Global Geography 12: Ch. 13 Set #3: Pg 332-337
1. Identify the three basic functions that communities can be divided into serving—remember,
some communities may serve more than one function. For EACH FUNCTION TYPE describe
what it means.
NOTE: This information spans pages 332-335. When you are done this come back to
question number two. 
2. Explain what a low-order central place community is.
3. Explain what two trends are causing central place communities to lose their importance or go down
in their order.
4. Where do break-of-bulk communities usually develop?
5. What is the difference between a primary break-of-bulk city and a secondary break-of-bulk city?
6. What type of break-of-bulk city is Halifax? Describe why it fits this category.
7. Identify three different reasons a ‘specialized community’ may develop in an area—state what
resource or business caused this specialization.
8. Explain what the term location quotient means. If 5.2% of people work in the Christmas Tree
industry in New Germany and the Canadian average for people employed in the Christmas Tree
industry is 0.4% what is the LQ for New Germany with reference to the Christmas Tree industry?
9. As the value of the location quotient increases, what is true about the level of specialization of a
community?
Image of the Dartmouth
Ferry in the foreground and
one of Maersk Line
container ships in the
background. Halifax
Harbour.
What type of
functional community
is Halifax?