Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz SH

Emperor who founded the Persian Empire and was known for letting the people he conquered keep their own customs.

• Darius I

• Philip II

• Alexander the Great

• Cyrus the Great

A unit of soldiers on horseback

• cavalry

• phalanx

• infantry

• archers

An agreement to help others

• Truce

• Alliance

• Ceasefire

• Negotiate

A series of wars between Persia and Greece in the 400's BC.

• Peloponnesian War

• Lelantine War

• Persian Wars

• Aegean Wars

Persian emperor who restored order to the Persian Empire, took the throne by killing his rivals, built roads, and made other improvements to society

• Darius I

• Xerxes I

• Cyrus the Great

• Leonidas

Considered to be one of the greatest conquerors in history, he spread Greek culture to the many lands he conquered

• Philip II

• Cyrus the Great

• Socrates

• Alexander the Great

Greek like; combines Greek, Persian, and Egyptian, and Syrian cultures

• Athenian Culture

• Hellenistic Culture

• Persian Culture

• Macedonian Culture

A war between Athens and Sparta in the 400's BC

• Peloponnesian War

• Persian War

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Marathon

 

A group of Greek warriors who stood close together in a square formation

• Phalanx

• Testudo

• The triple line

• The Corvus

A Greek doctor who is best known for his ideas about how doctors should behave

• Euclid

• Pericles

• Hypatia

• Hippocrates