AP Review 2025

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Who created the least cost theory- focusing on the best situation factors (transportation costs, labor costs, and agglomeration) for industry location?

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Alfred Weber

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Who is responsible for this land-use model?

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vonThunen

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Who suggested urban areas develop in a series of rings around a CBD? (Concentric Zone Model- 1923)

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Ernst Burgess

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Who suggested that agriculture developed in separate hearths- with vegetative planting originating in SE Asia and seed agriculture originating in SW Asia?

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Carl Sauer

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What theorist suggested that one should find the range and threshold of a service in order to position its service in an advantageous market area?

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Walter Christaller

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Who suggested farmers should consider proximity to a market when determining the most profitable agricultural activity?

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Johann vonThunen

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Who created the idea of nesting of settlements within a hexagon shape?

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Christaller

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Who suggested urban areas can be categorized in to human activities that spread away from the CBD in corridors, or wedges?

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Homer Hoyt

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Who created the "laws of migration" concerning push and pull factors, distance of migration, and demographics of typical migrants?

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Ravenstein

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Who suggested that development can occur in primitive countries if they focus their efforts on developing a specific asset to sell in the international market?

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Walt Rostow