Patterns

The placement of people and objects on Earth and the space between them

• linear settlements

• cluster settlements

• grid settlements

• spatial pattern

What can geographers tell from spatial patterns?

• how people build settlements

• where the houses are located

• where the rivers are located

• it is built along the length of a resource

What are the three types of spatial settlement patterns?

• Linear Settlements

• Cluster Settlements

• Grid Settlements

• Political Settlements

• Physical Settlements

This settlement pattern involves a number of buildings or houses not that close to each other but are within the same locality.

• Dispersed

• Isolated

• Nucleated

• Linear

This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.

• Dispersed

• Nucleated

• Isolated

• Linear

(Match definition to Term)-the spatial distribution of where humans inhabit the Earth

• settlement pattern

• globalization

• pandemics

• urbanization

What is a common pattern observed in urban development?

• Linear expansion

• Circular growth

• Random distribution

• Zigzag layout

Which pattern describes the arrangement of roads in a city?

• Grid pattern

• Circular pattern

• Random pattern

• Spiral pattern

What pattern is often seen in the distribution of natural resources?

• Clustered

• Linear

• Random

• Scattered

Which pattern is used to describe the spread of cultural traits?

• Diffusion pattern

• Concentration pattern

• Isolation pattern

• Random pattern