Alexanders Empire & Hellenistic Achievements

At the heart of the Hellenistic world stood the city of _______________________ located in Egypt

• Cairo
• Alexandria
• Giza
• Aswan

All of the following were advances or innovations made during the Hellenistic Age EXCEPT....

• Heliocentric solar system
• Formula to calculate a right triangle
• Archimedean Screw
• Printing press

Alexander the Great is from 

• Greece
• Macedonia
• Sparta
• Persia

Alexander the Great is from 

• Greece
• Macedonia
• Sparta
• Persia

What did Alexander do to cities that resisted being conquered?

• He recruited the people into his army
• He let the people go
• He burned the city to the ground and sold the people into slavery
• His soldiers adopted the children of the conquered people

What new weapon invented by Alexander is pictured?

• catapult
• siege tower
• cavalry
• cannon

Hellenistic culture was a blend of all of the following EXCEPT

• Chinese
• Persian
• Egyptian
• Greek

Which of the following terms was Alexander called by the people of the conquered territories of Greeks?

• Great
• King
• Liberator
• Invader

Why was Alexandria, Egypt, important to the Hellenistic period?

• As a center of scholarship, Alexandria became second only to Sparta.
• While working in Alexandria, Ptolemy correctly placed earth at the center of the solar system.
• It became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic culture.
• It became the foremost center of the Greek army and weapons production.

What do historians call the person who expanded the Macedonian empire?

• Philip the Conqueror
• Philip II the Conquerir
• Alexander the Great
• Alexander the Emperor