chapter 9

Question 1

Cyrus the great

Answer 1

Because of his great success

Question 2

cavalry

Answer 2

a unit of soldiers who ride horses

Question 3

Darius

Answer 3

claimed the throne and killed all his rivals for power

Question 4

Persian

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Xerxes

Answer 5

tried to conquer Greece again

Question 6

alliance

Answer 6

or an agreement to work together

Question 7

Peloponnesian War

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Philip II

Answer 8

became king of Macedonia

Question 9

phalanx

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Alexander the Great

Answer 10

these efforts earned him the name Alexander the great

Question 11

Hellenistic

Answer 11

or Greek-like

Question 12

Socrates

Answer 12

he believed that people must never stopped looking for knowledge

Question 13

Plato

Answer 13

was a student of Socrates

Question 14

Aristotle

Answer 14

Plato’s student

Question 15

reason

Answer 15

or clear and ordered thinking

Question 16

Euclid

Answer 16

he was interested in geometry the study of lines angles and shapes

Question 17

Hippocrates

Answer 17

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