Ancient Greece - Lesson 4 Alexander the Great

King of Macedonia who rose to power quickly as he conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia

• Alexander the Great
• Alexander the Terrible
• Alexander the Mediocre
• Alexander the Average

Alexander the Great was an ingenious ...

• philosopher and mathematician
• architect and engineer
• poet and painter
• military leader and strategist

Alexander conquered this empire in Syria, Phoenicia and Egypt.

• Persian Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Greek Empire
• Roman Empire

Alexander expanded his empire conquering all the land as far east as ...

• China
• Japan
• Russia
• India

Alexander's greatest legacy was that he expanded ...

• his horse collection

• human population

• Greek culture

• political influence

Alexander brought this culture with him back to Greece to share with his countrymen.

• Roman culture
• Egyptian culture
• Asian culture

• Mesopotamian culture

The blending of the Greek and Asian cultures lead to the ...

• Hellenistic Age

• Oriental synthesis
• Mediterranean blend
• Greek-Asian fusion

Following Alexander's death, these men began dividing up his empire among themselves.

• Generals

• Successors
• Heirs
• Conquerors

During the Hellenistic Age, Hellenistic culture, which blended Greek and Asian customs spread west to ...

• Europe

• Asia

• South America

• North America

In Hellenistic cities, Greek architecture was spreading, and one could see this in the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian ...

• arches
• vaults
• friezes
• columns