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Greece is a country made up of many islands. It has a rich history filled with gods, goddesses, wars, tragedies, romances, and some of the best myths of all time. Questions in this section can include things about current or ancient Greece.

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How do you pronounce Greek words?

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You pronounce it almost like the word "key," but with a bit of an "h" sound in front of it.

Just like you pronounce:

He is a doctor

Hero

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What body of water borders Turkey Italy and Greece?

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The Mediterranean Sea borders these three countries as well as southern France, Monaco, Spain, northern Morocco, Algeria , Tunisia, Malta, Libya, Egypt Israel, Lebanon and Syria, Cyprus, , Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia,

In particular, the coasts of Italy, Greece and part of Turkey are on specific bodies of water which are part of the Mediterranean Sea and are determined by the geographical shape of this sea in these areas. The western coast of Italy is on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The eastern coast of Italy is on the Adriatic Sea. The southern coast of Italy and the western coast of Greece are separated by the Ionian Sea. The eastern coast of Greece and the western coast of Turkey are separated by the Aegean Sea.

What is a drachma?

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It is the currency/money of Greece.

It used to be. Now Greece's currency is Euro. 1 euro equals to 345,70 drachmas.

The smaller denomination of drachma [GRD] are 100 lepta. There were coins of 5, 10, 20, 50 lepta and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30 drachmas. Paper bills of 50, 100, 500, 1000 drachmas. Later there were introduced coins of 50 and 100 drachmas and paper bills of 200, 5000 and 10000 drachmas. Greece joined the European Monetary system in 2001 and euros were introduced.

What is the greek word for fish?

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psari = In the Greek alphabet "ψαρι." In ancient Greek it was "ἰχθύς" (ichthus).

Greek word for angel?

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Άγγελος aggelos, [angelos, like in: ang(er)-el(f)-os]

How do you say Greece in Arabic?

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The most common word would be γεια σου (gia su). meaning ''...in you health''.

We use it as a word for hi, good bye, so long, etc. We also use it for 'cheers''. We just use it everywhere, you cant go wrong with it. There is a more formal way of use it, because it is actually an abbreviation of '' εις την υγεία σας'' (is -s like 's' not like 'z'- is tin igia sas) but only foreigners will tell that.

I know it is confusing but it is the most important phrase in our langouage. Just try ''stin igia su'' or ''gia su''. Every letter like it sounds in its original form. u like ouuuu like you are booing the Celtics.

What is the literacy rate in Greece?

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right now it is 96 percents

What is an easy way to study for a 6th grade social studies test on ancient Greece?

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I have many suggestions, and you can choose one of them: flash cards, creating games, creating songs, re-teaching what you are studying to someone, rewriting what you are studying on a piece of paper, make a dance that can help you remember, make one of these: ex. If you are trying to remember the elements of culture you could do this:

History

Arts, and agriculture

Religion

Daily life

Language

Economy

Government

Social and ethnic groups

see, it spells HARDLEGS! You can also make one of these to remember a fact that may be hard to remember: ex. in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That`s all Ive got

How many years do the kids in Greece go to school?

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kids in Turkey go to school when they are 18 months old

What comes from the greek word metron meaning measure?

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θερμός/thermos: warm +μέτρον/metron: meter, measure =

θερμόμετρο/thermometron = thermometer("warmth-measure")

Also: thermos, thermal, thermostat, thermonuclear, thermodetonator, hypothermia, thermodynamics, etc.

What is 'great-grandmother' when translated from Greek to English?

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"Great grandmother" in English is progiagiá (Προγιαγιά) in Greek.

What animal represents Greece?

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phlosophia, impotable, pollution interaction kelosanokalafa, matakaka, kakakaka, xacaca. der u go dats ur answer :D

What does gyro mean?

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Technically, "gyro" is just the lamb meat however a complete gyro comes with pita bread, tatziki sauce, tomatoes and onioins. Sometimes in America you can get it with chicken or beef.

Are plums and peaches greek foods?

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Pineapple is a tropical plant with an edible fruit. Mostly grown in Southeast Asia and the tropics. It was not known in Greece until introduced from abroad, so in that sense it is not a Greek food.

When in Greece do they eat baklava?

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It's a dessert that originated in Greece. So probably no.

How do you make gyros?

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Gyro (correct pronunciation is "year-o", not "ji-ro") is a kind of sandwich of Greek origin. The meat is traditionally ground lamb. Mixed with spices and cooked on a vertical rotisserie. As the meat cooks it is sliced off in thin strips put on Pita bread.Then the customer gets to pick what he or she wants in it, (onions, fries, ketchup, mustard,tomatoes and a sauce made of Cucumbers and yogurt with garlic and olive oil called tzatziki. You won't be getting anything like the original anywhere else but Greece, because people change it around, adding lettuce and not a lot of the original. But if you ever go to Greece you will love them.

How would you describe the geography of Greece?

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The geography of Greece is very mountainous with many valleys around them making it hard for other city states to come and attack them.

What are some words that relate to Ancient Greece that begin with the letter J?

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Trick question. The letter J did not exist, it was invented a couple of thousand years later. Their equivalent was the letter I (IOTA), and this applied also to Rome (Julius Caesar spelt his name Iulius).

Why did Greece win the Persian War?

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They established dominance at sea, which limited the land force which Persia could supply in such a poor country as Greece. After losing its sea supply line, Persia had to send half its army home, which made the Greeks superior on land as well as sea.

The rest is ... history.

What do Greek coins look like?

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The Greek national currency of the Drachma has been removed from circulation and discontinued. It has been replaced by the implementation of the Euro. The Drachma notes included imageries of both modern and ancient Greek leadership.

What is something in Greece that begins with an r?

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YES. While there are not that many Greek islands that start with "R", there are Rhodes (the most famous and most populous Greek island that starts with "R"), Repi, Rho, and several others.

What ancient Greece word starts with F?

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herecles or hercules either of those two I am doing an ancient greece ABC book for my school and I found these two words very helpful when I had writers block. You should try doing one it is quite fun but it is even more fun if you have kids like me

Why did Persia attack Greece during the Persian War?

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The Greek colonies in Asia Minor had been incorporated within the Persian Empire. They often revolted and were given assistance by their mother-cities in mainland Greece. When Miletus revolted, Athens and Eretria provided military support, and went so far as to burn down the Persian provincial capital of Sardis. A Persian punitive expedition in response to this was defeated at Marathon and in front of Athens in 490 BCE.

Persia then decided that the only way to put a final end to this was to incorporate mainland Greece in its empire, and so establish an ethnic frontier. Many of the northern Greek cities were bribed to come to the Persian side, and Persian king Xerxes invaded southern Greece in 480 BCE.

What long term effect did the Persian war have on ancient Greece?

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It established Peraia as a bogeyman, and eventually when the Persian Empire was conquered by Macedonia, Alexander the Great incorporated a veneer of Greek culture into them. Much of the Greek population entered into the service of Alexander's successors in the Greek kingdoms they established in Asia and Egypt, leaving mainland Greece underpopulated and a target in the rise of Roman Empire.
Persia agreed not to further interfere in the Greek cities in Asia Minor and the Islands.

Athens turned the Delian League which had opposed the Persian Empire into an empire of it own.

When Athens became embroiled in the Peloponnesian War against the Peloponnesian League, Persia had its revenge by helping the Peloponnesians led by Sparta to defeat Athens and strip it of its empire.