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My Culture Research The country that I am researching is **Greece .** **Joshua's Picture Page**

Date March 03, 2011 Notes

**Component: ** Values and Beliefs **Sub-component: ** Religion ** Source: ** [|CultureGrams]

** Keywords (Facts): ** GO= greek orthodox 98% greek orthodox, 1 % muslim, 1 % other. GO christian church official church. C=church. government allow pple t/g/t/ any religion, but supports GOC with tax money. 98% GO, pple don't attend c regulary, except special occasion, holiday. older pple tend t/g/t/ c more frequently t/younger pple, wmen, tend g/t/ c mre then men. 1% is (most of those turkish origin) muslim, groups of other christtians, jews.

** Sentences: ** In Greece, 98% of the population is Greek Orthodox, 1% of the population are Muslims, and 1% of the population are groups of other Christians and Jews. The Christian Greek Orthodox Church is the official church of Greece. Greece's government allows anybody to choose any religion, but they support the Greek Orthodox Church with tax money. Though 98% of the people in Greece are Greek Orthodox, nobody attends church regularly. They only attend church at special occasions and holidays. Younger people tend to go to church frequently less than older people. Women also tend to go to church more than men.

** Component: ** Values and Beliefs ** Sub-component: ** Beliefs ** Source: ** [|CultureGrams]

** Keywords (Facts): ** GM=greek mytology. one-eyed monsters, giants, horses with wings, birds with women's heads, powerful gods and goddesses, human heroes r all prt of greek mythology. learn all i/u/read gm. find out heracles (hercules) 12 impssible tsks fr/killng wife+children. promethues, stole fre gods>humans.all of/gods, hestia, demeter, hades, poseidon, zeus, apollo, artemis, aphrodite, hephaestus, hera, athena, hermes, persephone, amphritite so on. GM r not interesting stories only, but tells us how ancient greeks saw t/world+explained natural events.

** Sentences: ** One-eyed monsters, giants, horses with wings, birds with women's heads, powerful gods and goddesses, human heroes and all that aren't real. Yes, that's right. But they are interesting to read about! Who started these stories? The Greeks! Although the Romans adapted THEIR version of Greek mythology, the Greeks are the one who actually wrote these stories! You can learn all about these stuff IF you read Greek mythology. Learn about Heracles (or Hercules) who killed his wife and children and recieved 12 nearly impossible tasks as a punishment. Learn about Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods in order to give it to the humans. Learn about the gods, Hestia, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hera, Athena, Hermes, Persephone, Amphritite, and so on. Greek mythology is interesting, but the stories also tells us how the Ancient Greeks explained natural events and saw the world.

**Date ** March 07, 2011 **Notes **

** Component: ** Social ** Sub-component: ** Foods ** Source: **[| CultureGrams]

** Keywords: ** G=greece fd pple in G eat depend where they lve, mst GKP=greek people GKP eat lamb, fish, olives, cheese. olive oil, lemon juise, tomatoescommon ingredients in GK=greek GK cking. if possible, gk use fresh fd. salads sometimes eaten wthmain dishes. in easter, greeks enjoy roast lamb and kokoretsi (lamb liver, lungs, and spleen wrapped in intestines and roasted on a spit). baklava, GK dessert, thin, flasky pastry filled w/honey+nuts. kds eat chocolate, candy, potato chips, other snaks sold @kiosks. s me poplar dishes are souvlaki (meat shish kebab), moussaka (baked dish made with layers of eggplant and ground meat), andgyros (pita bread stuffed with meat, onions, and a yogurt sauce).

**Sentences: ** Although the food people eat in Greece actually depends on where they live, olives, lamb, fish, and cheese are mostly eaten by Greek people. Common ingredients in Greek cooking include olive oil, lemon juice, and tomatoes. The Greek eat fresh food if possible. In main dishes, there are often salads. //Moussaka//, which is a baked dish made with layers of ground meat and eggplant, //gyros//, which is pita bread stuffed with onions, a yogurt sauce, and meat, and //souvlaki//, which is meat shish kebab. Greeks LOVE roast lamb and //kokoretsi//, which is lamb liver, spleen, and lungs wrapped in intestines and roasted on a spit. A Greek dessert called //baklava// is a thin, flasky pastry filled with honey and nuts. Chocolate, candy, potato chips, and other snacks are often eaten by kids. They are sold at kiosks.

**Component: ** Location

**Sub-component: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Land & Climate

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Source: ** <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|CultureGrams]

** Keywords: ** G=Greece. G in southeastern europe. covers 50, 949 sq mi (131, 957 sq km), mking it smller than state of alabama. m.tns cver much of the country. pinos m.tns run nrth->sth thrgh mainlnd, not mny p.ple lve/mtns. mst pop.ltion lve/valleys, plains, costal areas. earthquakes common, smetimes severe. G has mre/2,000 islands, largest:Crete. sth G warm climate, north wet+cool. winters mild, wet. summers hot+dry. <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">average temperature in July -->26.7° C (80° F), in Athens, the capital, much lower in the mountains. Winters are mild; average January temperature --> 9.2° C (48.5° F).

** Sentences: ** What countries are in Southeastern Europe? Hmm...Italy, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Romania, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, and Greece, WAIT, Greece? Yeah, yeah, Greece IS in Southeastern Europe! Greece covers 131, 957 square kilometers (which is 50, 949 square miles) of Southeastern Europe. The state of Alabama is 52, 419 square miles-which means Alabama is bigger than Greece! A state bigger than a country? Unbelievable. Greece is bordered by the Ionian, Mediterranean, and Aegean seas on the west, south, and east, and on the north by Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Mountains cover more than a lot of the country. The Pindos Mountains <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">stretch from the north to the south through the mainland, BUT, not many people are actually living in mountains. There are many high mountains in Greece; The Pindos Mountains are <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">over 2,285 m (7,500 ft). The Grámmos Mountains rise to 2,519 m (8,265 ft), while Mount Olympus in east central Greece is the highest, rising to 2,917 m /9,570 ft. In valleys, plains, and coastal areas, you can find most of the population in Greece. Earthquakes are very common, AND, they are sometime severe. Crete, a large island, is the biggest island of the the 2,000 islands of Greece. In Northern Greece, it is wet and cool, in Southern Greece there is a warm climate. Summers are hot and dry, while winters are wer and mild. In July, is average temperature is 80° F (26.7° C). Temperature is much lower in the mountains of Athens, the capital of Greece. The average January temperature is 48.5° F (9.2° C).

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** Sub-component: ** Sports

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** Keywords: ** GK=Greeks G=Greece. GK love (S=SPORTS) S, especailly soccer -called podosphero. podi=foot, sphera=ball. G surprised soccer fans round world>winning 2004 european championship-since did not win any game --> international soccer tournament. basketball, swimming, windsurfing, sailing popular sports. weekends->city p.ple like t/g/t/ beach/go fishing. kid favorite games tag, hopscotch, hide&seek.

** Sentences: ** Do you play sports? I bet you do. Sports like ping pong, climbing, running, basketball, tennis, pinball, hockey, skateboarding, soccer-uh, soccer? Yes. Greeks totally LOVE sports, especially soccer. In Greece, they call soccer //podosphero.// In Greek, //podi// means foot, //sphera// means ball. Foot+ball=football! Football means soccer in British. After winning the 2004 European Soccer Championship, they surprised the world since they hadn't won any championships. Other popular sports include basketball, swimming, windsurfing, and sailing. City people like to go fishing and like to go to the beach on weekends. Tag, hopscotch, and hide & seek are popular kid games.


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Holidays
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 * Keywords: ** Greece=G. easter= most important holiday/G. celebrated w/special church services, parade, feasts. 1 january, gks celebrate st. basils day-->mark new year. midnight new year's eve, special ca ke(vasilopitta) with coin cut into pieces. whoever gets coin supposed t/have good luck during coming year. other holidays: independence day 25 mar, ochi day 29 oct. ochi day came w/1940, G's director says ochi(no) --->mussolini, italian dictator(wanted to put soldiers in G). considered brave decision, german+italian army greatly outnumbered G.


 * Sentences: ** //We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!// That's a holiday song. Some Greeks know it. There are holidays like Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, Mid-summer Day, Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Easter-ah, Easter. Easter is considered the most important holiday in Greece. Easter in Greece is celebrated with feasts, a parade, and special church services. To mark the New Year, The Greeks celebrate St. Basils Day. A special cake called //vasilopitta// with a coin in it is cut in to pieces on the midnight hour of New Year's Eve. Whoever that gets the coin is supposed to have good luck during the coming year. Independence Day on March 25th celebrates Greece's independence over Rome. I bet you guessed that already. //Ochi// Day on October 29th is also celebrated. The celebration of //Ochi// day comes from 1940, when Greek's director said //Ochi// (which means "no") to Mussolini, the Italian dictator, who wanted to put soldiers in Greece. Since the German and Italian army greatly outnumbered the Greek army, this is considered a brave decision.

Date March 10, 2011 Notes

**Component:** Government

**Sub-component:** Leaders

**Source:** [|CultureGrams] **Keywords:** president: karolos papoulias prime minister: yeoryios papandreou G=greece. G has president elected every 5 yrs /parliament;prime minister, appointed by president, leads government. G's parliament, <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Vouli ton Ellinon(the chamber of deputies), most pple refer as vouli. vouli=300 members. voting mandatory G at age18. **Sentences:** You've heard of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, right? Well, what would happen in Greece if they didn't have a prime minister or a president? Total chaos! Greece had a special system. They had a president AND a prime minister. Whoa. Actually, presidents are elected every 5 years by parliament. BUT, they don't lead the government. The //prime minister,// appointed by the president actually lead the government. The current president of Greece is Karlos Papoulias, and the current prime minister of Greece is Yeoryios Papandreou//.//The Greek parliament is the //Vouli ton Eillinon. Vouli ton Ellinon// means "The Chamber of Deputies" in Greek. Most people call //it Vouli//. There are 300 members in the //Vouli//. Voting is mandatory at the age of 18.

Date April 12, 2011 Notes

Social Life As A Kid CultureGrams Interview with AlexCultureGrams typical family, mom, dad, childs, grandparents, grandparents take care o/childs. could live in house, 3 bedrooms, mom dad->bedroom, child bedroom, extra geust room bedroom. 2 bathrooms, big kitchen, living room, playroom. yard may have swing set, treehouse. 1 st grade:in school, read+write, learn #, how t/add together, everyday, art, music, pe. study greek+english alphabet, learn english, read+write english, alot o/homework weekends. would eat moussaka, greek salad, calamari squid, gavros(small fish fried eat whole), apples, bananas, beet root, horta, like dark green spinach, only grows crete), drink milk, hates soft drinls, pizza/special treat. go t/school mon-fri. wake up 7 am, eat breakfast w/mom. school: 8am to 12:30am. after school, usually playt w/friends/do homework. 1:30, eat lunch, biggest meal, with dad/mom. a/lunch take nap.wake up a/5pm. finish hw. small dinner/evening, 10 pm, play/watch dvd, have to put toys away, have to fold clothes, put laudry. free time, draw+make things w/paper+tape. play computer games, watch tv, play sprts. favortie cartton, greek mythology go t/bed a/midnight.
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 * Sentences:** You're a kid in whatever country you live in, eh? Well, Greece has kids, too. What would the life of a typical Greek kid look like? Read carefully!!!!! Of course, in a normal Greek family, there would be a mom and a dad, the child or children. Sometimes the grandparents live with the family to take care of the children while the parents work. Most Greeks just live in a typical house you and I live in. Most of them have: a bedroom for the kid (gosh, there are clothes and toys strewn all over the floor...), a bedroom for the parents (no fair, a Pasha carpet and a HITACHI TV...), a guest room (hello, Aunt Kitty...), 2 bathrooms (eew, what is that smell...), a big kitchen (mmm, potato chips...), a living room (hey, ...), and a playroom (hmph, he's got the Hornet NERF Gun...). There could also be a basement (what? a <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Billiards table...). In the yard, the most common things are a swingset and/or a treehouse (whoa, swing, you hit me...). In school for 1st graders, they learn the following: reading in Greek, writing in Greek, reading in English, writing in English, addition, Physical Education, and studying the Greek and English alphabet. They have tons of homework on the weekends. //Moussaka// is a popular kid food. Greek salad, calamari squid, //gavros// (small fried fish that is eaten whole), apples bananas, beetroot, //horta// (a dark green vegetable like spinach that only grows on the island of Crete), milk, and sometimes as a special treat, pizza. All Greeks hate soft drinks. Every Greek kid goes to school from Monday to Friday. They wake up at 7 a.m. and eat breakfast with their moms. School startes at 8 a.m. and ends at 12:30 a.m. After school, kids usually play or do a bit of their homework. At 1:30, they eat lunch, which is one of their biggest meals, with their moms and dads. After lunch, they take a nap until 5 p.m. They finish their homework and eat a small dinner at 10 p.m. They than have to clean up and they have to fold their clothes and put the clothes in the laundry. In their free time, kids play computer games, play sports, and watch T.V. The most popular cartoon is Ελληνική μυθολογία περιπέτειες (Greek Mythology Adventures). Most kids go to bed at midnight, especially on weekends and holidays.

Date April 14, 2011 Notes

Social Language CultureGrams greek spoken more than 3,000 years. many greeks:english, french as well as greek. some speak turkish, albanian, romany, letters of g alphabet different latin alphabet, alphabet we use for e. 24 letters in g alphabet. words such as telescope, geometry, bicycle, biology based on g words. You speak Αγγλικά, anglais, ingleses, 英语, and English, right? Well, Greeks have to have a language, obviously. How would they talk to each other? Greek, Greece's official language, has been spoken for more than 3,000 years! But now, other popular languages in Greece include English and Français (French). Others include ตุรกี (Turkish), Albanian, and Romany. We use the Latin alphabet for English, but the letters of the Greek alphabet are different from the Latin, though both alphabets have 24 letters. Did you know that the English words //telescope, geometry, bicycle, biology,// and many more English words are based on Greek words.
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