AP Services, Central Place Theory & the Informal Economy

Question 1

What does the tertiary sector of the economy primarily involve?

Accepted Answer

Providing services to consumers and businesses

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Manufacturing goods from raw materials

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Extracting natural resources from the earth

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Agricultural production and farming

Question 2

Which concept, developed by Walter Christaller, explains the size and distribution of cities based on the services they provide?

Accepted Answer

Central place theory

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Bid-rent theory

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World systems theory

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Concentric zone model

Question 3

In central place theory, the minimum number of customers needed to make a service economically viable is called the:

Accepted Answer

Threshold

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Range

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Sphere of influence

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Market area

Question 4

The 'range' in central place theory refers to:

Accepted Answer

The maximum distance consumers will travel to obtain a service

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The distance between two competing cities of equal size

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The total number of customers a city can realistically serve

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The variety of service types offered by a settlement

Question 5

The informal economy is best described as:

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Economic activities not regulated by the government and untaxed

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Economic activities conducted by government-owned agencies

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Economic activities that are officially registered and fully taxed

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Economic activities occurring exclusively in rural subsistence areas

Question 6

Outsourcing in economic geography most accurately refers to:

Accepted Answer

Contracting work to an external organization, often in another country

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Moving manufacturing to rural areas within the same country

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The relocation of an entire company's headquarters to a foreign country

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The practice of hiring seasonal workers from neighboring regions

Question 7

Which term specifically describes the relocation of business processes or services to another country to take advantage of lower labor costs?

Accepted Answer

Offshoring

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Nearshoring

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Insourcing

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Reshoring