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WorksheetsAP Human Geo Models and Theorists
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who created the least cost theory- focusing on the best situation factors (transportation costs, labor costs, and agglomeration) for industry location?
a)
Alfred Weber
b)
Immanuel Wallerstein
c)
Halford Mackinder
d)
von Thunen
2.
Who is responsible for this land-use model?
a)
Weber
b)
Malthus
c)
Burgess
d)
vonThunen
3.
Who suggested that humans could improve food production if they use more intensive agricultural practices like fallowing less?
a)
Thomas Malthus
b)
Ester Boserup
c)
Ernst Burgess
d)
Karl Marx
4.
Who suggested urban areas develop in a series of rings around a CBD? (Concentric Zone Model- 1923)
a)
Homer Hoyt
b)
Ernst Burgess
c)
Harris and Ullman
d)
Walter Christaller
5.
Who suggested that agriculture developed in separate hearths- with vegetative planting originating in SE Asia and seed agriculture originating in SW Asia.
a)
Johann vonThunen
b)
Thomas Malthus
c)
Alfred Weber
d)
Carl Sauer
6.
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?
a)
Alfred Weber
b)
Walter Christaller
c)
Homer Hoyt
d)
Fredrich Ratzel
7.
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.
a)
Ravenstein
b)
Ratzel
c)
Rostow
d)
Wallerstein
8.
Who suggested farmers should consider proximity to a market when determining the most profitable agricultural activity?
a)
Halford Mackinder
b)
Alfred Weber
c)
Walter Christaller
d)
Johann vonThunen
9.
Who suggested the Rimland is key to preventing a world-takeover? **this was the father of the containment policy"
a)
Nicholas Spykman
b)
Friedrich Ratzel
c)
Halford Mackinder
d)
Walt Rostow
10.
Who created this idea of nestling of settlements according to range and threshold of services?
a)
Wallerstein
b)
Weber
c)
Christaller
d)
Rostow
11.
Who suggested urban areas can be categorized in to human activities that spread away from the CBD in corridors, or wedges?
a)
Thomas Malthus
b)
Harris and Ullman
c)
Ernst Burgess
d)
Homer Hoyt
12.
Who created the "laws of migration" concerning push and pull factors, distance of migration, and demographics of typical migrants?
a)
Malthus
b)
Sauer
c)
Rostow
d)
Ravenstein
13.
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?
a)
Johann vonThunen
b)
Alfred Weber
c)
Walt Rostow
d)
Friedrich Ratzel
14.
Who is responsible for this model regarding population and food production?
a)
Malthus
b)
Boserup
c)
Sauer
d)
Rostow
15.
Who is responsible for the Concentric Zone model of urban development?
a)
Burgess
b)
Hoyt
c)
Harris and Ullman
d)
Griffin-Ford
16.
Who is responsible for the creation of the Latin-American city model?
a)
Burgess
b)
Hoyt
c)
Harris and Ullman
d)
Griffin-Ford
17.
Who created the World System's Theory- where they core countries exploit the semi-periphery and peripheral countries?
a)
Rostow
b)
Wallerstein
c)
Gunder Frank
d)
Ratzel
18.
Who is responsible for the idea that human population will outgrow food supply?
a)
Malthus
b)
VonThunen
c)
Boserup
d)
Wallerstein
19.
Who developed the following model?
a)
Burgess
b)
Hoyt
c)
Griffin-Ford
d)
Harris and Ullman
20.
Who developed the following model?
a)
Hoyt
b)
Burgess
c)
Griffin-Ford
d)
Harris and Ullman
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