The Capital of Greece is Athens.

The major cities in Greece are Athens, Thessaloniki, Volos, Larissa.

Population is 10,645,343.

Languages spoken in Greece are Greek, English, French.

By MATTHEW & Spencer

Government in Greece is Parliamentary Republic.

Money/Currency is the Euro.

Crops grown in Greece are olives, trees.

Imports to Greece are fuel, oil, steel making materials, civilian aircraft, cars, nuts, boats and motors.

Exports out of Greece are food and beverages chemicals petroleum products cotton and olives.

Greece is a wealthy and poor country.

Jobs available in Greece are fishermen, restaurant workers, hotel workers, farm workers.

Temperature in Greece is 2/3 of the year is warm.

Forms of Transportation in Greece are Taxi , bus ,train , ports,& cars.

Plants in Greece are OLIVE TREES.

Animals in Greece are Gecko, Fire Salamander, Greek Tortoise, Wild boar, bats,vipers and sand vipers.

HERRCO is the company that provides recycling in Greece. Greece has two waste to energy facilities. Household recycling is done with blue bins. There are more than 25,000 bins on the streets as well.

Continent location: Europe

Countries Nearby areTurkey, Albania, F.y.r.o.m., Bulgaria.

Vacation Spots Acropolis, Temple of Olympiad Zeus

Landmarks: Parthenon , mount Olympus.

Minerals , olives , fertile farmlands , cotton, and seaports are Greece’s natural recourses.

Car racing , hiking , skiing , swimming , soccer , basketball , volleyball , windsurfing , wrestling , and jumping are sports Greek people play.

Two of the

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Greek religions are Christian , Muslim , Cathlic , and Greek Orthodox.

Museums : Benaki Museum , Acropolis Museum , and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Foods/drinks : spinach salad , meat , eggs , fish , milk , figs , and feta cheese.

Raphael’s School of Athens is part of Greece’s arts and cuture.

Aristotelis Savalas , Pyrros Dimas , and Maria Callas are very famous people in Greece .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books used: Discovering Cultures Greece , Countries of The World Greece , Time For Kids World Atlas.

The websites we used were http://www.gnto.gr/eot/splash.htm , http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece , http://Wikitravel.org/en/Greece , http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38635 , http://www.investingreece.gov.gr/default.asp?pid41&la=1 , and http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38635 .

People we’d like to thank are Mrs.Smith , Mrs. Clancy , and Mr. Freeman for helping us.