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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What regions was Macedonia divided into prior to Alexander's birth?
(a) Upper Macedonia and Lower Macedonia.
(b) Jungle Macedonia and Desert Macedonia.
(c) North, East, South, and West Macedonia.
(d) Eastern Macedonia and Western Macedonia.

2. For his 336 BC to 335 BC military campaign, what kind of training did Alexander have his troops undergo?
(a) Naval warfare.
(b) Amphibious warfare.
(c) Mountain warfare.
(d) Desert warfare.

3. In the summer of 939, with what threat did Philip have to contend?
(a) The possibility that Olympias would have him murdered.
(b) The possibility of city states joining forces to invade Macedonia.
(c) A great famine which swept Macedonia.
(d) An insurrection on the part of the Macedonian assembly.

4. What city state did Alexander attack in 336 BC as he pushed toward the Danube River?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Persia.
(c) Thrace.
(d) Macedonia.

5. How did Darius of Persia respond to the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?
(a) He did not support it, and tried to conquer the city himself.
(b) He supported it, because he was a staunch ally of Thebes.
(c) He supported it, knowing that it would stall Alexander from invading Persia.
(d) He did not support it, preferring to let the Greeks handle their own affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action did Alexander take in the Persian campaign in regards to the town of Lampsacus?

2. When did Alexander begin his war against the Persians?

3. Why was Philip interested in the region of Mt. Pangaeus?

4. What was the outcome of the Battle of Chaeronaea?

5. Mieza was known for what export?

(see the answer key)

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