Settlement Patterns

Most of the earliest settlements were located near which natural resource?

• Coal

• Iron ore

• Cattle

• Freshwater

Why were trade routes important for settlements?

• Because people liked to travel

• Because resources were not distributed evenly 

• Because people didn't want to trade

• Because people wanted to settle by water

What are the three types of spatial settlement patterns?

• Linear Settlements

• Cluster Settlements

• Grid Settlements

• Political Settlements

• Physical Settlements

Which type of settlement is mostly likely to be found along a river?

• Grid Settlement

• Cluster Settlement

• Linear Settlement

Which type of area would a person who wants to work in agriculture want to live?

• an urban area

• a suburban area

• a rural area

• the ocean

What is the term for when several large cities have grown together and meet?

• metropolitan area

• megalopolis

• mega city

• urbanization

How is life in urban areas different than in rural areas?

• Rural areas are more heavily populated than urban areas 

• Rural areas have more public transportation systems than urban areas

• In urban areas there are more businesses and commerical buildings than in rural areas 

• In urban areas, more jobs are related to agriculture than in rural areas  

Communities that are laid out according to a network of transportation routes are

• linear settlements

• cluster settlements

• grid settlements

• megalopolis

Any place where a community is established is a

• megalopolis

• settlement

• metropolitan area

• rural

Communities that are grouped along the length of a resource are

• linear settlements

• cluster settlements

• grid settlements

• spatial pattern