Ancient Greece- 8.3 Quiz

a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people

• Hellenistic Era

• cavalry

• Alexander the Great

• Alexandria

• Philip II

became king of Macedonia at age 20

• Hellenistic Era

• cavalry

• Alexander the Great

• Alexandria

• Philip II

Macedonian admirer of Greek ideas who planned to conquer Persia

• Hellenistic Era

• cavalry

• Alexander the Great

• Alexandria

• Philip II

most important city in the ancient world founded by Alexander in Egypt

• Hellenistic Era

• cavalry

• Alexander the Great

• Alexandria

• Philip II

soldiers on horseback

• Hellenistic Era

• cavalry

• Alexander the Great

• Alexandria

• Philip II

The Macedonian king Phillip II was deemed a threat to Greek freedom according to _______, a lawyer and public speaker.

• Plato

• Aristole

• Demosthenes

• Thucydides

Alexander and his army of 40,000 Greek and Macedonian soldiers defeated the Persians in the Battle of

• Granicus.

• Syria.

• Alexandria.

• Gaugamela.

Alexander's hero was Homer's warrior hero _______.

• Odysseus

• Aristotle

• Thucydides

• Achilles

After his death, Alexander's empire fell apart because his

• wife gave away the throne.

• army was sick with plague.

• children did not like war.

• generals fought one another.

In Hellenistic kingdoms, government business was conducted in what language?

• Egyptian

• Persian

• Greek

• Macedonian