Question

Land parcels in the American Midwest tend to be rectilinear because Group of answer choices Spanish colonists laid out settlements in a rigid geometric pattern there were no mountains or rivers to use as boundaries Native American settlement patterns were rectangular the federal survey system adopted in the late eighteenth century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape English-speaking settlers replicated the landscape patterns of England

Answer 1

Answer:

the federal survey system adopted in the late eighteenth century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape

Explanation:

Land parcels in the American Midwest tend to be rectilinear because "the federal survey system adopted in the late eighteenth century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape."

One of the main reasons for the is that the federal government sought to partition federal lands and convey them to private ownership.

Hence, the correct answer in this situation is that "the federal survey system adopted in the late eighteenth century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape."