Evolution of Geographic Theories and Ideas Answers

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. In Burgess's model of human settlement, the wealthy would live in the residential district marked by ring _____ on the image above because they would have greater access to transportation. A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

The von Thunen model of human settlement is outdated because it does not address modern transportation and city infrastructure. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

The theory of __________ states that succeeding stages of human inhabitation can affect a site over time. A. sequent occupance B. conurbanization C. cultural landscapes D. agricultural land use and development Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. In von Thunen's model of human settlement, perishable items like fruit and milk would be produced in ring _____ on the chart above because they need to get to market quickly. A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Which of the following statements about von Thunen’s theory of human settlement is true? A. Hardy field crops were located closest to the city. B. The city served as the epicenter. C. Perishable items were grown farther away from the city. D. Climate and soil quality varied throughout the land area surrounding the city. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Modern-day Mexico City sits on the site that was once Lake Texcoco, home of the Aztec civilization. This change is an example of __________. A. the concept of cultural landscape B. the Burgess model C. the Hoyt model D. the concept of sequent occupance Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. In Hoyt’s model of human settlement, factories and upper-class residential areas radiate from the center of the city along __________. A. waterways B. fields and farmland C. transportation routes D. central business districts Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Analyze the images below and answer the question that follows. Photos by National Museum of American History Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Currier & Ives, Dorothea Lange, and the US Army Corps of Engineers When studying the Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana, Alfred Meyer noted four stages of development as new groups occupied this land. In stage 1, __________, Native American communities made use of natural resources. A. fur trading B. conurbanization C. subsistence agriculture D. commercial agriculture Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

In Carl Sauer’s theory, the __________ is influenced by the site and the culture of the groups that occupy it. A. sequent occupance B. urban land C. cultural landscape D. agricultural land Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. Photos by National Museum of American History Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Currier & Ives, Dorothea Lange, and the US Army Corps of Engineers When studying the Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana, Alfred Meyer noted four stages of development as new groups occupied this land. In stage 4, __________, new cities spread across new territory and grew toward one another. A. fur trading B. subsistence agriculture C. conurbanization D. commercial agriculture Please select the best answer from the choices provided.