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Lessons 26-29 Review Flashcards

1
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state in northern Greece

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Macedonia

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became king of Macedonia; father of Alexander

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Philip II

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3
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wife of Philip

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Olympias

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4
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close formation of infantry armed with long spears

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phalanx

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5
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Athenian orator; warned against Philip

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Demosthenes

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6
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“I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.”

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Macedonian woman

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7
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one who is legally responsible for a minor

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guardian

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8
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infantry formation

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phalanx

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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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philosopher; teacher of Alexander

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Aristotle

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11
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Alexander’s horse; “oohed”

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Bucephalus

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12
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Greek poet; wrote “The Odes”

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Pindar

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13
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Alexander’s first battle against the Persians

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battle of the Granicus

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14
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slashed by Alexander; omen

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Gordian knot

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15
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king of Persia

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Darius III

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16
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Alexander’s first defeat of Darius

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battle of Issus

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17
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Alexander’s final defeat of Darius

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battle of Arbela

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18
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wife of Alexander

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Roxana

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19
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Indian King

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Porus

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20
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“My father will leave me nothing to do!”

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Alexander

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21
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“To the strongest.”

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Alexander

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22
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an oppressive power

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yoke

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23
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tools with long, curved blades

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scythes

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24
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chariot with blades extending from the wheel hubs

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scythe-chariot

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Persian provincial governors; officers
satraps
26
a ring with a seal
signet ring
27
Identify the starred location on the map.
Macedonia
28
Identify the starred location on the map.
Granicus River
29
Identify the starred location on the map.
Gordium
30
Identify the starred location on the map.
Issus
31
Identify the starred location on the map.
Damascus
32
Identify the starred location on the map.
Syria
33
Identify the starred location on the map.
Egypt
34
Identify the starred location on the map.
Jerusalem
35
Identify the starred location on the map.
Alexandria
36
Identify the starred location on the map.
Arbela
37
Identify the starred location on the map.
Persia
38
Identify the starred location on the map.
Babylon
39
Identify the starred location on the map.
Persepolis
40
Identify the starred location on the map.
Bactria
41
Identify the starred location on the map.
India
42
Identify the starred location on the map.
Hydaspes River
59
Athenian orator; warned against Philip in his most famous series of speeches, the Philippics
Demosthenes
60
Demosthenes' speeches against Philip of Macedonia
Philippics
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"Do not be discouraged but conquer your difficulties."
actor of Demosthenes
62
"Let us be equally energetic and unselfish and just, then we shall triumph."
Demosthenes
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"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."
Demosthenes
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tirade; harsh verbal denunciation
philippic
65
shaft of a feather, prepared for use as a writing instrument
quill
66
speaking loudly with persuasive effect
declamation
67
incapable of being morally corrupted
incorruptible
68
philosopher; teacher of Alexander
Aristotle
69
philosopher; Stoic school of philosophy
Zeno
70
philosopher; Epicurean school of philosophy
Epicurus
71
philosopher; cynic school of philosophy
Diogenes
72
painter
Apelles
73
"Sell me to someone who wishes a master."
Diogenes
74
"Never a day without a line."
Apelles
75
"I am looking for a man."
Diogenes
76
"If I were not going to conquer the world, I should like to have the power which Diogenes has to conquer self."
Alexander the Great

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