1. By Julia Clites

2. Capital: Athens

3. Demographic Information
 Population: 10,767,827
 Life Expectancy: 80.05
years
 Official Language: Greek
99%
 Official Religion: Greek
Orthodox 98%
 Literacy: 96%

4. Greek Government
 Form of Government:
Parliamentary Democracy
 300 elected parliamentary
deputies form the parliament
 Whichever political party
gets 151+ seats assumes office
 The winning party president
becomes Prime Minister
 President is elected by
parliamentary deputies

5. The First Olympic Games
 The first Olympic games
were held in 776 BC
 The games honored Zeus
 They were held at
Olympia every four years
 The games helped to
solve civil wars within
Greece
 Racing and wrestling
were popular early
Olympic events
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPph6hwRNTg

6. Economic Information
 GDP per capita: $27,600
 GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture - 3.3%, Industry -
17.9%, Services - 78.9%
 2011 unemployment rate:
17.3%
 21% of people below poverty
line

7. Greek Food
 Greek Salad – Known in Greece as a
village/country salad; made up of
tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, feta
cheese, kalamata olives, and olive oil
 Gyro – Famous Greek sandwich made
on a pita with different kinds of meat
and vegetables, topped with tzatziki
sauce
 Baklava – Delicious Greek dessert
made of phyllo dough, chopped nuts,
and honey
 Greece has the oldest grape wine
remnants ever discovered in the
world

8. Major Greek Cities
 Athens – the capital city of
Greece – was one of the first city
states ever and is famous for the
Acropolis
 3,247,000 (1/3 of the total
population) people live in Athens
 Thessaloniki – the second largest
city in Greece – is famous for the
Arch of Galerius
 361,200 live in Thessaloniki

9. The Iliad and The Odyssey
 Homer, the famous Greek
poet who wrote the Iliad and
the Odyssey, lived somewhere
around 800 BC
 The Iliad is a tragedy about the
battles of Achilles and
Agamemnon during the
Trojan War, and The Odyssey
is a comedy about the
adventures of a hero at sea
 The Iliad is commonly
recognized as the greatest
piece of Greek Literature
 Although there is not much
information about Homer,
The Iliad and The Odyssey are
two of the most famous Greek
epics ever

10. Santorini, Greece
 Lying on top of steep volcanic
cliffs, Santorini is one of the most
famous Greek Islands
 The Island sits on top of the
Aegean Sea
 There are over 250 churches on
the island
 The Island is easily recognized
because of all of its white
buildings
 With many beautiful attractions,
such as the Amoudi Bay, Santorini
is famous for its amazing sunsets

11. Works Cited
 http://www.thefoodinmybeard.com/2008/08/chickengyro.html
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