2. Geography of Greece Greece is a European country located on the Balkan Peninsula Mediterranean coastlines Touches borders with Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey

3. Roughly the size of Alabama Contains over 1,400 islands

5. Population: over 11,000,000

6. 99% of the population speak Greek English is taught as a secondary language

7. Greek Orthodox is the main religion Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic

8. Parliamentary Government ◦People vote ◦President and Prime Minister

9. President Karolos Papoulias Prime Minister George Papandreou

12. Hot, dry summers Mild winters

13. In 1821, Greece became an official country when it declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire. It’s official name is Hellenic Republic.

14. Adopted December 22, 1978 Blue represents the ocean White represents waves Nine stripes symbolize the nine syllables in the country motto The cross represents the Greek Orthodox religion

15. Eleutheria H Thanatos Freedom or Death

16. Ancient temples and ruins are still standing all over Greece.

17. Athens~ Capital Thessaloniki Piraeus Patras Iraklion Larissa

18. We knew thee of old, Oh, divinely restored, By the lights of thine eyes, And the light of thy Sword, From the graves of our slain, Shall thy valour prevail, As we greet thee again- Hail, Liberty! Hail!

19. Jennifer Aniston Alexander the Great Euclid Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

21. Mythology was very important to ancient Greeks. Each god stood for something. Zeus was the main god, Hates was the god of the underworld. They made temples to worship these gods and made sacrifices for them.

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