8-3 Alexander the Great Quiz

What was the one thing that Alexander did NOT admire about the Greeks?

• Art

• Farming

• Ideas

• Armies

What war led the Greeks weak and divided?

• Peloponnesian war

• Persian war

• Battle of Granicus

• Battle of Chaeronea

How old was Alexander when he became king of Macedonia?

• 20

• 16

• 23

• 33

Why did Alexander turn back to Greece after invading India in 326 B.C. (short response 2 points)

• His soldiers were tired and refused to go further.

• He wanted to conquer Egypt instead.

• He was defeated by the Indian armies.

• He received news of a rebellion in Greece.

The four Kingdoms that arose out of the decline of Alexander's empire are?

• Macedonia, Egypt, Pergamum, Seleucid

• Rome, Carthage, Athens, Sparta

• Babylon, Persia, Sumer, Assyria

• Byzantium, Gaul, Thrace, Lydia

Macedonia is located below (south) of Greece.

• True

• False

"Like the Greeks" ________

• F. Hellenistic Era

• A. Roman Republic

• B. Persian Empire

• C. Egyptian Kingdom

One of the places Alexander conquered ________

• D. Syria

• A. Rome

• B. China

• C. India

One of Alexander's inspirations ________

• A. Achilles

• B. Socrates

• C. Julius Caesar

• D. Odysseus