Module 4 Vocab

Question 1

lines in the rectangular survey system that run east to west (the main latitude lines, not the smaller ones)

Answer 1

Baseline

Question 2

Land areas that are not divided into quarters of a quarter due to location or size; usually lie along the northern and western borders of a township and along the edges of rivers or lakes, and extend from the border or waterline to the first quarter of a quarter

Answer 2

Government Lots

Question 3

A system for the legal description of land that refers to parcels’ lot and block numbers, which appear on recorded maps and plats of subdivided land; may also be used for assessment maps

Answer 3

Lot and Block (recorded plat)

Question 4

A system for the legal description of land that refers to the parcel’s boundaries, which are formed by the point of beginning and all intermediate points and the courses or angular direction of each point

Answer 4

Metes and bounds

Question 5

A stone or other fixed object used to establish real estate boundaries

Answer 5

monument

Question 6

Where the metes and bounds begin and end

Answer 6

point of beginning (POB)

Question 7

the main longitude lines in the rectangular survey system that run north and south. 35 in the US.

Answer 7

Principal meridian

Question 8

Vertical column of townships

Answer 8

range

Question 9

One of a series of government survey lines that extend due north and south at six-mile intervals and are numbered east or west from the principal meridian. These form the east and west boundaries of townships.

Answer 9

range lines

Question 10

A land survey system used in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and all states north of the Ohio River or west of the Mississippi River except Texas; divides land into townships and ranges approximately six miles square, each normally containing 36 one-square-mile sections of 640 acres, except when adjusted for the curvature of the earth.

Answer 10

Rectangular (government) survey

Question 11

One of the 36 designated areas of land, each approximately one square mile, into which each township is divided; 640 acres

Answer 11

section

Question 12

A ___ is a horizontal row of townships (aka: township ____)

Answer 12

tier

Question 13

The area between 2 township lines and two range lines; normally contains 36 sections of approximately 640 acres each

Answer 13

township

Question 14

Survey lines that run east and west at six-mile intervals north and south of a baseline and form the north and south boundaries of townships

Answer 14

Township lines

Question 15

measures that include direction and distance

Answer 15

Metes

Question 16

terminal points that in some cases are landmarks or monuments

Answer 16

bounds

Question 17

A full circle contains 360 degrees in the metes and bounds system and is called ____

Answer 17

degree

Question 18

each degree is divided into 60 parts that are called ____

Answer 18

minutes

Question 19

each minute is divided into 60 parts called ____

Answer 19

seconds

Question 20

6 miles x 6 miles; 6 miles square; 36 square miles; containing 36 sections are all ways to describe a _____

Answer 20

township

Question 21

320 acres

Answer 21

1/2 section

Question 22

1/4 of 1/4 of 1/4 of 1/4 Section

Answer 22

2.5 acres

Question 23

1/4 section

Answer 23

160 acres

Question 24

1/4 of 1/4 section

Answer 24

40 acres

Question 25

1/4 of 1/4 of 1/4 section

Answer 25

10 acres