AP Human Geo Models and Theorists

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

• Alfred Weber
• Immanuel Wallerstein
• Halford Mackinder
• von Thunen

Who is responsible for this land-use model?

• Weber
• Malthus
• Burgess
• vonThunen

Who suggested that humans could improve food production if they use more intensive agricultural practices like fallowing less?

• Thomas Malthus
• Ester Boserup
• Ernst Burgess
• Karl Marx

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

• Homer Hoyt
• Ernst Burgess
• Harris and Ullman
• Walter Christaller

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

• Johann vonThunen
• Thomas Malthus
• Alfred Weber
• Carl Sauer

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?

• Alfred Weber
• Walter Christaller
• Homer Hoyt
• Fredrich Ratzel

What theorist suggested a state is a like a living organism- it's growth and fragmentation are a reflection of the power of the state. 

• Ravenstein
• Ratzel
• Rostow
• Wallerstein

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

• Halford Mackinder
• Alfred Weber
• Walter Christaller
• Johann vonThunen

Who suggested the Rimland is key to preventing a world-takeover? **this was the father of the containment policy"

• Nicholas Spykman
• Friedrich Ratzel
• Halford Mackinder
• Walt Rostow

Who created this idea of nestling of settlements according to range and threshold of services?

• Wallerstein
• Weber
• Christaller
• Rostow