ap hug unit 5 mod 34

module 34

rural area

Area located outside of towns and cities; all the space, population, and housing not included in an urban area

rural settlement

Small group of people living outside of an urban area

agricultural landscape

The visible imprint of agricultural practices

grain elevator

Large storage facility for grain

suitcase farm

In U.S. commercial grain agriculture regions, a farm on which no one lives; planting and harvesting are done by hired migratory crews

silo

Round or square tower

settlement patterns

The ways in which people organize themselves on the land

clustered settlement or farm village

A tightly bunched farm settlement that has anywhere from a few dozen to several hundred inhabitants

farmstead

Center of farm operations, which includes the farmhouse, barns, shed, livestock pens, and family

dispersed settlement or isolated settlement pattern

A settlement pattern in which families live relatively distant from one another

linear settlement pattern

A settlement pattern in which buildings are arranged in a line, often along a road or river; limited to areas where legal systems dictated that property lines must be rectangular

survey methods

The methods used by surveyors to lay out property lines

cadastral survey

Systematic documentation of property ownership, shape, use, and boundaries

metes and bounds

Survey system that uses natural features such as trees, boulders, and streams to delineate property boundaries

township and range

Land survey system created by the U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785, which divides most of the country's territory into a grid of square

long-lot survey system

A unit-block surveying system whose basic unit is a rectangle that is typically 10 times longer than it is wide