Units 5 & 6

Question 1

CBD

Answer 1

Central Business District. Main business/commercial area of a city

Question 2

Range

Answer 2

The max distance people will travel for a service

Question 3

Threshold

Answer 3

Minimum amount of people required to support a service

Question 4

Market Area/Hinterland

Answer 4

The area surrounding a central place

Question 5

Central Place Theory

Answer 5

Explains location of services/settlements and their distribution patterns according to their number, size, and range. Also explains the most profitable location for a service.

Question 6

Gravity Model

Answer 6

Model that shows the ideal location of a service being determined by a locations pop and inversely related to the distance needed to travel for the service.

Question 7

Bid Rent Theory

Answer 7

Price/demand for land changes the farther you move from a CBD

Question 8

Squatters

Answer 8

People who live in a place they have no legal claim to.
LDC- Outside of city
MDC- Sometimes close to CBD

Question 9

Intensive Agriculture

Answer 9

Requires less land but more capital and labor. A lot of input and high yields

Question 10

Extensive Agriculture

Answer 10

Requires more land but less capital and labor. One crop, lower yields.

Question 11

Desertification

Answer 11

Land that used to be good for agriculture is turned into a desert

Question 12

Double cropping

Answer 12

Planting two different crops in the same field. One in winter, one in summer.

Question 13

Crop rotation

Answer 13

Rotating crops during different seasons

Question 14

Slash and Burn

Answer 14

Cutting down crops then burning them

Question 15

Value Added Crops

Answer 15

Crops a farmer can change in some way to make more money