AP Human Geography
3rd quarter project due 30 March
Notable Geographers and their Models/Contributions
You will create a poster (for the bulletin board, that is not free standing) for one of the notable
geographers or ideas listed below. On your poster you must have the following:
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Name of model/theory – Print/Write it big so we can see it across the room.
Geographer’s name and credentials/qualifications + The year their model was created and where
What their model is supposed to explain regarding geography?
A visual of their model or theory – use color, make it big (Can be printed)
Cite/explain a real world example (can be from the time period of the creation of Model/Theory)
Strengths of Model/Theory >Strengths of the model in Human Geography
Weaknesses of Model/Theory > Weaknesses/Issues with the model
3 Sources
 http://www.csiss.org/classics/ Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science
 http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-human-geography-coursedescription.pdf APHUG course guide
Geographers/Theories
1. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC
EDUCATION/ Five Themes of Geography
2. MAPPING/ Ptolemy
3. MAPPING/ Arno Peters
4. MAPPING/APHUG World Regions(closer
look) p. 11 APHUG Course Guide
5. MAPPING/Geographical Information
Systems
6. AGRICULTURE/J. Von Thunen
7. CLIMATE/Vladimir Koppen (classification)
8. CULTURE/Carl Sauer
9. CULTURE/Colin Renfrew
10. CULTURE/Gimbutas Indo-Europeans
11. INDUSTRY/Alfred Weber
12. INDUSTRY/August Losch
13. INDUSTRY/Harold Hotelling location
14. INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT/Immanuel
Wallerstein World system thesis
15. INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT/Walter Rostow
16. POLITICAL/Alfred Mahan sea power
17. POLITICAL/Halford Mackinder
18. POLITICAL/Nicholas Spkyman geopolitics
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POPULATION/ A. R. Omran public health
POPULATION/Ernst Ravenstein
POPULATION/Ester Boserup
POPULATION/Norman Borlaug
POPULATION/Thomas Malthus
POPULATION/Wilber Zelinsky migration
POPULATION/ John Snow public health
POPULATION/Warren Thompson
Demographic transition model
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URBAN /G. Zipf city rank size
URBAN/ E. Griffin & L. Ford Latin America
URBAN/Alonso & Ricardo
URBAN/Chauney Harris and E. Ullman
URBAN/Ernst Burgess
URBAN/Homer Hoyt
URBAN/Joel Garreau edge cities
URBAN/John Borchert transportation
URBAN-SERVICES/Walter Christaller