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What is the Rectangular Survey System also called?
What is the Rectangular Survey System also called?
- Public Land Survey (correct)
- Land Ownership System
- Land Use Survey
- Parcel Division System
What does the Metes and Bounds System rely on?
What does the Metes and Bounds System rely on?
Descriptions of land ownership and natural features
The Long-lot Survey System is primarily found in the western U.S.
The Long-lot Survey System is primarily found in the western U.S.
False (B)
Who designed the Township and Range system?
Who designed the Township and Range system?
The Rectangular Survey System divides land into a series of ______ parcels.
The Rectangular Survey System divides land into a series of ______ parcels.
The system of land surveying east of the Appalachian Mountains is called ______.
The system of land surveying east of the Appalachian Mountains is called ______.
What is a distinct feature of the Long-lot Survey System?
What is a distinct feature of the Long-lot Survey System?
What is the primary goal of the Township and Range system?
What is the primary goal of the Township and Range system?
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Rectangular Survey System
- Also known as the Public Land Survey.
- Used by the U.S. Land Office Survey for land division west of the Appalachian Mountains.
- Land is divided into a series of rectangular parcels.
Metes and Bounds System
- Primarily utilized for land surveying east of the Appalachian Mountains.
- Based on detailed descriptions of land ownership involving natural features like streams and trees.
Long-lot Survey System
- A regional surveying method found in Canadian Maritimes, Quebec, Louisiana, and Texas.
- Divides land into narrow parcels that extend back from rivers, roads, or canals.
Township and Range System
- Developed by Thomas Jefferson to create a rectangular land division scheme.
- Aimed to distribute settlers evenly across U.S. interior farmlands.
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