chapter 9 vacab

Question 1

cyrus the great

Answer 1

Because of his great successes, historians call him Cyrus the Great.

Question 2

Persian Wars

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Darius

Answer 3

Claimed the throne and killed all of his rivals for power.

Question 4

alliance

Answer 4

or an agreement together.

Question 5

Peloponnesian

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Philip

Answer 6

Became King of Macedonia.

Question 7

phalanx

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Alexander the Great

Answer 8

These efforts earned him the name Alexander the Great.

Question 9

hellenistic

Answer 9

or Greek-like

Question 10

Socrates

Answer 10

Among the greatest of these thinkers was a man named Socrates.

Question 11

Plato

Answer 11

was a student of Socrates

Question 12

Aristotle

Answer 12

perhaps the greatest Greek thinker was Aristotle

Question 13

reason

Answer 13

or clear and ordered thinking.

Question 14

Euclid

Answer 14

one of these people was Euclid

Question 15

Hippocrates

Answer 15

The greatest Greek doctor was Hippocrates.