3. The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography
Chapter 12: Services
The Cultural Landscape:
An Introduction to Human Geography

4. Services Service = any activity that fulfills a human want or need
Services are located in settlements

5. Leisure and Hospitality Financial Professional (law, accounting, etc.)
Retail and Wholesale
Education
Health
Leisure and Hospitality
Financial
Professional (law, accounting, etc.)
Transportation & Info
Government paid jobs with the exception of public education

6. Banker, Rich East Teacher, Police, Fire Fighter, Bus Driver, Best Buy Employee, Starbucks Employee

7. Where Did Services Originate?
Services in early rural settlements
Early consumer services met societal needs
Examples = burial of the dead, religious centers, manufacturing centers
Early public services probably followed religious activities
Early business services to distribute and store food and track financial transactions

8. Where Did Services Originate?
Services in early urban settlements
Services in ancient cities
Earliest urban settlements Athens, Rome