chapter 8 Word Scramble
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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 soldiers, 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 |
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