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Cody Edw SS Test 7.3
Cody Edw SS Test 7.3 - History of the World Textbook Chapter 7, section 3 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This person was king of Macedonia | Philip |
| Philip was king of where? | Macedonia |
| Who was Philip of Macedonia's son? | Alexander |
| Who was Alexander's father? | Philip of Macedonia |
| Alexander thought of himself as a what? | Greek |
| Alexander spoke this language | Greek |
| Did the Greek people think of the Macedonians as Greek? | No |
| What is a barbarian? | A wild, uncivilized person |
| A wild, uncivilized person | barbarian |
| Who was Alexander tutor? | Aristotle |
| Aristotle tutored whom? | Alexander |
| What did Aristotle teach? | Philosophy, science and literature |
| What did Aristotle believe about the Greek people? | That they are a superior people and deserved to rule |
| Who was Alexander's role model? | Achilles |
| Who was Achilles? | War-hero of the Iliad (Troy) |
| Where did Alexander want to visit and why? | He wanted to visit Troy to lay a wreath at tomb of Achilles |
| Why did King Philip think he was Greek? | Because he had Greek ancestors. |
| When Philip was young he studied where? | Greece |
| Who did Philip hire to tutor his son? | Aristotle |
| When Philip came to power, what was his dream? | Conquering the powerful city-states of Greece |
| How did Philip accomplish his goal of conquering the powerful city-states of Greece? | Through diplomacy and military strength |
| What year did Philip seize power? | 359 BC |
| Before Philip seize power, Macedonia was what? | poor and divided |
| How did Philip build alliances with many of the city-states of Greece? | He either bribed of threatened |
| What was the first thing Philip did when he seized power of Macedonia? | United Macedonia |
| Philip's army was more powerful then whom? | Sparta |
| Who tried to warn Athens about Philip? | Demosthenes |
| Demosthenes was a master of what? | Public speaking (elocution) |
| What is elocution? | Public speaking |
| What did Athens do in 338 BC? | They united with the city-state of Thebez and tried to stop Philip |
| True or False: Thebez and Athens were successful in trying to stop Philip gain control of Greece? | False, they failed and Philip controlled all of Greece |
| What did Philip plan to do after conquering Greece? | Attacking Persia |
| Why did Philip never attack Persia? | He was assassinated by a political rival |
| How did Alexander come to power? | His father was assassinated |
| How old was Alexander when he came to power | 20 |
| What was Alexander's first goal after becoming King? | Attack Persia |
| When did Alexander win his first battle? | 334 BC |
| Where did Alexander win his first battle? | Asia Minor |
| With in 11 years Alexander did what? | Conquered Persia, Egypt, and the lands beyond the Indus River (India) |
| What was Alexander's title? | Alexander the Great |
| Where ever Alexander went in the world, what did he do? | Named cities after himself |
| How did Alexander die? | Died of a malaria in Babylon in 332 BC |
| Why did Alexander stop fighting? | His troops refused to go on, they were sick of fighting after 13 years |
| How long did Alexander's troops fight for? | 13 years |
| What happened after Alexander died? | His Empire fell into disorder and split into 3 kingdoms |
| How did Alexander help promote Greek culture? | He spread Greek culture in the lands that he conquered. |
| What does the word "Hellenistic' mean? | It describes Greek history and culture after the death of Alexander the Great |
| Where does the word Hellenistic come from? | It comes from the word "Hellas"-the name Greeks called their land |
| When Alexander conquered other lands, what did he try NOT to do? | Destroy the culture of the defeated people |
| What did Alexander want for his conquered lands? | He wanted the Hellenistic culture to mix with the local cultures of the conquered people |
| The cities of the Hellenistic world were modeled after what? | After Greek cities |
| Hellenistic cities in Alexander's Empire were designed with what? | Greek temples and agoras |
| What was the greatest of all Hellenistic cities? | Alexandria in Egypt |
| Alexandria, in Egypt, was founded in what year? | 332 BC |
| Alexandria became the capitol of what? | Egypt |
| Alexandria became a center of what? | business and trade |
| The double harbor in Alexandria was dominated by what? | A huge lighthouse that rose 350 ft. high |
| Where was the largest library in the world? | Alexandria |
| How big was the library at Alexandria? | It contained half-million scrolls |
| Where was the learning capitol of the Greek world? | Alexandria |
| What also flourished in Alexandria? | Math and Science |
| Who developed the branch of mathematics called Geometry? | Euclid |
| Euclid developed what? | Geometry |
| The scientist Eratosthemes discover what? | Calculated the distance around the Earth |
| This person was the greatest scientist of his times? | Arcimedes |
| Arcimedes discovered what? | He discovered that people can use pulleys and levers to lift very heavy objects |
| What does the Greek word 'geo' mean? | Earth |
| What does the Greek word 'metria' mean? | Measurement |
| What does the Greek word 'graphos' mean? | writing |
| What does the Greek word 'logos' mean? | Word or science |
| What does the Greek word 'mathematikos' mean? | mathematics |
| What does the word 'geometry' mean? | Earth measurement |
| What does the word 'geography' mean? | Earth science |
| What does the word 'biology' mean? | life science |
| What does the Greek word 'mathematikos' mean? | Mathematics |
| What comparisons can be made between Alexander and Achilles? | Achilles was Alexander's role model. Achilles fought at the battle of Troy. Both were war hero of Greek civilization. |
| What are the four Hellenistic kingdoms? | Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Macedonia |
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