AP Human Geography: Exam Study Guide
PEOPLE IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
1. Idrisi
2. Thomas Malthus
3. Halford Mackinder
4. Johan H. Von Thunen
5. Ester Boserup
6. Alfred Weber
7. August Losch
8. Willy Brandt
9. W.W. Rostow
10. Walter Christaller
11. Harold Hotelling
12. Nicholas Spykman
13. Eratosthenes
14. Edward Ullman
a. central place theory
b. population growth forces a shift from extensive to intensive agriculture
c. heartland theory – interior of Eurasia would provide a base for world conquest
d. spatial interaction is determined by complimentarity, transferrability, and intervening opportunity
e. least cost theory – locational triangle
f. food supply increases arithmetically and population increases exponentially
g. model for how price of agricultural commodities determines land utilization
h. coined the name “Geography” over 2200 years ago
i. made generalizations regarding levels of economic development; classified the “North” as developed and the “South as underdeveloped
j. locational interdependence theory – ice cream vendors on the beach
k. Muslim scholar who compiled “Roger’s Book”, one of the first known collections of maps
l. Profit maximization Theory – “the correct location of a business lies where the net profit is greatest
m. Theory that all developing countries pass through five successive stages of economic development
n. Rimland theory – control of the coastal fringes of Eurasia are the key to world conquest and dominance
THEORIES AND MODELS (Free-Response Questions)
1. Spatial Interaction Model
2. Distance Decay
3. The Gravity Model
4. Population Pyramids
5. Demographic Transition Model
6. Malthusian Theory
7. Environmental Determinism
8. Possibilism
9. Multilinear Evolution / Independent Invention
10. Heartland Theory
11. Rimland Theory
12. The Green Revolution
13. Von Thunen’s Model (Rings)
14. Principles of Location of Manufacturing
15. Least-Cost Theory
16. Locational Interdependence Theory
17. Profit Maximization Approaches
18. Core-Periphery Model
19. Rostow’s Stages of Growth
20. Physical Quality of Life Index
21. Economic Base Theory
22. Christaller’s Central Place Theory
23. Urban land use and growth models:
a. concentric zones
b. sectors
c. multiple-nuclei