Human Geo - Geographers

Question 1

Malthus

Answer 1

malthusian theory - food production will be outpaced by population growth

Question 2

Ravenstein

Answer 2

laws of migration - looks at how/why people move

Question 3

Weber

Answer 3

theory of industrial location - when locating industry, people want to make money

Question 4

Rostow

Answer 4

Model of development - 5 stages of economic growth, shows economic development

Question 5

wallerstein

Answer 5

world systems theory - core, periphery, semi periphery; how countries that are at different stages in their development interact and use each other

Question 6

von thunen

Answer 6

farmers want to make the most money possible, so they will place farms where they will make the most money; The bulkier the product, the more expensive it is to transport, so the decision to grow specific crops in certain areas is based on profit

Question 7

Mackinder

Answer 7

heartland theory - if you can control eurasia, you can control the world

Question 8

spykman

Answer 8

rimland theory - countered mackinder’s theory; said world domination would happen through control of the rim of eurasia

Question 9

Mahan

Answer 9

Seapower - key to world power is controlling the seas

Question 10

Burgess

Answer 10

concentric zone model - shows the use of urban land using 5 zones, placing the urban center in the middle; population decreases as the circles go out

Question 11

hoyt

Answer 11

hoyt sector model - based on burgess’s concentric zone model, but its in centers instead of concentric circles; model of how to use the land in urban areas

Question 12

Harris and ullman

Answer 12

multiple nuclei model - Explains that cities that begin with a Central Business district(CBD) soon grow other outskirt districts, and therefore cause the original CBD to not be the central focus in a city.

Question 13

christaller

Answer 13

central place theory - settlements function as ‘central places’ providing services to the surrounding areas; anything can be a ‘central place’