Rural Settlements and Land Surveying Quiz

What is a clustered settlement?

• A rural village in which the homes and businesses are located along a single major road.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

Which term describes a rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms?

• Linear settlement

• Long lot

• Dispersed settlement

• Clustered settlement

What is land surveying?

• The process in which the boundaries of a given area of land are delineated and recorded.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• The unlawful occupation of land or an uninhabited building.

• A regional approach to land surveying common in parts of Canada, Louisiana, and Texas.

What is a linear settlement?

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

• A rural village in which the homes and businesses are located along a single major road.

What is the long lot system?

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• A regional approach to land surveying, common in parts of Canada, Louisiana, and Texas, in which land is divided into thin areas beginning at waterways and roads.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

What is the metes and bounds system?

• A regional approach to land surveying, common in parts of Canada, Louisiana, and Texas.

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

What characterizes rural areas?

• High population density and many buildings.

• Areas removed from the influence of large cities and characterized by large strips of land with relatively few buildings.

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

• A rural village in which the homes and businesses are located along a single major road.

What is squatting?

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• The unlawful occupation of land or an uninhabited building.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

What is the township and range system?

• A United States land surveying method typically divided counties into square-shaped plots, called townships, that were usually 6-mile squares.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.

• A regional approach to land surveying, common in parts of Canada, Louisiana, and Texas.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

What are land-use patterns?

• A collection of people and buildings in a rural setting where the homes and farm structures are close to each other.

• A method of land surveying using natural geography and man-made features.

• The way in which land is used within a given area.

• A rural settlement pattern consisting of isolated farms.