托福詞彙

broad period when stone tools were central technologies

石器時代

implement made by shaping stone

石器；石製工具

transfer of a throne or ruling position

王位繼承；統治權承繼

flat slab used as a writing surface

書寫用泥板；石板

constructed place for burying the dead

墓；墓室

investigate how something first developed

追溯……的起源

regular path used to move goods between places

貿易路線；商路

crossing or connecting opposite sides of the Atlantic

橫跨大西洋的；大西洋兩岸之間的

estimating wood age by matching growth patterns

樹輪定年法；年輪定年法

payment made to acknowledge a stronger ruler's power

貢品；貢賦

discover buried objects by digging

挖掘出；使出土

collective resistance against established authority

起義；反抗

person owing service and loyalty to a lord

封臣；附庸

information about past activity preserved in writing

文字紀錄；書面紀錄