Three Greek Philosophers (and Alexander the Great)

This Greek philosopher kept bothering people in Athens with lots of questions and the people voted to sentence him to death. What was his name?

This Greek philosopher was taught by Socrates and wrote a famous book called the Republic, where he criticized democracy and taught we should be ruled by philosopher-kings. What was his name?

This Greek philosopher came up with a scientific worldview that was very influential for 2,000 years and included the belief in five elements and the view that the earth was the center of the universe.

This Greek conqueror led the Greeks to conquer Egypt, Persia, and Mesopotamia, but he died young and his empire was divided up.

This Greek philosopher left us no writings himself, but his student Plato wrote down his words.

During the Renaissance, a Polish astronomer named Copernicus had a hypothesis that the earth went around the sun instead of the other way around. His heliocentric theory went against the old view of the earth going around the sun, as taught by...

Now we know there are 118 elements in the periodic table, such as oxygen, hydrogen, gold, silver, carbon, nitrogen, and more. But who was the Greek philosopher who taught there were only five elements, earth, wind, water, fire, and aether? He was WRONG but his theory was a big deal for many years.

Which of these Greeks had a dad named Philip of Macedonia who united the Greek city-states into one empire?

The people of Athens practiced a form of government called democracy in which the people ruled. But the people voted to send ________ to death.

This conqueror helped to destroy democracy in Greece and set up a violent empire that took over much of the known world. He died young and his empire fell apart.