Unit 6 (ch. 12+13): Services and Urban Patterns Flashcards
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1
Q
first characteristic of a service
12.1 1/11 b/c:
A
fulfills a want or need
- pg.434 in textbook
- pg.2 q.1 in reading guide
2
Q
fill in the blanks
The two sub-sectors of business services with slower employment growth are a result of improved job —-; for example, fewer workers are needed to —- —-
12.1 11/11 c/d
A
effeciency, answer phones
- Pg.435 in textbook
- pg.3 q.13 in reading guide
3
Q
an example of retail services
12.1 5/11 f/L
A
grocery stores
- Pg. 434 in textbook
- pg.2 q.5 in reading guide
4
Q
fill in the blanks
sharing services have expanded rapidly, especially in —- and —-
12.2 17/17 a/c
A
lodging and transportation
- Pg.443 in textbook
- pg.5 q.23 in reading guide
5
Q
true or false
consumer services follow a regular pattern
12.2 1/? a/a
A
true
- pg.436 in textbook
6
Q
fill in the blanks
smaller settlements have consumer services with —- thresholds, ranges, and market areas, while larger settlements have consumer services with —- thresholds, ranges, and market areas
12.2 12/17 a/a
A
smaller, larger
- Pg.439 in textbook
- pg.4 q.7 in reading guide
7
Q
the two pieces of information needed to compute a service’s market area
12.2 6/? a/f
A
range, threshold
- Pg.437 in textbook
- pg.3 q.5 in reading guide
8
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fill in the blanks
to calculate food deserts, a map of the US was divided into squares about —- —- mile(s) long. In an urban area, a food desert was considered any square where the center was —- mile(s) from a grocery store, and in a rural area, if the center was —- mile(s) from a grocery store
12.2 15/17 b/c
A
one half, one, ten
- Pg.441 in textbook
- pg.5 q.20 in reading guide
9
Q
fill in the blanks
—- services are the type of service with the most US jobs (about —- of US jobs)
12.1 5/11 c/L
A
consumer services, half
- Pg.434 in textbook
10
Q
fill in the blanks
rank-size distribution indicates that a country is sufficiently —-, as it is able to provide services in a —- —- of places
12.2 10/17 e/f
A
wealthy, wider variety
- Pg.438 in textbook
- pg.4 q.13 in reading guide
11
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the sub-sector of consumer services with the least US jobs
12.1 5/11 k/L
A
education
- Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
12
Q
an example of a megaregion
12.2 5/? b/b
A
twin cities
- Pg.436 in textbook
13
Q
fill in the blank
the second of three reasons that inner city residents are disadvantaged in job skills is: jobs that were previously easier to obtain now require more —- skills
13.4 2/2 d/e
A
computer
- pg.490 in textbook
- pg.21 q.2 in reading guide
14
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a market area is an example of what kind of region?
12.2 4/? c/c
A
nodal region
- Pg.436 in textbook
- pg.3 q.4 in reading guide
15
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fill in the blanks
according to figure 12-16, food deserts are most prevalent on the —- —- coast
12.2 15/17 a/c
A
south east
- Pg.441 in textbook
- pg.5 q.20 in reading guide
16
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fill in the blank
consumer services are provided to a(n) —-
12.1 5/11 a/L
A
individual
- Pg.434 in textbook
- pg.2 q.4 in reading guide
17
Q
fill in the blanks
the distinction among services is —- —-
12.1 8/11 a/b
A
not absolute
- Pg.434 in textbook
18
Q
fill in the blanks
sharing services can look for loopholes to bypass certain protocols. For example, —- claims that it’s drivers are independent contractors, therefore the company doesn’t have to do any —-
12.2 17/17 c/c
A
Uber, screening
- Pg.443 in textbook
19
Q
fill in the blank
—- nest without overlapping like circles or leaving uneven spaces like squares, making them ideal for representing market areas
12.2 8/? a/a
A
hexagons
- Pg.437 in textbook
- pg.4 q.10 in reading guide
20
Q
smallest level of market area
12.2 11/17 e/e
A
hamlet
- Pg.439 in textbook
- pg.4 q.15 in reading guide
21
Q
fill in the blanks
the Gravity Model says the best location for a service will have the —- number of consumers at the —- possible distance
12.2 14/17 b/b
A
greatest, least
- Pg.441 in textbook
- pg.5 q.19 in reading guide
22
Q
fill in the blank
consumers use consumer services because they —- them
12.1 5/11 b/L
A
desire
- Pg.434 in textbook
- pg.2 q.4 in reading guide
23
Q
fill in the blank
services at the —- end of the central place hierarchy are provided at periodic markets
12.2 16/17 b/e
A
low
- Pg.442 in textbook
- pg.5 q.21 in reading guide
24
Q
true or false
periodic markets are a phenomenon in both MDCs and LDCs
12.2 16/17 a/e
A
true
- Pg.442 in textbook
- pg.5 q.22 in reading guide
25
---- amount of the underclass live in inner city neighborhoods
## Footnote
13.4 2/2 b/e
disproportionate
## Footnote
* pg.490 in textbook
26
# fill in the blanks
settlements occupy very little of Earth’s ----, but contain nearly all of Earth’s ----
## Footnote
12.1 9/11 c/c
surface, population
## Footnote
* Pg. 435 in textbook
* pg.2 q.11 in reading guide
27
an example of a service with a small range
## Footnote
12.2 6/? c/f
convenience store
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
* pg.3 q.5 in reading guide
28
# fill in the blank
US employment has declined in every sector, except the **---- sector**, where it’s grown
## Footnote
12.1 11/11 a/d
service sector
## Footnote
* Pg.435 in textbook
29
# fill in the blank
the **---- sector** of the economy includes agriculture and mining
## Footnote
12.1 3/11 a/b
primary sector
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
30
100 years ago, ---- ---- neighborhoods in the US would have one-hundred thousand people. Even though those neighborhoods now have less than ---- ---- people, they still face distinct challenges
## Footnote
13.4 2/2 a/e
inner city, five thousand
## Footnote
* pg.490 in textbook
31
# fill in the blank
sharing services are ---- the traditional classification of services
## Footnote
12.2 17/17 b/c
challenging
## Footnote
* Pg.443 in textbook
32
# fill in the blanks
when determining range, only consumers in the service’s ---- ---- are counted
## Footnote
12.2 7/? c/e
target demographic
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
* pg.4 q.6 in reading guide
33
a prominent example of Rank-Size Rule
## Footnote
12.2 10/17 b/f
the US
## Footnote
* Pg.438 in textbook
34
what is a service?
## Footnote
12.1 1/11 a/c:
an activity
## Footnote
* pg.434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.1 in reading guide
35
the minimum amount of people needed for financially support a service
## Footnote
12.2 7/? a/e
threshold
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
* pg.4 q.6 in reading guide
36
# fill in the blank
business services are provided to a(n) ----
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 a/g
business
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.6 in reading guide
37
second characteristic of a service
## Footnote
12.1 1/11 c/c:
returns money to provider
## Footnote
* pg.434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.1 in reading guide
38
# fill in the blanks
---- keeping money in ---- is an example of the distinction among services NOT being absolute
## Footnote
12.1 8/11 b/b
consumers, banks
## Footnote
Pg. 434 in textbook
39
# fill in the blanks
the distance that you have to be from a grocery store to be considered living in a food desert is diminished for people without a ---- or ---- ----
## Footnote
12.2 15/17 c/c
car, public transportation
## Footnote
* Pg.441 in textbook
* pg.5 q.20 in reading guide
40
two examples of consumers’ characteristics that might define a service’s target demographic
## Footnote
12.2 7/? d/e
age, income
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
* pg.4 q.6 in reading guide
41
# fill in the blank
besides finding the most profitable location for a service, market area analysis is also used to determine where to ---- services
## Footnote
12.2 13/17 a/a
close
## Footnote
* Pg.440 in textbook
42
hinterlands surrounding the largest urban settlements in the US
## Footnote
12.2 5/? a/b
megaregions
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
43
# fill in the blanks
LDCs often have periodic markets to provide services that can’t have a ---- ---- establishment
## Footnote
12.2 16/17 c/e
full time
## Footnote
* Pg.442 in textbook
* pg.5 q.22 in reading guide
44
the two names for the area around a service that contains its customers
## Footnote
12.2 4/? b/c
market area, hinterland
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
* pg.3 q.4 in reading guide
45
# fill in the blanks
public services are divided by the ---- ---- ---- that the employees work for
## Footnote
12.1 7/11 d/e
level of government
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.9 in reading guide
46
what is a central place?
## Footnote
.12.2 3/? a/c
a collection of competing businesses
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
47
an example of leisure services
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 j/L
bartenders
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.5 in reading guide
48
# fill in the blank
Rank-Size Rule is observed in ----
## Footnote
12.2 10/17 a/f
MDCs
## Footnote
* Pg.438 in textbook, pg.4 q.11 in reading guide
49
# fill in the blank
**---- sector** is ANOTHER name for the sector of the economy that services fall under
## Footnote
12.1 2/11 b/c:
service sector
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
* pg. 2 q.2 in reading guide
50
the sub-sector of consumer services with the second most US jobs
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 g/L
health
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
51
an example of a service with a large range
## Footnote
12.2 6/? d/f
concert
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
* pg.3 q.5 in reading guide
52
the first of two reasons that consumers will travel greater distances for consumer services
## Footnote
12.2 9/17 a/b
much cheaper
## Footnote
* Pg.438 in textbook
53
the sub-sector of business services with the most US jobs
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 c/g
professional
## Footnote
Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
54
how many levels of market area are there?
## Footnote
12.2 11/17 a/e
four
## Footnote
* Pg.439 in textbook
* pg.4 q.15 in reading guide
55
# fill in the blanks
services are NOT just clustered in areas of ---- ----, but are instead clustered in ----
## Footnote
12.1 9/11 b/c
high population, settlements
## Footnote
* pg. 435 in textbook
* pg.2 q.12 in reading guide
56
# fill in the blank
about ---- of US jobs are in business services
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 b/g
one-fourth
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
57
# true or false
the federal government has more employees than all the local governments
## Footnote
12.1 7/11 e/e
false
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
58
what does public service provide?
## Footnote
12.1 7/11 a/e
security
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.8 in reading guide
59
# fill in the blank
the third of three reasons that inner city residents are disadvantaged in job skills is: low skilled jobs are moving to ---- with poor no public transit access
## Footnote
13.4 2/2 e/e
suburbs
## Footnote
* pg.490 in textbook
* pg.21 q.2 in reading guide
60
an example of health services
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 h/L
nursing home assistants
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.5 in reading guide
61
an example of transportation services, and an example of information services
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 g/g
trucking, publishing
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
62
example of a primate city, and its country
## Footnote
12.2 10/17 d/f
Mexico City, Mexico
## Footnote
Pg.438 in textbook
63
# fill in the blanks
a central place is centrally located in order to ---- ---- for consumers in the area
## Footnote
12.2 3/? b/c
maximize accessibility
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
64
# fill in the blanks
in consumer services, the most rapid employment growth has been in ---- and ----
## Footnote
12.1 11/11 d/d
health care, education
## Footnote
* Pg.435 in textbook
* pg.3 q.13 in reading guide
65
man who proposed Central Place Theory
## Footnote
12.2 2/? b/b
Christaller
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
* pg.3 q.3 in reading guide
66
largest level of market area
## Footnote
12.2 11/17 b/e
city
## Footnote
* Pg.439 in textbook
* pg.4 q.15 in reading guide
67
# fill in the blanks
market area, range, and threshold are measured from a(n) ---- ----
## Footnote
12.2 4/? a/c
individual service
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
68
an example of education services
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 L/L
teachers
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.5 in reading guide
69
what is used to help estimate threshold?
## Footnote
12.2 7/? b/e
census data
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
70
third largest level of market area
## Footnote
12.2 11/17 d/e
village
## Footnote
* Pg.439 in textbook
* pg.4 q.15 in reading guide
71
# fill in the blank
there are ---- major sub-sectors of consumer services
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 d/L
four
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.5 in reading guide
72
# fill in the blanks
the first of three reasons that inner city residents are disadvantaged in job skills is: due to lack of ----, they don't have any ---- skills
## Footnote
13.4 2/2 c/e
education, technical
## Footnote
* pg.490 in textbook
* pg.21 q.2 in reading guide
73
# fill in the blanks
globally, the distribution of service sector workers is —- the distribution of primary sector workers, because the majority of jobs in — are in the service sector, while the majority of jobs in — are in farming
## Footnote
12.1 9/11 a/c
opposite, MDCs, LDCs
## Footnote
* Pg.435 in textbook
* pg.2 q.10 in reading guide
74
relating to a city or its governing body
| adj.
## Footnote
13.4 1/2 a/a
municipal
## Footnote
* dictionary.com/browse/municipal
75
# fill in the blank
periodic markets allow services to have otherwise unconventional practices. for example, being a ---- vendor
## Footnote
12.2 16/17 e/e
mobile
## Footnote
* Pg.442 in textbook
* pg.5 q.22 in reading guide
76
# fill in the blank
the type of service with the least US jobs is **---- services**
## Footnote
12.1 7/11 c/e
public services
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
77
the second of two reasons that consumers will travel greater distances for consumer services
## Footnote
12.2 9/17 b/b
unavailable locally
## Footnote
* Pg.438 in textbook
78
services with smaller ranges
## Footnote
12.2 6/? b/f
everyday consumer services
## Footnote
* Pg.437 in textbook
* pg.3 q.5 in reading guide
79
the two sub-sectors of business services with the least US jobs are **---- services** and **---- services**
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 e/g
financial services, transportation and information services
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
80
the sub-sector of consumer services with the third most US jobs
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 i/L
leisure
## Footnote
Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
81
what is the threshold of a store like Target?
## Footnote
12.2 7/? e/e
100,000
## Footnote
* Pg.440 in textbook
82
# fill in the blanks
Central Place Theory (CPT) helps explain how to identify the —- —- —- for consumer services
## Footnote
12.2 2/? a/b
most profitable location
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
* pg.3 q.1 in reading guide
83
# fill in the blanks
MDCs often have periodic markets for ---- ----
## Footnote
12.2 16/17 d/e
fresh food
## Footnote
* Pg.442 in textbook
* pg.5 q.22 in reading guide
84
# fill in the blanks
public services are provided to both ---- AND ----
## Footnote
12.1 7/11 b/e
citizens, businesses
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.8 in reading guide
85
# fill in the blanks
the absence of rank size distribution contributes to hardship, because of the longer ---- ---- to important services
## Footnote
12.2 10/17 f/f
travel distances
## Footnote
* Pg.438 in textbook
* pg.4 q.13 in reading guide
86
# fill in the blank
**---- ---- rule** is when a country’s largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
## Footnote
12.2 10/17 c/f
primate city rule
## Footnote
* Pg.438 in textbook
* pg.4 q.12 in reading guide
87
what word is synonymous with affluent?
## Footnote
12.1 10/11 a/a
wealthy
## Footnote
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affluent
88
# fill in the blank
the **---- sector** of the economy has the least US jobs
## Footnote
12.1 3/11 b/b
primary sector
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
89
# fill in the blank
the **---- sector** of the economy includes manufacturing and construction
## Footnote
12.1 4/11 a/a
secondary sector
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
90
# fill in the blank
US employment expanded most rapidly in the ---- sub-sector of business services, and more slowly in the other sub-sectors of business services
## Footnote
12.1 11/11 b/d
professional
## Footnote
* Pg.435 in textbook
* pg.3 q.13 in reading guide
91
# fill in the blanks
according to CPT, competition between businesses in central places creates a ---- ---- ---- ----
## Footnote
12.2 3/? c/c
regular pattern of settlements
## Footnote
* Pg.436 in textbook
* pg.3 q.2 in reading guide
92
# fill in the blank
services are part of the **---- sector** of the economy
## Footnote
12.1 2/11 a/c
tertiary sector
| pronounced tur-shee-eh-ree
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
* pg. 2 q.2 in reading guide
* vocabulary.com/dictionary/tertiary
93
# fill in the blanks
geographers adapted the ---- ---- from physics
## Footnote
12.2 14/17 a/b
gravity model
94
an example of professional services
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 d/g
law services
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
95
how many types is the tertiary sector subdivided into?
## Footnote
12.1 2/11 c/c
three
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook
* pg. 2 q.3 in reading guide
96
what is the range of a store like Target?
## Footnote
12.2 6/? e/f
30 minutes
## Footnote
* Pg.440 in textbook
97
the sub-sector of consumer services with the most US jobs
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 e/L
retail
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
98
an example of leisure services
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 j/L
bartenders
## Footnote
* Pg. 434 in textbook
* pg.2 q.5 in reading guide
99
# fill in the blanks
**---- services** is the type of service with the most US jobs (about ---- of US jobs)
## Footnote
12.1 5/11 c/?
consumer services, half
## Footnote
Pg.434 in textbook
100
an example of financial services
## Footnote
12.1 6/11 f/g
Diversified Wealth Management
## Footnote
* Pg.434 in textbook (figure 12-1)
101
# fill in the blanks
range is also dependent on a consumer’s ---- ---- ---- and ---- ----
## Footnote
12.2 6/? f/f
proximity to competitors, travel time
## Footnote
Pg.437 in textbook
102
second largest level of market area
## Footnote
12.2 11/17 c/e
town
## Footnote
* Pg.439 in textbook
* pg.4 q.15 in reading guide
