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GREECE

GREECE. By Megan Stevens Pd. 2. MAP. FLAG. FACTS. Climate Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers Geography Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey

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GREECE

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  1. GREECE By Megan Stevens Pd. 2

  2. MAP

  3. FLAG

  4. FACTS • Climate • Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers • Geography • Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey • Mountains divide Greece into many land regions. High peaks cut off valleys and plains from one another. • The Pindus Mountains form a barrier between the east and west sections of the mainland. • Water shapes the land regions of Greece. • Long arms of the sea reach into the coasts, forming many peninsulas. • Greece's hundreds of islands together make up about 20 percent of the country. • Greece has nine main geographic regions. They are: (1) Thrace, (2) Macedonia, (3) Thessaly, (4) Epirus, (5) Central Greece and Euboea, (6) the Peloponnesus, (7) the Ionian Islands, (8) the Aegean Islands, and (9) Crete.

  5. FACTS • Size • 131,990 km2 • Slightly smaller than Alabama • Capital: Athens • Population: 10,737,428 • Language: Greek • Form of Government: Parliamentary Republic • Primary Religion: Greek Orthodox

  6. Historical Background • The Greek War of Independence began in 1821 and concluded in 1830 when England, France, and Russia forced the Ottoman Empire to grant Greece its independence under a European monarch, Prince Otto of Bavaria.

  7. Major Industries • Tourism • Ship Building • Fishing • Farming wheat, fruits, vegetables, olives and grapes • Goat and sheep ranching • Food Manufacturing

  8. Spanakopita FOOD Moussaka • Mediterranean diet • Moussaka • layers of meat and eggplant topped with a white sauce and baked • Stifado • “game” stew with pearl onions, vinegar, red wine and cinnamon • Greek Salad • a tomato salad made of sliced or chopped tomatoes with a few slices of cucumber, red onion, feta cheese, and kalamata olives, seasoned with salt, black pepper, oregano, and basil and dressed with olive oil • Spanakopita • pastry with a filling of chopped spinach, feta cheese, onions, egg, and seasoning • Souvlaki • small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer • Skordalia • thick purée of potatoes, walnuts, almonds, crushed garlic and olive oil • Lentil soup Stifado Skordalia Souvlaki Lentil soup

  9. FOOD • Pasteli • candy bar with sesame seeds baked with honey • Grilled octopus • Small fish • Dolmades • rice, currants and pine kernels wrapped in vine leaves • Galaktoboureko • Dessert, of custard in phyllo • Gyro • consists of meat, tomato, onion, and tzatziki sauce, and is served with pita bread • Various pulses, olives and cheese Gyro Dolmades Pasteli Galaktoboureko Grilled octopus

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