Which statement does NOT describe settlement patterns? Settlement patterns are influenced by the availability of resources. Settlement patterns are rarely influenced by political or economic factors. Settlement patterns influence the way land is used. Settlement patterns provide information about the people who live in specific areas.

Settlement patterns are rarely influenced by political or economic factors.

Explanation:

Settlement pattern is a geographical term which describes how an area or settlement appears or is viewed from the above. It can be influenced by various means, and it may gives a lot of information about the area of settlement. Settlement pattern can as well influence the usage of the land.

However, It is True to say settlement pattern can be HEAVILY influenced by the political and economic factors, such as presence of administrative office in an area, presence of markets, banks, school etc, which normally regulates the activities of a settlement and its pattern in general.

Hence, the right answer is: Settlement patterns are rarely influenced by political or economic factors.

analyze the map below and answer the question that follows.

what does the map above tell us about the endemity of typhoid fever?

a.

there is greater occurrence of the disease in the western hemisphere.

b.

there is greater occurance of the disease in the northern hemisphere.

c.

countries located in equatorial regions are more likely to have incidents of typhoid fever.

d.

typhoid fever is more rampant among caucasian populations.