Grade 6, chapter 5

Alexander and his army defeated the local Persian governors in the Battle of

The most important city in the ancient world

a type of math that deals with spheres and cylinders

Alexander kept a copy of _______ under his pillow

A traveling professional teacher

The Greeks performed both types of drama________________ as part of religious festivals

In Hellenistic kingdoms, government business was conducted in the _____ language.

Happiness through pleasure is the goal of life

a long poem about heroic deeds

a type of math that relates points, lines, surfaces, and angles to each other

Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was

The library at Alexandria was useful to students of literature and

The three best-known writers of Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and

This Greek poet wrote many poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

The word philosophy comes from the Greek word for

After his death, Alexander's empire feel apart because his

This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.

what a person leaves behind when he or she dies

__________ is known as "the father of medicine

After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, __________ wrote the book Politics

The city of _____ was known as the center of Greek theater.

About the time of 359 B.C. the Macedonian king PhilipII was deemed a threat to Greek freedom by

a short tale that teaches a lesson

became king of Macedonia at age 20

A way of teaching will used today

a traditional story about gods and goddesses

Believed that the human mind could understand everything.

The three types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and