4/4/19

Today we had a refresher of the pages that we read and took notes on yesterday. We started off by taking a seven question pop quiz that I got a five out of seven on and the two that I got wrong were answers that had something that meant something very similar so I don't feel bad about that. Mr. Schick went into a lot of depth with the tragedies and the comedies and even went deep into telling us some of the darker stories about Oedipus rex and even telling us test question which is that Fatal Flaw is another word for hubris. He didn't want us to read and answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5 but I insisted on doing it tonight because I want to do good on the test next week.

1. Philip II- King of Macedonia that dreamed of taking control of Greece and then moving against      Persia to seize its vast wealth. Also the father of Alexander the Great.
    Macedonia- kingdom located just north of Greece that had rough terrain and a cold climate.
    Alexander the Great- son of King Philip II that extended his empire across an area that would be considered many nations today.
    Darius II- King of Persia that raised a huge army to defend off the Macedonians

3. King Philip II transformed the rugged peasants into a well-trained and professional armband organized his pushing troops into phalanxes.

4. Alexander continued his conquest because he was greedy and he believed that he had enough power to conquer all civilizations.

5. His three Macedonian generals fought for control for his empire. Eventually Ptolemy would become governor of Egypt, Seleucus would take most of the Persian Empire, and Antigonus I would become King of Macedonia.