Greece Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, taking up most of the Balkan Peninsula and has over 2,000 islands. It is bordered by Albania, Macedonia, and Bulgaria to the north; Turkey to the east, and mostly surrounded by water. Athens is the largest and capital city in Greece. Geography- Physical Characteristics- Greece is commonly visited by tourists because of its natural beauty. It is very mountainous, almost four-fifths of it is mountains. One of the …showed first 75 words of 905 total…

…showed last 75 words of 905 total…like to visit this place because it definitely has a lot of beautiful things to see, like the natural mountainous background and the ancien Minoan ruins. BIBLIOGRAPHY Baxevanis, John J., "Greece". World Book Online. http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar234780.htm., Dec 6, 1999. Culturgram ‘92, Greece. Brigham Young University, 1992. DuBois, Jill. Greece. New York City: Marshall Cavendish, 1995, pp.37-44. Halsey, William D., "Crete". Merit Students Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. Halsey, William D., "Greece". Merit Students Encyclopedia. Vol. 8.