Alexander the Great

What was the eastern edge of Alexander the Great's Empire?

• Macedonia
• Athens
• India
• Egypt

Alexander the Great liked to travel to different countries to learn about their cultures. Where did he learn about astronomy?

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia
• Macedonia
• India

Alexander the Great named many cities after himself and even named a city after his favorite _______.

• son
• dog
• horse
• teacher

Alexander's famous tutor, Aristotle, used Homers epic poem "The Iliad" to teach him about the culture of the _______.

• Romans 
• Macedonian
• Egyptians
• Greeks

Which of the following was NOT a result of the city of Thebes rebelling against the young Alexander?

• The city was burned to the ground.
• Six thousand people were killed.
• Only two hundred people escaped with their lives.
• Thirty thousand people were sold into slavery.

Before his death at age 32, Alexander the Great and his armies had conquered ______.

• the Persian Empire
• both Greece and Rome
• all the known world from Egypt to India
• all the countries bordering the Mediterranean

How many of Alexander's generals divided up his empire after his death?

• three
• five
• twenty
• fifty

From 1929 until 1993, the country of Macedonia was part of which Balkan country?

• Yugoslavia
• Egypt
• Greece
• Albania

Legends about eagles, lightning and storms surrounding his birth and victories made people believe Alexander was favored by which Greek god?

• Hercules
• Zeus
• Pluto
• Mercury