Alexander the Great Video Questions
Directions: Use the Discovery Education video on Alexander the Great to answer the questions. Pay attention to the times beside the questions.
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1:17 What important think with Greece did Alexander’s father King Philip do?
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1:40 Who was Alexander’s teacher?
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2:20 Who was Alexander’s role model?
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2:30 How old was Alexander when he became king?
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2:50 What did Alexander promise the people of Greece if all of the city-states united together and gave him soldiers and support?
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3:30 Describe Alexander’s battle strategy called a phalanx.
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4:15 After defeating the Persians, where did Alexander go next and what happened when he got there?
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5:15 What was the name of the “miniature Greece” that Alexander the Great had built in Egypt?
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7:00 Why/how did Alexander and the Greek army win the Battle of Guagamela when the Greeks were outnumbered 5 to 1?
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7:30 Where did Alexander and his army go that no Greek had gone before?
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8:10 What animal and what disease were the downfall of Alexander the Great?
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8:30 By the time of his death, Alexander had conquered _____________ square miles and
______________ lost a battle.

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8:40 Without him, what bad thing happened to his empire?
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8:48 Because of Alexander the Great, he left a legacy of what?