Hellenistic World #1

About 360 BC, ___________________ of Macedonia invaded Athens and won easily.

• Philip II

• Alexander the Great

• Darius I

• Napoleon

A group of warriors who stood close together in a square.

• phalanx

• platoon

• barricade

• Hellenistic fighters

How was Philip II able to conquer Athens so easily?

• Philip II died before taking Athens

• He let his son, Alexander, take the lead

• by inciting the gods

• superior military strategy and using longer spears

When Thebes rebelled, why did Alexander attack the city and enslave all of its citizens?

• he blamed Thebes for his father's death

• to set an example

• he needed more soldiers

• he hated Persia

The name for the blended culture that developed in Alexander's empire.

• the Great

• Phalanx

• Hellenistic

• Greek superiority

After defeating Persia, Alexander now ruled __________.

• modern day France and Germany

• most of Asia

• the largest empire the world had ever seen

• all of India

Alexander supported the spread of ___________ culture.

• Greek

• Socratic

• Indian

• Buddhist

___________________ remained a popular art form during the Hellenistic period.

• Painting

• Storytelling

• Music

• Literature

Alexander the Great ruled as a(n) _______________.

• religious tyrant

• absolute dictator

• passive emperor

• crazed madman

(from the video)

What Greek hero did Alexander believe he was a descendant of?

• Agamemnon

• Odysseus

• Achilles

• Apollo