7th Grade CST Review Task List
Hierarchy/
Government
Maya/Inca/Aztec
King-> Nobles->
Priests and
Warriors->
Craftsmen->
Farmers and
slaves
China in the Middle Ages
King-> Noble->
Scholars->
Merchants->
Farmers-> Slaves
Medieval Japan
Fall of Rome
Ghana/Mali
Religion(s)/
Impact on
Today
Gods influenced
daily life.
Believed if they
give blood it
would prevent
accidents. Were
never forced to
worship their
religion.
Trade/
Economy
Sent some of their
crops to the king in
place of taxes.
Everyone worked
together and worked
long, hard hours.
Achievements
Key people
Advance warfare,
invented
dominoes and
mines.
Slaves created Grand
Canal. Used silk roads
to trade goods.
Traded silk, jade,
ivory, gold, horses,
and spices.
Shinto and
Buddhism.
Polytheistic.
Highly
influenced by
the Greeks.
Islamic and
Christianity.
Excelled in art and
writing.
Military, created
aqueduct, the
road, and arched
bridges. 12 tablets
system. Created
the dome.
Diocletian,
Constantine,
Constantinople,
Clovis, Attila,
Augustus.
Almoravids,
Tunka Manin,
Sundiata Keita,
Summary
Rise of Islam
Run on the rules
of the Qur’an
Fastest growing
religion,
monotheistic,
founded on
teachings of
Muhammad. 5
pillars. Sunni
and Shi’a
Formed to keep Islam
at the top of the
charts, around
teachings of Islamic
behavior.
Excelled in
medicine,
amazing schools,
paper mail, art,
and literature.
Cities prospered,
started taxing people,
Italian cities were
trade centers,
Justinian’s code,
advancement in
agriculture,
Cathedrals,
amazing trade.
Leonardo Da Vinci
created the Mona
Lisa, Michelangelo
designed the
Sistine Chapel,
excelled in
Theatrical plays,
medicine, and
literature
Medieval Europe
Renaissance
Reformation
King-> Royal
Advisors-> Land
owners->
Merchant->
Farmer->
Peasant
Catholic
Switched from
Catholicism to
Protestant.
People stood up
for what they
believed in. Marin
Luther changed
how a lot of
people thought,
Martin Luther
made his own
church.
Mansa Musa,
and Maghan
Muhammad,
Fatimah
(Muhammad’s
daughter), Abu
Bakr, Mehmed
II, Akbar
Marco Polo,
William Tell,
Thomas Becket,
Jack Cade,
Dante Alighieri
Leonardo Da
Vinci,
Michelangelo
Buonarotti,
William
Shakespeare,
Johann
Gutenberg,
Baldassare
Castiglione,
Scientific Revolution
Age of Exploration
Enlightenment
N/A
N/A
Scientists believed
that if they improved
the government they
could improve society.
Discovered that
the sun was the
center of the solar
system
Developed the
Scientific Method.
Invented
telescope dn
barometer.
Nicholas
Copernicus,
Johannes
Kepler, Galileo
Galilei, Rene
Descartes,
Isaac Newton