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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hellenistic Era | a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people. |
| Legacy | What a person leaves behind when he or she dies. |
| Alexander the Great | 40.000 solders, who rode horses (cavalry) and crushed the Persian army. (Granicus) |
| Alexandria | founded by Alexander in Egypt. |
| Phillip II | Macedonian admirer of Greek ideas who planned to conquer Persia. |
| Demosthenes | he warned that Philip threatened the freedom of the Greeks. |
| The main military goal of Philip II of Macedonia was to ______. | defeat the Persian Empire. |
| Demosthenes was a famous Athenian lawyer and public speaker who ______. | opposed Philip. |
| Before he was killed, Philip had become ruler of most of Greece. | TRUE. |
| What happened in the battle of Granicus in 334 B.C.? | Alexander's cavalry crushed the Persian forces. |
| The city of Alexandria was built in ______. | Egypt. |
| How far east did Alexander lead his armies? | To India. |
| Why did Alexander lead his men back home in 327 B.C.? | His soldiers were tired and refused to go farther. |
| What happened to Alexander's armies on the march home? | Thousands of soldiers died of heat and thirst in the desert. |
| Alexander's empire united Macedonians, Greeks, Egyptians, and Asians for hundreds of years. | FALSE. |
| Alexander's military successes marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era. | TRUE. |