Guided Readings 4-5 World History

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The word Hellenistic is derived from a Greek word meaning ______ .

"to imitate Greeks"

_____ was only 20 when he became king of Macedonia.

Alexander the Great

The city of ______ became and remains today one of the most important cities in both ______ and the ______ world.

Alexandria, Egypt, Mediterranean

Eventually, four Hellenistic kingdoms emerged as the successors to Alexander: _____ , _____ , _____ , and _____ .

Macedonia, Syria, Pergamum, Egypt

The Greeks viewed their northern neighbors, the _____ , as barbarians.

Macedonians

Alexander's invasion of the ______ was motivated by the desire for glory but also by the desire to avenge the Persian burning of ______ in 480 B.C.

Persian Empire; Athens

The Greek cities of the Hellenistic Era became the chief agents in the spread of Greek culture in _____ .

Southwest Asia

According to the _____ , happiness could be found only when people gained inner peace by living in _____ with the will of God.

Stoics; harmony

Hellenistic buildings characteristic of the Greek homeland were _____ , and _____ .

baths, theaters, temples

Eratosthenes determined the Earth was _____ and calculated its _____ at 24,675 miles.

round; circumference

Epicureans believed that human beings were free to follow _____ as a basic motivating force.

self-interest

Archimedes was important because of his work on the geometry of _____ and _____ , as well as for establishing the value of the math constant ______ .

spheres, cylinders; pi


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