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The Hellenistic Period - Lesson 1 - Alexander the Great

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Macedonian king that took over Greece?

a)

Leonidas

b)

Alexander

c)

Phillip II

d)

Demosthenes

2.

At the age of 20, he took over as king of Macedonia.

a)

Leonidas

b)

Alexander

c)

Phillip II

d)

Demosthenes

3.

Phillip II’s soldiers fought as a __________, a group of warriors who stood close together in a square.

a)

Phalanx

b)

Flying Wedge

c)

Spanish Tercio

d)

Semi Circle

4.

Phillip II also had _________ and ________ supporting the phalanx.

a)

Calvary and Ships

b)

Calvary and Archers

c)

Ships and Archers

5.

Alexander the Great began his rule by ending the revolt in _______.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Corinth

6.

Alexander’s troops repeatedly defeated the ________ in battles.

a)

Spartans

b)

Athenians

c)

Thebans

d)

Persians

7.

Alexander went to _________ and was crowned pharaoh without a fight.

a)

Persia

b)

Sparta

c)

Egypt

d)

Thebes

8.

Alexander began to march home but ....

a)

died from sickness before making it back to Greece.

b)

then was crowned king of India and remained there

c)

returned to Egypt to rule the land

9.

He encouraged people to keep their own culture, so Greek and native customs blended. Historians call this culture HELLENISTIC, or Greek-like.

a)

Phillip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Leonidas

d)

Demosthenes

10.

The leading poet and dramatist who wrote over 100 plays.

a)

Menander

b)

Callimachus

c)

Polybius

d)

Strabo

11.

The Hellenistic poet that showed a connection between Greece and Hellenistic Egypt.

a)

Menander

b)

Callimachus

c)

Polybius

d)

Strabo

12.

The Hellenistic Historian that remained neutral in his writing and described the rise of Rome’s empire.

a)

Menander

b)

Callimachus

c)

Polybius

d)

Strabo

13.

A Greek geographer that described Greek knowledge of the known world in a work called “Geography”.

a)

Menander

b)

Callimachus

c)

Polybius

d)

Strabo

14.

He planned to conquer Persia but was murdered in 336 BC?

a)

Leonidas

b)

Alexander

c)

Phillip II

d)

Demosthenes

15.

Which of the following WAS NOT part of Alexander the Great’s Empire

a)

Persia

b)

Macedonia

c)

Egypt

d)

India