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History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) - Test
  • 1. Which Greek philosopher is said to have been the tutor of Alexander the Great?
A) Pythagoras
B) Socrates
C) Plato
D) Aristotle
  • 2. When did Alexander the Great ascend to the throne of Macedonia?
A) 400 BC
B) 200 BC
C) 336 BC
D) 323 BC
  • 3. Which of the following battles marked Alexander the Great's decisive victory over the Persian Empire?
A) Battle of Thermopylae
B) Battle of Marathon
C) Battle of Gaugamela
D) Battle of Issus
  • 4. Which city did Alexander the Great famously set ablaze in 331 BC, after capturing it?
A) Persepolis
B) Thebes
C) Athens
D) Sparta
  • 5. What was the name of the famous city founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt?
A) Luxor
B) Cairo
C) Thebes
D) Alexandria
  • 6. Which city served as the capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia?
A) Thebes
B) Athens
C) Sparta
D) Pella
  • 7. Who was the first ruler to unite the various Greek city-states and kingdoms into the League of Corinth?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Antipater
C) Perdiccas II
D) Philip II of Macedon
  • 8. Which Persian king led the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, ultimately defeated at the Battle of Plataea?
A) Xerxes I
B) Darius I
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Artaxerxes I
  • 9. Which famous Greek king defeated and expelled the Persian forces from Macedonia in 479 BC?
A) Alexander I of Macedon
B) Philip II of Macedon
C) Alexander the Great
D) Perdiccas II
  • 10. Who founded the kingdom of Macedonia?
A) Perdiccas II
B) Philip II
C) The Achaemenid Empire
D) The Argead dynasty
  • 11. Which empire did Alexander the Great invade after defeating Darius III?
A) The Achaemenid Empire
B) The Carthaginian Empire
C) The Roman Republic
D) The Spartan Confederacy
  • 12. Who was responsible for the Partition of Babylon after Alexander's death?
A) The diadochi, including Antipater
B) Darius III
C) Philip II
D) Alexander IV
  • 13. Who defeated the Spartans under Cleomenes III?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Philip V
C) Antigonus III Doson
D) Perseus of Macedon
  • 14. Which war saw Macedonia's defeat by Rome, leading to the loss of its Greek territories?
A) The First Macedonian War
B) The Cretan War
C) The Social War
D) The Third Macedonian War
  • 15. Who was the pretender that briefly revived the Macedonian monarchy during the Fourth Macedonian War?
A) Philip V
B) Perseus of Macedon
C) Antigonus III Doson
D) Andriscus
  • 16. Which Roman general crushed Andriscus's forces at the second Battle of Pydna?
A) Gaius Marius
B) Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
C) Scipio Africanus
D) Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
  • 17. Who was Philip II's general that was victorious against the Illyrian king Grabos II?
A) Antigonus Monophthalmus
B) Craterus
C) Leonnatus
D) Parmenion
  • 18. What was the name of the city that Philip II captured and refounded as Philippi?
A) Potidaea
B) Amphipolis
C) Crenides
D) Pydna
  • 19. Who led the Antipatrid dynasty during the early Hellenistic era?
A) Ptolemy I Soter
B) Antigonus I Monophthalmus
C) Cassander
D) Demetrius I of Macedon
  • 20. Who was the ruler of Thrace that challenged Macedonian territorial integrity during Perdiccas II's reign?
A) Sitalces
B) Brasidas
C) Pericles
D) Cnemus
  • 21. Which city did Philip II capture in 348 BC, selling its inhabitants into slavery?
A) Amphipolis
B) Pydna
C) Methone
D) Olynthos
  • 22. Who is believed to have assassinated Archelaus I?
A) Cleon
B) Pausanias
C) Brasidas
D) Sitalces
  • 23. Which Spartan general aided Perdiccas II in convincing Athenian allies in Thrace to defect during the Peloponnesian War?
A) Brasidas
B) Cleombrotus
C) Lysander
D) Gylippus
  • 24. Which non-Greek peoples lived north of Macedonia?
A) Paeonians, Thracians, and Illyrians
B) Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians
C) Greeks, Romans, and Persians
D) Spartans, Athenians, and Corinthians
  • 25. Which city did Cassander capture, defying Polyperchon's decree?
A) Piraeus
B) Corinth
C) Thebes
D) Athens
  • 26. Which city did Athens found at the mouth of the Strymon River for access to resources?
A) Amphipolis
B) Pydna
C) Methone
D) Therma
  • 27. Which league posed a perennial problem for Antigonus II's control over central Greece?
A) Seleucid Empire
B) Achaean League
C) Ptolemaic Egypt
D) Aetolian League
  • 28. Who was appointed as regent over the two kings after Alexander's death?
A) Polyperchon
B) Antipater
C) Cassander
D) Perdiccas
  • 29. Who assassinated Seleucus I in 281 BC?
A) Lysimachus
B) Antigonus Gonatas
C) Pyrrhus of Epirus
D) Ptolemy Keraunos
  • 30. Who led the Chremonidean War against Macedonian authority?
A) Antigonus II Gonatas
B) Ptolemy II Philadelphus
C) Chremonides
D) Aratus of Sicyon
  • 31. Which Greek victory led to the cessation of Achaemenid control over Macedonia?
A) Battle of Thermopylae
B) Battle of Marathon
C) Greek victory at Salamis
D) Battle of Plataea
  • 32. Who provided critical aid to Amyntas III against the Chalcidian League?
A) Pelopidas
B) Cleombrotus
C) Brasidas
D) Teleutias
  • 33. Who was nearly killed and forced into exile due to an omen about Perdiccas becoming king?
A) A local king in Upper Macedonia
B) Alexander I
C) Temenus of Argos
D) Heracles
  • 34. Who was responsible for expelling Philip V from Macedonia in 198 BC?
A) The Roman consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus.
B) The Achaean League after abandoning Philip V.
C) Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus at Apollonia.
D) Perseus of Macedon during the Third Macedonian War.
  • 35. Which regions did the Argead Macedonians expand into around the time of Alexander I?
A) Persia and Babylon
B) Upper Macedonia and lands to the west beyond the Axius river
C) Southern Greece and Crete
D) Asia Minor and Egypt
  • 36. Who was the Thracian ruler that Philip II campaigned against in 342 BC?
A) Pleuratus I
B) Berisades
C) Glaucias
D) Cersobleptes
  • 37. What was the relationship between Macedonians and Thessalians?
A) The Thessalians were subjugated by the Macedonians.
B) There was no significant relationship.
C) They were frequently at war with each other.
D) They had much in common, both culturally and politically.
  • 38. Who was left by Darius I of Persia to subdue the Paeonians, Thracians, and coastal Greek city-states?
A) Xerxes I
B) General Megabazus
C) Datis
D) Mardonius
  • 39. Who expelled Pyrrhus from Macedonia in 286 BC?
A) Ptolemy Keraunos
B) Seleucus I Nicator
C) Lysimachus
D) Antigonus Gonatas
  • 40. Which city did Alexander III burn to the ground after a revolt in 335 BC?
A) Corinth
B) Sparta
C) Athens
D) Thebes
  • 41. Who did Philip V send to attack Illyria in 216 BC?
A) Scerdilaidas
B) Demetrius of Pharos
C) A hundred light warships
D) Roman quinqueremes
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