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WorksheetsThe Hellenistic Period - Lesson 1 - Alexander the Great
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was the Macedonian king that took over Greece?
Leonidas
Alexander
Phillip II
Demosthenes
At the age of 20, he took over as king of Macedonia.
Leonidas
Alexander
Phillip II
Demosthenes
Phillip II’s soldiers fought as a __________, a group of warriors who stood close together in a square.
Phalanx
Flying Wedge
Spanish Tercio
Semi Circle
Phillip II also had _________ and ________ supporting the phalanx.
Calvary and Ships
Calvary and Archers
Ships and Archers
Alexander the Great began his rule by ending the revolt in _______.
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Corinth
Alexander’s troops repeatedly defeated the ________ in battles.
Spartans
Athenians
Thebans
Persians
Alexander went to _________ and was crowned pharaoh without a fight.
Persia
Sparta
Egypt
Thebes
Alexander began to march home but ....
died from sickness before making it back to Greece.
then was crowned king of India and remained there
returned to Egypt to rule the land
He encouraged people to keep their own culture, so Greek and native customs blended. Historians call this culture HELLENISTIC, or Greek-like.
Phillip II
Alexander the Great
Leonidas
Demosthenes
The leading poet and dramatist who wrote over 100 plays.
Menander
Callimachus
Polybius
Strabo
The Hellenistic poet that showed a connection between Greece and Hellenistic Egypt.
Menander
Callimachus
Polybius
Strabo
The Hellenistic Historian that remained neutral in his writing and described the rise of Rome’s empire.
Menander
Callimachus
Polybius
Strabo
A Greek geographer that described Greek knowledge of the known world in a work called “Geography”.
Menander
Callimachus
Polybius
Strabo
He planned to conquer Persia but was murdered in 336 BC?
Leonidas
Alexander
Phillip II
Demosthenes
Which of the following WAS NOT part of Alexander the Great’s Empire
Persia
Macedonia
Egypt
India
