7th Grade CST Review Task List
Hierarchy/
Government
Maya/Inca/Aztec
Religion(s)/
Impact on
Today
Maya: They had an upper Maya:
class and a lower class as
well as a leader that was a
“god”.
Leader:
Lead religious ceremonies,
military, and wore fancy
clothes. The people
considered him a god.
Higher class: Priests (who
lead/helped in religious
ceremonies, and used
math and astrology to help
with ceremonies),
merchants (who directed
trade and supply
distribution/transportation
between cities), and
warriors (who pained
themselves red and black
and wore elaborate
clothing during the
battles).
Lower class: Farmers
(usually). Had to serve in
the army, give some crop
They
believed that
the gods
influenced
daily life.
There were
many gods
and
goddesses
who would
impact life,
with of the
most
infamous
being the
sun god. The
people
thought that
you would
need to give
blood to
prevent
accidents.
For special
occasions,
Trade/
Economy
Achievements
Agriculture
and trade for
Aztecs. They
rotated the
crops to get
the most of
the land.
Cocoa beans
were the
most
important.
INCA: Trade.
There was
no money
system, so
people paid
with crops
and other
materials.
They would
mostly trade
fabric and
cloth.
MAYA:
mainly
trading
Aztec
1.Army
2.Huge trade network
3.Tenochitchitlan
4.Causeways
5. Floating gardens.
Inca
1.Irrigation techniques
2.Tax system
3.Well organized
government
4.Distribution system
5.Machu Picchu
Maya:
1.Use of obsidian
2.trade system
3.Cities
4.Warfare
5. Government
Key people
Aztec/Inca/Maya
1. Montezuma 2
2. Hernando Cortex.
3. Pascal
4.Pizarro
5.Pachacuti
Summary
Some important
people for all 3
empires were
Montezuma 2,
Hernanndo Cortes,
Pacal, Pizarro, and
Pachacuti. The
Aztecs had a huge
trade network, a
impressive city,
causeways, and
floating gardens. The
Incas had fancy
irrigation techniques,
a tax system, a well
organized
overnment, a
distribution syste for
resources, and a
great capital. The
mayans had great
uses for Obsidian, a
trade system,
advanced cities,
warfare, and a great
government. The
to the government, some
land, and some other
resources. They worked on
temples and construction
projects.
they gave
more blood.
Sometimes,
they even
made human
sacrifices at
Aztec:
the temples.
[Tier 1] king and nobles:
Human
The kind was one of the
victims
most important people in
(usually
the empire. His palace
contained 3,000 slaves, an slaves)
aviary (300 slaves helped), would have
their hearts
and a zoo (300 saves for).
cut out and
His giant responsibilities
were too big for him to do offered to
the gods.
alone, so he had tax
They
collectors and nobles to
thought that
help.
there was an
[Tier 2] priests and
underworld
warriors: Warriors were
and a godly
very important for the
society. They would fight in place.
Everyone
wars and would conquer
had an
new lands to gain more
animal
money, and also find
companion,
sacrifices to preform
ceremonies. Priests would where the
kings would
keep the calendar for
have a
ceremonies, pass down
Jaguar.
history and stories, and
Aztec:
preform ceremonies (and
sacrifices).
Like the
[Tier 3]Merchants and
Mayans, the
artisans: merchants and
Aztec was
products and
valuable
items, with
most of the
economy
being for
agriculture.
Mayans and Incas
both had a upper
and lower class,
while the Aztecs had
a tier system. T1:
king and nobles, T2:
priests and warriors,
T3: merchants and
artizans, and T4:
farmers and slaves.
The Aztecs and
mayans both had
relgions where blood
and sacrifices wer
enessesary, while
the Incas did not.
Most of them had a
agriculture economy
(Except Mayans who
mostly traded).
artisans usually became
rich as they sold a traded
their objects to other
people and leaders and
priests.
[tier 4]Farmers: most
citizens were farmers, and
lived a rough life. They had
to live in mud and stick
houses, and had to pay
rough taxes that made it
hard to survive. Life
improved if you joined the
military.
Inca:
Upper class:
The upper class would help
make the empire run, and
had servants and no taxes.
The women however,
would have the duties on
the other women.
Lower class:
THERE WERE NO SLAVES IN
THE SOCIETY. Most people
were farmers and artisans.
They were the army, paid
taxes, and wore plain
clothes, unbelievably, by
law. They were selfeducated. They however,
would not be able to own
more than they needed.
polytheistic.
They would
have
sacrifices
and bleeding
to please
their gods.
They would
sacrifice
one’s heart
to the rain
god. Over
10,000
people were
sacrificed
each year.
Inca:
They never
forced their
conquered
people to
worship their
religion.
They would
perform
ceremonies
for the sun
god, and
would try to
tie down the
sun to stop it
from
disappearing
in winter.
China in the
Middle Ages
King/emperor: appointed
people to help and enforce
his rule, lead ceremonies
Nobles: kept an area in
check with rules and the
emperor.
Scholars: Well educate
appointed officials to deal
with legal issues.
Merchants: transported
stuff on the silk road.
Farmers: grew things using
human manure (lack of
animal manure).
Slaves: helped the society,
ether captured in war or
worked on farms. They
were killed to help their
leader get to the afterlife.
Medieval Japan
Emperor(FAKE)
Warlords
They
thought that
the kings
were related
to the sun
god, so they
never died.
1.
Confucius:
morals,
respect, and
honesty.
2. Buddhism:
Happiness,
virtue, and
all life is a
virtue.
3. Daoism:
BE one with
nature and
with the
universe.
Shinto and
Buddhism.
Uses slaves
to help build
the grand
canal to link
the south
and north
China.
Used silk
road to
transport
goods
throughout
china and
throughout
Europe.
Silk, jade
ivory, gold,
houses, and
spices.
1. Hand Grenade
2.Dominos
3.Frag grenade
4.Land mine
5.Advanced warfare
1.Yang Jian
2.Taizong
3.Xuanzong
4.Empress Wu
5.Genhis Kahn
Farming
1.educated women
2.Educated men
1.Ainu (I know it’s not
a person but it’s the
In mideval china, the
king/emporer was
one of the rulers,
followed by te
nobles, scolars,
merchants, and
farmers. There were
3 religions, which
wer mostly
Confucius,
Buddhism, and
Daoism. They used
slaves to link and
transport items
around china. They
invented Dominos,
Hand Grenades, Frag
grenades, Land
mines, and advanced
warfare. The omst
important people
were Yang Jian,
Taizong, Xuanzong,
Empress Wu, and
Genhis Kahn.
Midieval Japan was a
military society with
Warriors
Peasants
Fall of Rome
The government was an
empire, where one official
had all the power (even
though there was a senate)
Polytheistic
religion,
stolen from
the Greeks.
The roman
forms of
them were
more
infuriated
and had
different
names.
Economy
was farming
and
construction.
3.Art
4.science
5.litature.
first society)
2.Prince Shotoku
3.Confucius
4. Sei Shonagon
5.Shikibu
Achievements:
Military
Aqueducts, roads,
arching bridges,
bathhouses, theaters,
and cities.
200 year old empire.
12 tablets system of
morals.
Domes, arches.
Coliseum of Rome.
1. Diocelen: divided
the empire.
2. Constantine: first
Christian emperor.
Moved
3. Clovis: King of
Franks. Strongest
Germanic ruler,
Christian.
4. Attila the Hun:
Invaded
Constantinople,
Greece, Rome, and
northern Italy. Feared
a figurehead
emperor, warloards,
warriors, and
peasants. The
religions were Shinto
and Buddhism. The
only economy was
farming. The
achievements of this
society were
educated women,
educated men, art,
science, and litature.
Some of the
important people
were the Ainu
society, Prince
SHotoku, Confucius,
Sei Shonagon, and
Shikibu.
The fall of rome was
te fall of one of the
last giant empires.
The government was
a empire, where one
person has most of
the power, but had a
senate also. The
religion was mostly
greek religion but
with roman names
and more aggressive
stories. The economy
was mostly farming
by the romans.
5. Augustus: first
emperor of Rome.
Ghana/Mali
Mali had a king and
farmers as well as slaves.
Ghana
Ghana was
Christian and
Islam
Mali was
Islam.
Salt was
important,
as well as
farming.
(Ghana).
Trade and
farming was
important
for Mali.
Ghana:
1.Advanced tax
system
2. Military.
3. Advanced trade.
Mali: Cotton and
farming
Great king.
1. Amoravids:
attacked
Ghana to force
them to Islam.
2. Tunka Manin:
peak of the
Ghana
civilization.
3. Sundiata: Mali
creator.
4. Mansa Musa:
Ruler at the
height of the
Mali
environment.
and construction.
They moved forward
in military,
aqueducts, roads,
archig nbridges,
bathouses, theaters,
and cities. The
empire was 200+
years old, had 12
tablets of mores,
domes, arches, and
the massive
coliseum. Some
people who were
important are:
Agustus, Attila the
Hun, Clovus,
Constantine, and
Diocelen.
Rise of Islam
Tyranny.
One leader listens to the
representatives and
controls everything.
One of the
fastest
growing
religions.
Divided into
Shia and
Sunni
Muslims.
Five pillars.
Tried to
keep the
Islamic rules.
Had a great
economy.
1. Medicine.
2. Scholars.
3. paper mail
4. art
5. Lititure.
Medieval Europe
Kings, then nobles, then
merchants, then peasants.
Christianity.
Agriculture.
1.Trade
2.Agricultire
3. Justin’s code.
4.building
5. Guilds.
5. Meghan: ruler
that weakened
Mani.
1. Muhammad.
2.Fatimah
3.Abu Bakr: first caliph
4.Mehmed: conquered
Constantinople
5. Akbar: conquered
much of India.
1.Dante
2.Jack Cade
3.Thomas Becket
4. Marco polo
5.William tell
One of the largest
growing religions is
Islam, and some of
the most important
people in it’s early
history include
Muhammad(who
else?) Fatimah, Abu
Bakr, Mehmed, and
Akbar. The
economy was
dominated by the
government and
farmers trying to
keep the Islamic
rules. The
government, which
was controlled by
one powerfull ruler,
advanced in
Medicine, scolars,
paper mail, art and
Lititure.
The medieval
europes hiarchichy
consists of Kings,
then nobles, then
merchants, and lastly
peasants. The main
religion was
Christianity and the
Renaissance
1.King
2.Advisors
3.Land owners
4.Merchants
5.Farmers
6.Pheasents
Christian or
Catholic.
Christianity
spread.
Cities grew,
trade routes
grew, and
trade was a
major
economy.
Banking.
1.Art (Mona Lisa)
2.Science
3.Litature (theatre,
famous poems)
4.Medicine(dissection
5.Archetecture
(Sistine Chapel)
1.Leonardo Da Vinci
2.Michelangelo
Buonarotti
3.William Shakespeare
4.Johann Gutenberg
5.Balkassare
Castiglione
Reformation
Kings, preachers, /advisors,
land owners, merchants,
then pheasants.
People
started to
switch from
Catholic to
Protestant.
Renaissance.

1. Martin Luther
2.John Calvin
3.William Tyndale
4.King Henry 8
5.Saint Ignatius
During the
Reformation, people
didn't particularly like
the way that the
Roman Catholic
church used the
'selling of
righteousness'
method, so they
main source of
economy was
agriculture. Some of
the achievements
were trade,
agriculture, Justin’s
code, building, and
guilds. Dante, Jack
Cade, Thomas
Becket, Marco polo,
and William tell.
The renaissance was
a leap in art, science,
litature, medicine,
and architecture.
The people that
were leading the
leap were Leonardo
Da Vinchi,
Michelangelo,
Buonarotti, William
Shakespeare, Johann
Gutenberg, and
Balkassare
Castiglione.
The reformation was
lead by Martin
luther, John Calvin,
William Tyndale,
King Henry 8, and
Saint Ignatius. The
economy and
hiarchy didn’t
change much.
Scientific
Changed the government.
Religion lost
Same as
protested and stood
up for what they
believed in.

Martin Luther
changed the way
people thought by
showing the churches
that it wasn't right for
people to 'pay their
way into heaven'.

Martin Luther
became fed up with
the Catholic churches,
so he decided to carry
on and make his own
church called the
'Lutheran' church.

People started
to realize that the only
way to get into
heaven was by
becoming more holy
and to have faith in
God.
This changed many
things, as people
started to realize that
they should live a
better life, and try not
to sin. This made
people start to live
much better lifestyles
than the before.
1. earth no longer
However, people
started to switch to
Protestant and
started questioning
the churches Ideals.
They didn’t like the
selling righteousness
ideals, and paying
your way into
heaven.
1. Galileo Galilei
The scientific
Revolution
The religious part of the
government was changed
and put in using the
science to change it.
is prime
figure in the
government.
renaissance
center of the universe
2.scientific method
3. North America!
4.telescope
5.Barometer
2. Isaac Newton
3.Nicolas Copernicus
4.Rene Descartes
5.Johanus Kepler
Age of
Exploration
Mercantilism: the
government controls all
trade to help the
government.
The
explorers
forced the
natives and
spread
Christianity
to the new
world.
The trade
The
economy
was
sponsoring
and helping
trade as well
as the trade
of gold,
silver, and
1.new animal and
plant discoveries
2.New maps and
explored areas
3.New colonies
4.New resources
5.New ways of
transportation
1.Christopher
Columbus
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3.Prince Henry the
Navigator
4. Francisco Pizarro
5.Hernando Cortes
refolution made
Religion lose it’s
contoll in the
government, but did
not change the
economy much. The
government lost
moset of it’s
religious
components. The
leaders were Galileo
Galilei, Isaac
Newton, Nicolas
Copernicus, Rene
Descartes, and
Johanus Kepler. They
proved that earth is
no longer the center
of the universe,
invented scientific
notation, found
north America,
invented the
telescope, and the
Barometer.
The age of
exploration made
new plant animal
discoveries, maps of
newly found lands,
made new colonies,
found more
resources, and more
ways to travel to the
Enlightenment
Kings, queens, nobles,
scientists, and normal
people.
and slavery
that this
caused left
an impact
until the late
1800’s.
other
wanted
supplies.
Religion was
completely
overtaken by
science and
scientific
ideals.
Economy:
Same as age
of
exploration
and
renaissance.
1.Phylosophy
2.politics
3.change in society
4.emphasis on logical
thinking
5. Natural laws
influence other rules
1.Alexander Volta
2.Voltair Dineart
3.Wollstonecraft
4.King Louis 16th
5. King George the 3rd
newly-discovered
lands. Some
important people
from this age include
Christopher
Columbus, Ferdinand
Magellan, Prince
Hennery the
Navigator, Francisco
Pizarro, and Cortes.
They forced
Christianity into the
natives and spread
slavery. Resources
were spread around
from the new lands.
In the
Enlightenment,
religion was
completely (or
mostly) taken over
by scientific and
logical ideals. The
economy however,
changed little from
the renaissance
economy. They
advanced in
Philosophy, politics,
society change,
logical thinking, and
natural laws. Some
important people are
Alexander Volta,
Voltaire Dineart,
Wollstonecraft, King
Louis 16th, and King
George the 3rd.