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Rural settlements are far from urban areas; their homes may be isolated or clustered.
Farm settlements provide a base for people whose livelihoods depend on farming, and some families have lived this way for generations.
Mining and quarrying settlements develop where minerals occur beneath the Earth's surface; miners work underground, and some settlements grow into small towns.
1. Which activities are examples of primary activities?
2. Regarding the spatial pattern of rural settlements, which statement is accurate?
3. Farm settlements provide which kind of support for their residents?
What are primary activities?
Work on or with land or sea to extract natural resources.
How are rural settlements located relative to urban areas and one another?
They are far from urban areas and from one another.
What spatial patterns can rural settlements have?
They may be isolated and spread out or clustered together.
What livelihood supports residents of farm settlements?
Farming.
Where do mining and quarrying settlements develop?
Where minerals occur beneath Earth's surface.
What can mining settlements grow into?
Small towns.
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