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Lessons 26-30 Review Flashcards

1
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Babylon

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2
Q

“I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.”

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Macedonian woman

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3
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speaking loudly with persuasive effect

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declamation

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4
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Demosthenes’ speeches against Philip of Macedonia

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Philippics

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5
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shaft of a feather, prepared for use as a writing instrument

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quill

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6
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Alexander’s horse; “oohed”

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Bucephalus

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7
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tools with long, curved blades

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scythes

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8
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tirade; harsh verbal denunciation

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philippic

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9
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sonf of Ptolemy; built Alexandrian library; had Hebrew Bible translated into Greek; reopened the Red Sea canal

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Ptolemy Philadelphus

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10
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Gordium

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11
Q

“I am looking for a man.”

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Diogenes

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12
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“If I were not going to conquer the world, I should like to have the power which Diogenes has to conquer self.”

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Alexander the Great

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13
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Damascus

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14
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Bactria

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15
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philosopher; teacher of Alexander

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Aristotle

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16
Q

Alexander’s first battle against the Persians

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battle of the Granicus

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17
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Macedonia

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18
Q

soft, spongy center of plant stems

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pith

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19
Q

painter

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Apelles

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20
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son of Philip; king of Macedonia; founder of a great empire from Greece to India

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Alexander

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21
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one who is legally responsible for a minor

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guardian

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22
Q

“Never a day without a line.”

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Apelles

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23
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wife of Alexander

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Roxana

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24
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Athenian orator; warned against Philip

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Demosthenes

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25
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Identify the starred location on the map.

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Arbela

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26
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philosopher; teacher of Alexander

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Aristotle

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27
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Identify the starred location on the map.

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Alexandria

28
Q

one of Alexander’s generals; assumed rule of Egypt in the division of Alexander’s empire

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Ptolemy

29
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Granicus River

30
Q

“To the strongest.”

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Alexander

31
Q

“My father will leave me nothing to do!”

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Alexander

32
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

A

Persia

33
Q

slashed by Alexander; omen

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Gordian knot

34
Q

“Do not be discouraged but conquer your difficulties.”

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actor of Demosthenes

35
Q

close formation of infantry armed with long spears

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phalanx

36
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Egypt

37
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Persepolis

38
Q

infantry formation

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phalanx

39
Q

straight line passing form opposite edges through the center of a circle or sphere

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diameter

40
Q

chariot with blades extending from the wheel hubs

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scythe-chariot

41
Q

Alexander’s final defeat of Darius

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battle of Arbela

42
Q

philosopher; Stoic school of philosophy

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Zeno

43
Q

Persian provincial governors; officers

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satraps

44
Q

incapable of being morally corrupted

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incorruptible

45
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Issus

46
Q

Indian King

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Porus

47
Q

tall, aquatic plant used to make a paper-like writing medium

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papyrus

48
Q

last monarch of the Ptolemy line

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Cleopatra

49
Q

became king of Macedonia; father of Alexander

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Philip II

50
Q

“I insist that even if it had been known beforehand to all the world that Philip would succeed and that we should fail, not even then ought Athens to have taken any other course if she had any regard for her own glory or for her past or for the ages to come.”

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Demosthenes

51
Q

philosopher; Epicurean school of philosophy

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Epicurus

52
Q

state in northern Greece

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Macedonia

53
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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India

54
Q

Athenian orator; warned against Philip in his most famous series of speeches, the Philippics

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Demosthenes

55
Q

king of Persia

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Darius III

56
Q

wife of Philip

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Olympias

57
Q

a ring with a seal

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signet ring

58
Q

boundary line of a circle or sphere

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circumference

59
Q

Greek poet; wrote “The Odes”

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Pindar

60
Q

Alexander’s first defeat of Darius

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battle of Issus

61
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

A

Hydaspes River

62
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

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Syria

63
Q

“Sell me to someone who wishes a master.”

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Diogenes

64
Q

philosopher; cynic school of philosophy

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Diogenes

65
Q

an oppressive power

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yoke

66
Q

Identify the starred location on the map.

A

Jerusalem

67
Q

“Let us be equally energetic and unselfish and just, then we shall triumph.”

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Demosthenes

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