chapter 9

Question 1

Cyrus the great

Answer 1

Cyrus and his empire remained strong because of his great successes historians call him Cyrus the great

Question 2

cavalry

Answer 2

a cavalry is a unit of soldiers who ride horses

Question 3

darius l

Answer 3

claimed the throne and killed all his rivals for power once he was securely in control Darius worked to restore order in Persia

Question 4

xerxes

Answer 4

tried to conquer Greece again in 480 BC the Persian army set out for Greece this time they were joined by the Persian navy

Question 5

alliance

Answer 5

or an agreement to work to together

Question 6

peloponnesian war

Answer 6

a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart

Question 7

philip ll

Answer 7

became king of Macedonia

Question 8

phalanx

Answer 8

was a group of warriors who stood close together in a square

Question 9

alexander the great

Answer 9

alexander’s efforts to build an empire made him one of the greatest conquerors in history

Question 10

hellenistic

Answer 10

or Greek like

Question 11

socrates

Answer 11

he believed that people must never stop looking for knowledge

Question 12

plato

Answer 12

Plato was a student of Socrates like Socrates

Question 13

aristotle

Answer 13

Plato’s student. He taught that people should live lives of moderation

Question 14

reason

Answer 14

or clear and ordered thinking

Question 15

Euclid

Answer 15

He was interested in geometry

Question 16

hippocrates

Answer 16

He wanted to figure out what caused diseases so he could better treat them

Question 17

persian wars

Answer 17

The invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historians called the Persian wars