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prehistory
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nomads | a person who has no single settled home |
| domesticate | to tame animals and to raise them to be used by humans |
| oral traditions | stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth |
| irrigation | a system that people in the ancient world used to bring water to dry land |
| agriculture | farming; harvesting of plants; raising of domesticated animals. |
| timeline | way of displaying a list of events in chronological order |
| culture | way of life for a group of people |
| "pre" | before |
| Otzi the Iceman | archaeologists learned more about him by studying his clothing, tools, and body. Determining what his last meal was and performing medical procedures, such as X-rays, on Otzi's body. |
| Archeology | examine artifacts left behind to study a part of history. |
| Catalhoyuk | a well known Neolithic community that is in present day Turkey. |