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Lessons 26-30 Review Flashcards

1
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Identify the starred location on the map.

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Babylon

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2
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“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
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Identify the starred location on the map.

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Gordium

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11
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“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
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Identify the starred location on the map.

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Damascus

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14
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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
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Alexander’s first battle against the Persians

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battle of the Granicus

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17
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Identify the starred location on the map.

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Macedonia

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18
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soft, spongy center of plant stems

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pith

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19
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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
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“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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Identify the starred location on the map.
Arbela
26
philosopher; teacher of Alexander
Aristotle
27
Identify the starred location on the map.
Alexandria
28
one of Alexander's generals; assumed rule of Egypt in the division of Alexander's empire
Ptolemy
29
Identify the starred location on the map.
Granicus River
30
"To the strongest."
Alexander
31
"My father will leave me nothing to do!"
Alexander
32
Identify the starred location on the map.
Persia
33
slashed by Alexander; omen
Gordian knot
34
"Do not be discouraged but conquer your difficulties."
actor of Demosthenes
35
close formation of infantry armed with long spears
phalanx
36
Identify the starred location on the map.
Egypt
37
Identify the starred location on the map.
Persepolis
38
infantry formation
phalanx
39
straight line passing form opposite edges through the center of a circle or sphere
diameter
40
chariot with blades extending from the wheel hubs
scythe-chariot
41
Alexander's final defeat of Darius
battle of Arbela
42
philosopher; Stoic school of philosophy
Zeno
43
Persian provincial governors; officers
satraps
44
incapable of being morally corrupted
incorruptible
45
Identify the starred location on the map.
Issus
46
Indian King
Porus
47
tall, aquatic plant used to make a paper-like writing medium
papyrus
48
last monarch of the Ptolemy line
Cleopatra
49
became king of Macedonia; father of Alexander
Philip II
50
"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
51
philosopher; Epicurean school of philosophy
Epicurus
52
state in northern Greece
Macedonia
53
Identify the starred location on the map.
India
54
Athenian orator; warned against Philip in his most famous series of speeches, the Philippics
Demosthenes
55
king of Persia
Darius III
56
wife of Philip
Olympias
57
a ring with a seal
signet ring
58
boundary line of a circle or sphere
circumference
59
Greek poet; wrote "The Odes"
Pindar
60
Alexander's first defeat of Darius
battle of Issus
61
Identify the starred location on the map.
Hydaspes River
62
Identify the starred location on the map.
Syria
63
"Sell me to someone who wishes a master."
Diogenes
64
philosopher; cynic school of philosophy
Diogenes
65
an oppressive power
yoke
66
Identify the starred location on the map.
Jerusalem
67
"Let us be equally energetic and unselfish and just, then we shall triumph."
Demosthenes

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