Definitions

Question 1

 Baseline

Answer 1

runs east and west

Question 2

 Government lots

Answer 2

land areas that are not divided in to quarters of a quarter due to location or size. Found along the edges of rivers or lakes.

Question 3

 Lots and block

Answer 3

a system for the legal description of land that refers to parcels lot and block numbers. Assessment maps.

Question 4

 Metes and bounds

Answer 4

a system for the legal description of land that refers to the parcels boundaries, which are formed by the point of beginning and all intermediate points and the courses or angular direction of each point.

Question 5

 Monument

Answer 5

a stone or other fixed object used to establish real estate boundaries.

Question 6

 Point of beginning

Answer 6

metes and bounds begin and end here.

Question 7

 Principal meridian

Answer 7

runs north and south

Question 8

 Range

Answer 8

vertical columns

Question 9

 Range lines

Answer 9

survey lines that extend due north and south at 6-mile intervals and are numbered east and west from the principal meridian. Range lines form the east and west boundaries of town ships.

Question 10

 Rectangular survey system

Answer 10

divides land in to townships and ranges approximately 6-mile square, each normally containing 36 on square miles sections of 640 acres, except when adjusted for the curvature of the earth, called government survey system.

Question 11

 Section

Answer 11

one of 36 designated areas (1-mile square)

Question 12

 Tier

Answer 12

horizontal row of town ships.

Question 13

 Township

Answer 13

this the area is between 2 township lines and 2 range lines (36 sections of 620 acres)

Question 14

 Township lines

Answer 14

lines that run east and west 6-mile intervals set the north and south boundaries of townships.

Question 15

 RPN

Answer 15

reverse polish notation