1. Greece
The Greeks are famous for starting the
GREECE IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY FILLED Olympic Games, where people compete in
WITH RICH HISTORY AND MYTHS. COME SEE sports. The ancient games included wrestling,
THE SITES LIKE THE PARTHENON AND THE long jumping, javelin throwing, boxing, and
RUINS OF THE PALACE IN KNOSSOS, AND running. The Olympic games are still around
MOUNT OLYMPUS. GREECE IS WAITING FOR today and like the ancient Greeks, people from
YOU! other countries unite for the games.

2. Since Greece is a rocky and
mountainous country, they get most
of their food from the surrounding
seas and have a very sea-faring
culture. They have lots of seafood,
olives, and grapes there.
Greece is located on the Balkan
Peninsula and surrounded by the
Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and
The Parthenon, built from 447 Mediterranean Sea. There is an isthmus
BC to 438 BC is a huge temple which connects the Peloponnesus to the
dedicated to the goddess Athena. mainland. Greece is very rocky and
It was built by Pericles on mountainous. There are lots of islands
Acropolis of Athens and took including the island of Crete.
over 22,000 tons of white marble. The climate in Greece is very dry
Its ruins are still very popular for and never too hot or too cold. There is
tourists today. rocky soil, so a seafaring culture
On the island of Crete, in the city of developed, although the seas can
Knossos you can see the ruins of a sometimes be dangerous during the
Minoan palace, the largest on Crete. winter.
Built in 1700 BC, it covered more
than three acres and is at least three
stories high. A myth is that a
terrible monster, called the
Minotaur, lived in an underground
labyrinth of the palace and took
people hostage. Then a hero named
Theseus killed the MInotaur.