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1. What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta defeated Athens.
Persia defeated Sparta.
Greece conquered Macedonia.
2. What led Phillip II to succeed in Greece?
conflict among his scattered tribes
his interest in philosophy
divisions between Greek city-states
3. How did Alexander show the influence of his teacher, Aristotle?
in his love of Greek culture
in his skill at Asian languages
in his warlike ambition
4. What did Alexander do to help unite the Greeks under his rule?
taught them a new religion
took away their freedoms
gave them a common enemy
5. What happened to the government officials of towns that surrendered to Alexander?
They got to stay in office.
They were sold into slavery.
They were taken away and killed.
6. Why was Alexander called "Great"?
He spread new kinds of farming.
He conquered a huge area.
He created a lasting empire.
7. What was Alexander's goal for his empire?
to require everyone to follow one religion
to make Athens the biggest capital city
to bring different cultures under one government
8. Alexander built cities to
preserve local customs.
spread Greek culture.
train loyal soldiers.
9. Why was the city of Alexandria, in Egypt, especially famous?
Its army helped make it feared by other cities.
Its library helped make it a center of learning.
Its pyramids helped make it a tourist attraction.
10. How did Alexander use religion to help him rule the Egyptians?
He frightened them by capturing their priests.
He gained their loyalty by honoring their gods.
He took control by making them accept the Greek gods.
11. Alexander told the Greeks that he was the son of
Aristotle.
a Macedonian giant.
the god Zeus.
12. In Persia, Alexander allowed the Persians to
run the day-to-day business in their lands.
treat him as a personal equal.
control the taxes that they collected.
13. Why did Alexander receive visitors in a tent?
He moved from place to place.
It was a custom of Persian kings.
Tents were a Greek tradition.
14. When Alexander reached northern India, what made him turn back?
His home was far away.
He developed a serious illness.
His soldiers refused to go any farther.
15. What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?
It was defeated by the Greeks.
His generals fought for control.
The capital moved to Babylon.
16. What was the lasting influence of Alexander's conquests?
the spread of Greek culture
the growth of a nomadic way of life
the rise of a new religion
