U5 Practice FRQ - Von Thunen

The drawings below reflect agricultural activities in the hinterland of a large urban area

Explain the underlying principles of Von Thunen’s agricultural land-use model by predicting the locations of the activities shown in X and Y relative to a large urban area.

Choose either X or Y below and describe the underlying principles of Von Thunen’s agricultural land-use model to explain the location of the activity.

Explain two factors for why agricultural land-use patterns today differ from those developed by Von Thunen’s model in 1826.