Human Geography Theories

4 Written Questions

1. preindustrial/low education Stage 1, transition/higher formal education Stage 2, transition to professional education Stage 3, zero growth-dependent on immigration Stage 4, reverse growth-too dependent on immigration Stage 5
2. Population grows geometrically, while resources grow arithmetically; crisis point when population exceeds carrying capacity; mechanistic, apolitical; ignores distribution problems and technological innovation
3. He claimed that geography drew from four distinct traditions: the earth-science tradition, the culture-environment tradition, the locational tradition, and the area-analysis tradition.
4. Geographer from the University of California at Bed defined the concept of cultural landscape as the fundamental un-graphical analysis. This landscape results from interaction between humans and the physical environment. Sauer argued that virtually no land escaped alteration by human activities

3 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theory that states that to profit well from agriculture the farms must have either a low production cost crop or be as close to market as possible so as to utilize the lowest possible transportation cost.
   1. Von Thunens Theory
   2. Least Cost Theory
   3. Carl Sauer
   4. World System Theory
2. Central vacuums resources and uses area around for labor core periphery
   1. Carl Sauer
   2. Von Thunens Theory
   3. Least Cost Theory
   4. World System Theory
3. Transport costs vary with the bulkiness and perishability of the product. Product A is costly to transport but has a high market price and is therefore farmed near the city. Product B sells for less but has lower transport costs. At a certain distance, B becomes more profitable than A because of its lower transport costs. Eventually, product C, with still lower transport costs, becomes the most profitable product. The changing pattern of the most profitable produce is therefore seen as a series of land use rings around the city.
   1. Von Thunens Theory
   2. Carl Sauer
   3. World System Theory
   4. Least Cost Theory

3 True/False Questions

1. Neo Malthusian → Population grows geometrically, while resources grow arithmetically; crisis point when population exceeds carrying capacity; mechanistic, apolitical; ignores distribution problems and technological innovation

   True        False

2. George Perkins Marsh → Marsh argued that deforestation could lead to desertification. Referring to the clearing of once-lush lands surrounding the Mediterranean, he asserted "the operation of causes set in action by man has brought the face of the earth to desolation almost as complete as that of the moon."

   True        False

3. Rostows Stages of Development → Central vacuums resources and uses area around for labor core periphery

   True        False