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Alexander the Great Class Notes #1
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1Alexander was born in Greece.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Alexander was born in Macedonia/Macedon.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Alexander was born in Pella.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Alexander was born in 356 BCE.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5After the Peloponnesian War, the Greeks are ready to fight.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6After the Peloponnesian War, the Greeks are week.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7The Peloponnesian War lasted for 50 years.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8The Peloponnesian War lasted for 27 years.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9The Peloponnesian War created a power vacuum in Greece.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Thebes and Sparta gain equal power.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11Thebes takes advantage of the previously powerful and now weak city-states of Athens and Sparta and takes control.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12The Greeks willingly except Thebes power.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13The Greeks attempt to defeat Thebes in a battle for their freedom.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Pella was the center/capital of Macedonia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15When the Persians crossed the Hellespont to get to Greece several years earlier, Macedonia let the Persians walk through their backyards with little complaints.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16The Macedonians battled the Persians but lost due to the small size of their empire and the power and size of the Persian empire.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Philip the Second hated Greek culture.
- ATrue
- BFalse
18Philip the Second loved Greek culture.
- ATrue
- BFalse
19Philip the Second learned about Greek culture while being a Greek prisoner of war.
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Philip marries ONLY one women to form a marriage alliance.
- ATrue
- BFalse
21Philip marries many women in order to gain control/alliances with other (small) lands.
- ATrue
- BFalse
22Marriage alliances helped Macedonia finically and in terms of military.
- ATrue
- BFalse
23Philip marries many women to avoid those cultures from killing him/fighting Macedonia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24most important marriage was to Greek woman.
- ATrue
- BFalse
25Philip's most important marriage was to a woman named Olympia, who was the mother of Alexander.
- ATrue
- BFalse
26Olympia does not want to be under Macedonia's full control, she only wants an alliance.
- ATrue
- BFalse
27Marriage alliances only happened between poor people.
- ATrue
- BFalse
28Alexander was the first born.
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29Philip neglects Alexander.
- ATrue
- BFalse
30Philip wants to raise Alexander like a Greek boy.
- ATrue
- BFalse
31Employ Greek teacher named Aristotle.
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- BFalse
32Order goes: Aristotle - Alexander - Socrates - Plato
- ATrue
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33Order goes: Socrates - Plato - Aristotle - Alexander
- ATrue
- BFalse
34Philip wants to kill/take over Greece.
- ATrue
- BFalse
35Philip wants to save Greece from themselves.
- ATrue
- BFalse
36Philip takes over Thebes, and once the lead city-state is taken over the other city-states are easier to take over.
- ATrue
- BFalse
37Macedonians love Persia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
38The Greeks willingly forfeit to Macedon.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39Philip feels like he is doing Greece a favor.
- ATrue
- BFalse
40Last battle takes place at Chaeronea in 338 BCE
- ATrue
- BFalse
41336 BCE Macedonian territory becomes huge.
- ATrue
- BFalse
42Philip does not want Sparta.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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