States
France
India
Japan
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Which of the following countries is least
urbanized?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Brazil
United States
France
India
Japan
Explanation:
India has ten cities with populations over 3 million yet the majority of
Indians live in the countryside.
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Over the last five decades urban growth rates
have been highest in:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
LDCs.
MDCs.
the United States.
northern Europe.
Australia.
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Over the last five decades urban growth rates
have been highest in:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
LDCs.
MDCs.
the United States.
northern Europe.
Australia.
Explanation:
LDCs host eight of the ten most populous cities and their growth is
being sped by rural migration and natural increase.
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New York City is the only Alpha++ city in the
United States. What is the only Alpha+ city in
the United States?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Los Angeles
Washington D.C.
San Francisco
Boston
Chicago
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New York City is the only Alpha++ city in the
United States. What is the only Alpha+ city in
the United States?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Los Angeles
Washington D.C.
San Francisco
Boston
Chicago
Explanation:
Chicago is a break-of-bulk-point and a major center of commerce and
trade
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What is the closest non-island country to the
United States that is an offshore financial
service center?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Belize
Mexico
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Guatemala
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What is the closest non-island country to the
United States that is an offshore financial
service center?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Belize
Mexico
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Guatemala
Explanation:
The other countries don’t currently have laws in place that encourage
offshore banking within them.
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