Vocab Review for Chapters 12 and 13 APHG

Any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provides it is:

• Service

• Settlement

• Threshold

• Urbanization

The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered is:

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

• Core-based Statistical Area (CBSA)

• Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

The collection of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas is:

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

• Core-based Statistical Area (CBSA)

• Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Two or more contiguous core-based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns is:

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

• Core-based Statistical Area (CBSA)

• Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

An Urbanized area of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city is:

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

• Core-based Statistical Area (CBSA)

• Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together is:

• Megalopolis

• Galactic (or peripheral) Model

• Central City

• Multiple Nuclei model

A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities is:

• Galactic Model

• Business service

• Multiple nuclei model

• Gravity Model

A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged in a series of sectors, radiating out from the central business district is:

• Density Gradient

• Sector Model

• Galactic Model

• Smart Growth

A service that primarily meets the needs of other businesses is:

• Business service

• Public service

• Urbanization

• Gentrification

A business that provides services primarily to individual consumers is:

• Economic Base

• Business Service

• Consumer Service

• Urbanization

Answer explanation

Examples of a Consumer service are retail services like clothing shops and leisure services like a spa