AP Human Geography Chapter 12 Vocab Exam Solved 100% Correct

Basic Industries - ANSWER-Industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement. Business Services - ANSWER-Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses. Central Business District (CBD) - ANSWER-The area of the city where retail and office activities are clustered. Central Place - ANSWER-A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area. Central Place Theory - ANSWER-A theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther. City-State - ANSWER-A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland. Clustered Rural Settlement - ANSWER-A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement. Consumer Services - ANSWER-Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and personal services. Dispersed Rural Settlement - ANSWER-A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages. Economic Base - ANSWER-A community's collection of basic industries. Enclosure Movement - ANSWER-The process of consolidating small landholdings into smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century. Gravity Model - ANSWER-A model that holds that the potential use of a services at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service. Market Area (or Hinterland) - ANSWER-The area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services.