Ch 8 Test

Based on the attached map: Alexander’s empire extended to which river in the east?

• Euphrates

• Indus

• Nile

• Tigris

Based on the attached image: Which body of water bordered Alexander’s empire on the west?

• Arabian Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Mediterranean Sea

Which city of Alexander’s empire was in Egypt?

• Alexandria

• Athens

• Persepolis

• Susa

Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is about

• Alexander the Great.

• Gilgamesh.

• the oracle at Delphi.

• the Trojan War.

Aesop’s fables were a part of Greek

• architecture.

• oral tradition.

• politics.

• temples.

Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?

• Alexander the Great

• Aristophanes

• Jason

• Plato

Aristotle taught his students the

• “golden mean.”

• “platinum rule.”

• “golden way.”

• Golden Fleece.

Who was sentenced to death for his teachings?

• Plato

• Socrates

• Archimedes

• Aristotle

Who taught students that the universe followed the same laws that governed music and numbers?

• Hippocrates

• Thucydides

• Pythagoras

• Miletus

Which Greek scientist concluded that Earth was round?

• Euclid

• Archimedes

• Eratosthenes

• Epicurus