2. Consumer service jobs include
Lawyers and bankers.
Automobile sales and assembly people.
Grocery store workers and educators.
Secretaries and engineers.
All of the answer choices are correct.

3. Consumer service jobs include
Lawyers and bankers.
Automobile sales and assembly people.
Grocery store workers and educators.
Secretaries and engineers.
All of the answer choices are correct.
Answer: C
Level of Difficulty: 1
Text Reference: 12.1
Geography Standard: 9
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Explain what a service is and identify the three basic types of services.

4. The distance you are willing to travel to purchase fresh baked bread is an example of
Threshold pricing
Range of a service
Market area of a service
Substituting one product for another due to limited trade area.
Peripheral services

5. Market area of a service
The distance you are willing to travel to purchase fresh baked bread is an example of
Threshold pricing
Range of a service
Market area of a service
Substituting one product for another due to limited trade area.
Peripheral services
Answer: B
Level of Difficulty: 3
Text Reference: 12.2
Geography Standard: 11
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Distinguish between the range of a service and a threshold of a service, citing examples.

6. _______________ explains how services are distributed and why a regular pattern of settlements exists, at least in developed countries such as the United States.
The Von Thünen model
The concentric model
The central place theory
The sector model
The distance tolerance model

7. The central place theory The sector model The distance tolerance model
_______________ explains how services are distributed and why a regular pattern of settlements exists, at least in developed countries such as the United States.
The Von Thünen model
The concentric model
The central place theory
The sector model
The distance tolerance model
Answer: C
Level of Difficulty: 1
Text Reference: 12.2
Geography Standard: 12
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Define central place theory and market area.

8. The hierarchy of rank-size distribution indicates
The primate city is the most important central place.
Development ranks low in a country’s priorities.
A country’s wealth.
Central place theory no longer applies.
The North Dakota settlement example may be scaled to an international level.

9. The hierarchy of rank-size distribution indicates
The primate city is the most important central place.
Development ranks low in a country’s priorities.
A country’s wealth.
Central place theory no longer applies.
The North Dakota settlement example may be scaled to an international level.
Answer: C
Level of Difficulty: 2
Text Reference: 12.3
Geography Standard: 2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Comprehension
Learning Outcomes: Compare and contrast the rank size rule and the primate city rule.

10. Total number of businesses. Square miles of city.
The rank of a city within the business service hierarchy is dependent on
Total number of businesses.
Square miles of city.
Composition of core-periphery relationships.
Number and types of specialized businesses and services.
All of the above
Answer: D
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Text Reference: 12.5
Geography Standard: 2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Explain how cities of the world can be placed in a hierarchy on the basis of the business services they provide.

11. Total number of businesses. Square miles of city.
The rank of a city within the business service hierarchy is dependent on
Total number of businesses.
Square miles of city.
Composition of core-periphery relationships.
Number and types of specialized businesses and services.
All of the above
Answer: D
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Text Reference: 12.5
Geography Standard: 2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Explain how cities of the world can be placed in a hierarchy on the basis of the business services they provide.

12. Developing countries’ business services competitive advantage are
Lower taxes
Relative anonymity
Offering back-office services
Lower labor costs
All of the answer choices are correct

13. Developing countries’ business services competitive advantage are
Lower taxes
Relative anonymity
Offering back-office services
Lower labor costs
All of the answer choices are correct
Answer: E
Level of Difficulty: 2
Text Reference: 12.6
Geography Standard: 11
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Explain how and why developing countries increasingly provide back-office functions.

14. A settlement’s economic base is enhanced by
Specializing in a specific service
Attracting talent
Promoting diversity
Attracting additional basic industries
All of the answer choices are correct

15. A settlement’s economic base is enhanced by
Specializing in a specific service
Attracting talent
Promoting diversity
Attracting additional basic industries
All of the answer choices are correct
Answer: E
Level of Difficulty: 2
Text Reference: 12.7
Geography Standard: 11
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Application
Learning Outcomes: Explain the findings of Richard Florida’s study of the distribution of talented individuals in the United States.

17. The figure depicts
A substantially dispersed urban settlement
A clustered linear rural settlement
A dispersed rural settlement
A rural settlement lacking a pattern
A developing suburb

18. A substantially dispersed urban settlement
The figure depicts
A substantially dispersed urban settlement
A clustered linear rural settlement
A dispersed rural settlement
A rural settlement lacking a pattern
A developing suburb
Answer: B
Level of Difficulty: 2
Text Reference: 12.8
Geography Standard: 9
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Comprehension
Learning Outcomes: Provide examples of linear and circular clustered rural settlements.
Global Science Standard: Read and interpret graphs and data.

19. Which of the following is NOT one of the very early human settlement hearths?
Mesopotamia, part of the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia
Egypt
China
Andes of South America
South Asia’s Indus Valley

20. Mesopotamia, part of the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia Egypt
Which of the following is NOT one of the very early human settlement hearths?
Mesopotamia, part of the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia
Egypt
China
Andes of South America
South Asia’s Indus Valley
Answer: D
Level of Difficulty: 3
Text Reference: 12.9 Settlements in History
Geography Standard: 17
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Identify the four hearths of permanent settlements in the ancient world and describe the kinds of services they likely provided.

22. A large percentage of people living in urban areas is a measure of a country’s level of development. The major exception to this global pattern is
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa

23. A large percentage of people living in urban areas is a measure of a country’s level of development. The major exception to this global pattern is
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Answer: D
Level of Difficulty: 3
Text Reference: 12.10
Geography Standard: 12
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcomes: Describe the dimensions of urbanization.
Global Science Standard: Read and interpret graphs and data.