The Achaemenids and Alexander the great

1- Where was Alexander the Great from?

• Macedonia

• Persia

2- What is a phalanx?

• A name of leader

• A group of fighting men

3- The Achaemenids were a dynasty of early?

• Egypt

• Persia

4- Alexander had a famous tutor who impressed him with Athenian culture.

• Aristotle

• Cyrus

5- Alexander did not rule which empire he fought against?

• China

• Persia

6- The Achaemenids were a dynasty of the early Persian Empire founded by a king called Cyrus.

• True

• False

7- Including Persian, Indian, and Egyptian mixed in. This is called Hellenistic culture.

• True

• False

8- Alexander died in 323 BCE.

• True

• False

9- Alexander is buried in one of the many cities named after him Alexandria in Oman.

• True

• False

10- During his great expansion, Greek culture mixed with other cultures to became something Greek-like but with elements of other culture.

• True

• False