| Question |
Answer |
| Environmental Determinism (cultural change theories) | belief that physical environment is solely responsible for shaping human actions and behaviors |
| Possibilism (cultural change theories) | belief that ppl and not environment are the forces responsible for shaping culture |
| Rostow model (economic development models) | -1950's gauge of economic development based on WESTERN pt. of view...contains 6 stages of development...
-Traditional societies
-Preconditions for takeoff
-Takeoff
-Drive to maturity
-Age of high Mass consumption
-Post industrial (theoretical/debati |
| World systems model | -1970' : looks at economic development based on relationships b/t countries
-core: consists of economically dominant partners
-sub-periphery and periphery = less dominant and typically contain more basic level employment...they're reliant upon core |
| Primary sectors | agricultural and extractive activities-relied upon by many developing nations. |
| Secondary sectors | processing activities-manufacturing, construction and power production. Many developing nations support secondary activities w/ lower labor costs than developed countries |
| Tertiary sectors | service activities...many developed countries' economies are dominated by tertiary sector jobs |
| Quaternary sectors | informational activities |
| Quinary sectors | new theoretical sector w/in quaternary sector of high level management jobs |
| Gravity model | H. Carey---laws: large cities have greater drawing power for ppl than smaller cities
-breaking pt.- ppl will not be drawn to city to meet their needs |
| Distance decay | describes decline of attractive pull something has with increasing distance from pt. of origin.
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| Central place theory | W. Christaller-1930's: central place =market center used for an exchange of goods and services. (ppl attracted to CBD from surrounding area) |
| Central place theory... | larger settlements are fewer and farther apart; they exist to provide greater variety of services and specialized goods (EX: museums and symphonies) that ppl are willing to travel greater distance for. |
| Threshold | minimum # of ppl needed to support procut or activity |
| range | distance ppl are willing to travel for product of activity |
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