Lesson 8 and Alexander the Great DBQ

a military base or where troops are permanently stationed

• garrison towns

• Asia Minor

• phalanx

• Macedonia

the westernmost peninsula of Asia, comprised of modern-day Turkey

• garrison towns

• Asia Minor

• phalanx

• Macedonia

a tight infantry fighting formation with overlapping spears and shields

• garrison towns

• Asia Minor

• phalanx

• Macedonia

a small, ancient kingdom just to the north of Greece

• garrison towns

• Asia Minor

• phalanx

• Macedonia

a popular story handed down from earlier times that may or may not be true

• legend

• acquire

• period

• sarissa

an 18-foot-long pike; Macedonian pike that was much longer than spears used by the Greeks

• legend

• acquire

• period

• sarissa

span of time

• legend

• acquire

• period

• sarissa

to get hold of; obtain

• legend

• acquire

• period

• sarissa

Greek-like

• Hellenistic

• Classical civilization

• Asia Minor

• garrison town

Greco-Roman civilization

• Hellenistic

• Classical civilization

• Asia Minor

• garrison town