Indigenous Civilizations of the Americas "ICA" FMS

Question 1

Native to a certain area.

Answer 1

Indigenous

Question 2

An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.

Answer 2

Region

Question 3

Common practices followed by people of a particular group or region.

Answer 3

Customs

Question 4

Based on or tracing descent through the female line.

Answer 4

Matrilineal

Question 5

Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s.

Answer 5

Conquistadors

Question 6

A floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops.

Answer 6

Chinampa

Question 7

“Middle America” the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America.

Answer 7

Mesoamerica

Question 8

A farming system that is the form of steps going up a mountain.

Answer 8

Terrace Farming

Question 9

1485-1547, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.

Answer 9

Hernan Cortes

Question 10

Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca empire of Peru in 1531-1533.

Answer 10

Francisco Pizarro