7. All the following are settlement patterns except A. nodal.
B. ribbon.
C. rural.
D. terminus.

D. terminus.

Explanation:

Nodal, ribbon and rural are types of settlement pattern, which are geographic settlement formats that refer to the way a geographic space is organized either in a natural way or with human intervention. There are several different types of settlement pattern, however, terminus is not one of them, as it does not represent any type of geographic organization.

d - failures.

the only attempted british colony in north america before 1600 was roanoke, virginia, which was a total failure. england claimed several areas, including newfoundland, but made no sustainable attempts to colonize them before 1600.

answer; grew into towns and cities;