This document provides an overview of key facts about Greece's geography, people, religion, economy, natural disasters, government, customs and beliefs. Some of the main points covered include that Greece has over 9,000 miles of coastline, a population of over 10 million people who primarily speak Greek, the dominant religion is Greek Orthodox which worships 12 major gods, tourism accounts for over 45% of GDP, and the country experiences occasional earthquakes.

1. Greece
By: Zachary English
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2 9 Minor Gods
Customs and Beliefs
9 Minor gods
(continued) Customs and Beliefs 2
Zeus
Poseidon
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Hades
Geography Geography 2
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People Geography 3 Geography 4
Greece
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Greece 2

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Geography
 Very rock-strewn, many islands
 Mainland is a peninsula
 Total area of Greece is 131,957
kilometers2
 80% of Greece is mountains

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Geography 2
 Aegean sea is east of mainland
 Ionian Sea is west of mainland
 Mediterranean Sea is to the south
 Mt. Olympus is the highest mountain
in Greece

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Geography 3
 Greece has the tenth longest
coastline in the world
 9,246 miles in length
 Mediterranean, the Alpine and the
Temperate climate

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Geography 4
 Pindus mountain range
greatly affects the climate
 it makes the western side
of it
 Greece is very hilly

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Geography 5
 The Mediterranean type of climate
features mild, wet winters and, hot dry
summers
 The Alpine type is dominant mainly in the
mountainous areas of Northwestern
Greece
 The Temperate features cold, damp
winters and hot, dry summers with
frequent thunderstorms

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People
 Greek is the main language
 Population from census 10,964,020
 93% People are Greek
 7% are foreigners

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People 2
 An average of 16.2 million tourists
come each year

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Religion
 Greek Orthodox is the main religion
 Worship 12 different gods
 Each city builds a temple in a god’s
honor
 They sacrifice animal, food and
sometimes people

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Economy
 Euros is main currency
 .68 is equal to 1 U.S. dollar
 Over 45% of Greece's money comes
from tourism

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Natural Disasters in
Greece
 September 7th 1999
 8.3 Earthquake
 Killed 143 people
 Occurred in Athens, Greece

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Natural Disasters in
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 Injured 60,000 people
 30,000 were left homeless

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Government
 Parlinamary Republic
 Defense account is 18.7 billion U.S.
 Greece has 157,600 Official troops active
 The current President of Greece, Karolos
Papoulias.

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Government 2
 The Judiciary system is also
composed of civil courts, which
judge civil cases and
administrative courts, which
judge disputes between the
citizens and the Greek
administrative authorities

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Customs and Beliefs
 The Greeks believe in 12 gods
 Each stands for something in human and
natural world
 3 main gods and 9 children of them

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Customs and Beliefs 2
 3 main gods are:
 Hades
 Poseidon
 Zeus

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9 Minor Gods
 Aphrodite
 Apollo
 Ares
 Artemis
 Athena

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9 Minor Gods (continued)
 Demeter
 Hephaestus
 Hera
 Hermes
 Hestia

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Zeus
 God of all gods and goddesses
 God of sky
 Created 9 children of gods
 Has 2 brothers Hades, and Poseidon
 Animal form is an eagle
 Carries staff of electricity of his master
lightning bolt

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 God of the sea
 Created horses
 Controls all animals in the sea and
horses on land
 Carries a Trident
 Animal form is a horse

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Hades
 God of the underworld
 Tricked by Poseidon and Zeus to rule the
underworld
 Uses the Furies as his weapon
 Has no animal form his form is a demon

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Bibliography
 http://www.crystalinks.com/greekgods.ht
ml
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece
 http://www.gnto.gr/eot/splash/splash.htm
 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th
e-world-factbook/geos/gr.html