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- 1. Greece By: Zachary English Click For Excursion of Greece
- 3. Where Do You Want To Go Religion Economy Click Here to Exit Government Government 2 9 Minor Gods Customs and Beliefs 9 Minor gods (continued) Customs and Beliefs 2 Zeus Poseidon Bibliography Hades Geography Geography 2 Natural Disasters In People Geography 3 Geography 4 Greece Natural Disasters In People 2 Geography 5 Greece 2
- 4. Return to Main Geography Very rock-strewn, many islands Mainland is a peninsula Total area of Greece is 131,957 kilometers2 80% of Greece is mountains
- 5. Return to Main 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
- 6. Return to Main Geography 3 Greece has the tenth longest coastline in the world 9,246 miles in length Mediterranean, the Alpine and the Temperate climate
- 7. Return to Main Geography 4 Pindus mountain range greatly affects the climate it makes the western side of it Greece is very hilly
- 8. Return to Main 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
- 9. Return to Main People Greek is the main language Population from census 10,964,020 93% People are Greek 7% are foreigners
- 10. Return to Main People 2 An average of 16.2 million tourists come each year
- 11. Return to Main Religion Greek Orthodox is the main religion Worship 12 different gods Each city builds a temple in a gods honor They sacrifice animal, food and sometimes people
- 12. Return to Main Economy Euros is main currency .68 is equal to 1 U.S. dollar Over 45% of Greece's money comes from tourism
- 13. Return to Main Natural Disasters in Greece September 7th 1999 8.3 Earthquake Killed 143 people Occurred in Athens, Greece
- 14. Return to Main Natural Disasters in Greece 2 Injured 60,000 people 30,000 were left homeless
- 15. Return to Main 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.
- 16. Return to Main 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
- 17. Return to Main 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
- 18. Return to Main Customs and Beliefs 2 3 main gods are: Hades Poseidon Zeus
- 19. Return to Main 9 Minor Gods Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena
- 20. Return to Main 9 Minor Gods (continued) Demeter Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia
- 21. Return to Main 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
- 22. Poseidon Return to Main God of the sea Created horses Controls all animals in the sea and horses on land Carries a Trident Animal form is a horse
- 23. Return to Main 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
- 24. Return to Main 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