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Alexander the Great
Define the following terms.
Undermine:
Era:
Assassinated:
Loyalty:
Efficiently:
Fill in the chart by listing the items below in the correct section: Philip II of
Macedon, or Alexander the Great.
Defeated Thebes and Athens at the Battle of Chaeronea and united Greece.
Trained in the army and educated by Aristotle.
Conquered the huge Persian territory by 331 B.C.
Borrowed the Greek idea of the phalanx.
His reign spread a new Hellenistic culture.
Restored order in Macedon.
Two Macedonian Kings
Philip II of Macedon
Alexander the Great
Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false.
Philip II of Macedon learned about the Greek army as a student in Thebes.
When Philip II of Macedon became king, he organized the best-disciplined army
to conquer Athens.
Philip II of Macedon was satisfied to rule Greece.
The fiery speeches of Demosthenes inspired the Athenians to fight Philip.
As a military commander, Alexander was less skillful than his father.
Alexander died at age 33 in the Persian city of Susa.
Macedonian generals married Persian women, following the lead of Alexander.
Alexander’s troops were loyal to him because they admired his courage.
For each of the following, write the letter of the best choice in the space provided.
1. Which statement is NOT true about Philip II of Macedon?
a. He admired Greek ways.
b. He organized a well-disciplined army.
c. Some Greeks saw him as a savior.
d. He was threatened by Demosthenes.
2. Demosthenes attacked Philip:
a. with phalanxes.
b. by organizing the city-states.
c. with a series of speeches.
d. by training a young Athenian army.
3. Why was the new culture called Hellenistic?
a. Alexander’s generals married women of the Persian royal family.
b. It combined Hellenic, or Greek, ideas with Asian ideas.
c. It was based on the ideas of Helen of Troy.
d. It was entirely Greek.
4. When he died, Alexander’s empire stretched as far as:
a. the Persian Gulf.
b. Persia and China.
c. Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and India.
d. Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
Alexander the Great - Answers
Define the following terms.
Undermine: to injure or weaken in a slow and sneaky way.
Era: a period of history.
Assassinated: killed for political reasons.
Loyalty: being faithful.
Efficiently: done in a way that brings about a desired effect.
Fill in the chart by listing the items below in the correct section: Philip II of
Macedon, or Alexander the Great.
Defeated Thebes and Athens at the Battle of Chaeronea and united Greece.
Trained in the army and educated by Aristotle.
Conquered the huge Persian territory by 331 B.C.
Borrowed the Greek idea of the phalanx.
His reign spread a new Hellenistic culture.
Restored order in Macedon.
Philip II of Macedon
Two Macedonian Kings
Defeated Thebes and Athens at the Battle of Chaeronea and
united Greece.
Borrowed the Greek idea of the phalanx.
Restored order in Macedon.
Alexander the Great
Trained in the army and educated by Aristotle.
Conquered the huge Persian territory by 331 B.C.
His reign spread a new Hellenistic culture.
Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false.
F
Philip II of Macedon learned about the Greek army as a student in Thebes.
T
When Philip II of Macedon became king, he organized the best-disciplined army
to conquer Athens.
F
Philip II of Macedon was satisfied to rule Greece.
T
The fiery speeches of Demosthenes inspired the Athenians to fight Philip.
F
As a military commander, Alexander was less skillful than his father.
F
Alexander died at age 33 in the Persian city of Susa.
T
Macedonian generals married Persian women, following the lead of Alexander.
T
Alexander’s troops were loyal to him because they admired his courage.
For each of the following, write the letter of the best choice in the space provided.
1. Which statement is NOT true about Philip II of Macedon?
a. He admired Greek ways.
b. He organized a well-disciplined army.
c. Some Greeks saw him as a savior.
d. He was threatened by Demosthenes.
2. Demosthenes attacked Philip:
a. with phalanxes.
b. by organizing the city-states.
c. with a series of speeches.
d. by training a young Athenian army.
3. Why was the new culture called Hellenistic?
a. Alexander’s generals married women of the Persian royal family.
b. It combined Hellenic, or Greek, ideas with Asian ideas.
c. It was based on the ideas of Helen of Troy.
d. It was entirely Greek.
4. When he died, Alexander’s empire stretched as far as:
a. the Persian Gulf.
b. Persia and China.
c. Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and India.
d. Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.