Chapter 8

Question 1

Cyrus the Great

Answer 1

Got his name because of his great success.

Question 2

cavalry

Answer 2

A unit of soldiers that ride horses.

Question 3

Darius

Answer 3

Killed his rival for power.

Question 4

Persian Wars

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Xerxes

Answer 5

Darius’s son Xerxes tried to conquer Greece again.

Question 6

alliance

Answer 6

An agreement to work together.

Question 7

Peloponnesian War

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Philip II

Answer 8

In 359 BC Philip II became king of Macedonia.

Question 9

phalanx

Answer 9

A group of warriors who stood close together in a square

Question 10

Alexander the Great

Answer 10

One of the greatest conquerors in history.

Question 11

Hellenistic

Answer 11

Greek-like

Question 12

Socrates

Answer 12

He believed people should never stop looking for knowledge.

Question 13

Plato

Answer 13

Student of Socrates.

Question 14

Aristotle

Answer 14

Greatest thinker ever.

Question 15

reason

Answer 15

Clear or 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 know what caused the diseases so he can treat them better.