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A.P Geography review
All terms for the test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emest Burgos (People) | concentric zone model |
| Alfred Weber (People) | Industrial State model |
| Johann Von Thunen (People) | Von Thunen model; isolated state |
| Walt bostow (People) | Rostwos development model |
| Friedrich Ratzel (people) | Native american claimed that geography was the study of the influences of the natural enviorment on people |
| Thomas Malthus (People) | English econimist was one of the first to argue that the worlds rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food supplies. |
| Carl Sauer (People) | possibilism, cultural landscape |
| Larry Ford & Ernst Griffin (People) | Latin America city model |
| Homr Hoyt (People) | created the sector model in 1939, was a land economist. |
| William Denvan (people) | Anthropgegaphie father of human geography |
| Walter Christaller (People) | central place theory |
| Central Business Distric (CBD) (Urban Centers) | The area of the city where retail and offices activities are clusterd. |
| Central place theory | a theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements sserve as centers for the market place. |
| Galactic city model (Urban Centers) | also known as the latin america city model |
| Site & Situation (Urban Centers) | the physical characterstics of a place; the location of a place relative to others. |
| Squatter settlements (Urban Centers) | a shanty town ( also called a slum or favella); a settelment for impoverish people |
| Primate city (Urban centers) | The largest settlement in a country |
| Edge city | a large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area |