5.2 Vocab AP HUG

clustered settlement

a pattern of rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each others’ fields and surround the settlement

dispersed settlement

settlement pattern with people living relatively far from each other on their farms

linear settlements

a rural land use pattern that creates a long, narrow settlement around a river, coast, or road that looks like a line

long lot

a rural land use pattern that divides land into long, narrow lined up along a waterway or road

metes and bounds

a system of describing parcels of land where the metes are the lines (including angle and distance they surround the property) and bound describe features such as a river or public road

surveying

examining and measuring the surface of the earth for planning, preparing to build, or mapping

township and range

a system of dividing large parcels of where the townships describe how far north or south from the center point