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26 Cards in this Set
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dispersed rural settlement
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characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements
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basic indrustries
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export primarily to consumers outside the settlement
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business services
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facilitate other businesses
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central business district (CBD)
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contains a large percentage of the shops, offices, and public institutions
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central place
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a market center for the exchange of goods and services by people attracted from the surrounding area
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central place theory
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explains how services are distributed and why a regular pattern of settlement exists
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city-state
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independent self-governing communities that include the settlement and nearby countryside
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clustered rural settlement
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includes homes, barns, tool sheds, and other farm structures, plus personal services
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consumer services
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provide services to individual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them
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economic base
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a community's unique collection of basic industries
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enclosure movement
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movement in Great Britain between 1750 and 1850; started because the European countries wanted to improve agricultural production
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gravity model
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predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it
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market area (or hinterland)
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the area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted
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nonbasic industries
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enterprises whose customers live in the same community
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personal services
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provide services for the well-being and personal improvement of individual consumers
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primate city
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the largest city of a country
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primate city rule
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the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement according to this rule
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producer services
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provide services primarily to help people conduct other business
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public services
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provide security and protection for citizens and businesses
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range (of a service)
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the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
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rank-size rule
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a regular pattern produced by ranking settlements from largest to smallest by population
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retail services
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provide goods for sale to consumers
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service
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any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it
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settlement
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a permanent collection of buildings, where people reside, work and obtain services
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transportation and information services
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businesses that diffuse and distribute services
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threshold
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the minimum number of people needed to support a service
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