M OST IMPORTANT G EOGRAPHERS /T HEORIES B E ABLE TO MATCH THE PERSON TO THEIR THEORY / MODEL B E ABLE TO RECOGNIZE / CLASSIFY THE THEORY / MODEL CLIMATE Koppen Theory Climate classifications DEV/RESOURCES Rostow Wallerstein Thompson Theories/CONCEPTS > Stages of eco growth, world systems theory Demographic Transition Pop/Migration Boserup Malthus Ravenstein Zelinsky Omran Carey Ratzel (again) THEORIES/CONCEPTS > Gravity model-migration push & pull factors, population & food supply issues rural to urban migration, Ties b/t population growth & economic growth, Culture > M. Gimbutas C. Renfrew Sauer Ratzel THEORIES/CONCEPTS > Language diffusion (military vs agriculture…) environmental determinism Possiblism,

Esther Boserup Population and economic growth theory – as the population grows, ppl will find a way through development to adapt

Thomas MalthusTheory of overpopulation – population has exponential growth and agriculture has arithmetic growth

FRIEDRICH RATZEL ORGANIC THEORY OF STATE GROWTH + ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM - Natural surroundings rule human action A RAT is ORGANIC/alive RATs live in the environment Who is the boss of you?

Ernst RavensteinGravity model of migration & Laws of Migration RAVENS fly

Collin Renfrew Language diffusion by agricultural means C ollin/Agri C ultu re

Walter Rost ow Stages of economic gr ow th/development Be able to name the stages w/country examples

Carl Sauer Possibilism Humans can alter their environment Who is the boss of you?

Immanuel Wallerstein World Systems Theory Wallerstein = World

Anatolian Hearth theory/Renfrew Correlation b/t source areas of 3 agricultural centers and 3 major languages A natolia/ A gricultu re

Gimbutas Kurgan/Military hearth theory for language diffusion K urgan/ C onques t GiM BOOT tas/ M iltiary boots

Core-Periphery model Places/regions can’t develop equally, somebody has to be poor!

Wilbur Zelinsky Migration Transition model (comparable to Demographic Transition)

Demographic Transition Model Birth and mortality rates are tied to stages of development

Dependency TheoryPoor country’s economy is tied to a rich country, usually it’s former colonizer

Gravity model of migration (Relationship b/t volume of migration and distance from source & destination is inverse) used to predict the degree of interaction between two places

Migration Theory (forces) Push-Pull Forces impact migration choices FORCED VOLUNTARY IMPELLED CHAIN

World Systems Theory Development is applicable across scales – local to regional to global