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Models/Theories
Models/Theories for AP Human Geo
Question | Answer |
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Sector Model | A city develops in a series of sectors; Homer Hoyt |
Multiple Nuclei Model | A city is complex and has more than one center |
Peripheral Model | An urban area consists of an inner city surrounded by suburban residentials and services |
Environmental Determinism | The physical environment causes social development |
Possibilism | The physical environment limits some human actions, but people can adjust to their environment |
Law of the Sea | Identifies three types of water boundaries: territorial waters, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone |
Purchasing Power Parity | Adjustment made to GNI to account for differences in the cost of goods among countries |
World Systems Theory | Classifies countries as core and periphery |
Laws of Migration | distance, reasons, and characteristics of migrants |
Koppen's Map | Separates the world into five main climate regions |
Malthus' Theory | Population grows more rapidly than food supply |
Demographic Transition | Five demographic stages |
Gravity Model | Optimal service location related to the number and distance of people in the area |
Von Thunen Model | Specific crops grown in different rings |
Rostow's Model of Development | Traditional society, preconditions for takeoff, takeoff, drive to maturity, age of mass consumption |
Concentric Zone Model | A city grows outward from a central area like tree rings |