AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 12 INDUSTRY AND SERVICES PRACTICE SET 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER
12 INDUSTRY AND SERVICES
PRACTICE SET 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS

◉ business service. Answer: a service that primarily meets the needs of
other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation
services


◉ 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


◉ 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 service. Answer: a business that provides services primarily
to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health,
and leisure services