GREEK OLIVES

GREEK OLIVES

Olives have played a significant role in agriculture and the diet in Greece for thousands of years. The main olive growing areas in Greece are Chalcedon, Lygourio, Crete and Kalamata. Greece is the third largest producer of olive oil in the world, after Spain and Italy. Greece produces over 330,000 tons of oil per year, and the average Greek consumes almost 24 litres of oil per year.

How much do you know about olives?

Look at the statements below and answer True or False

Multiple Choice

1. Green, black and brown olives each come from a different type of tree.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

2. The olive branch is a symbol of peace.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3. Olive trees are easy to recognise.

• True

• False

Greek Olives

Watch the video and see if your answers for A are correct (video in Google Classroom). Watch the video again and choose the word you hear in question below.

Multiple Choice

1. In fact, most people wouldn't _______ an olive tress

• know

• recognise

Multiple Choice

2. Some tress have _____ for thousands of years

• been alive

• lived

Multiple Choice

3. If people want to end a war, they are said to 'offer an olive _____'

• tree

• branch

Multiple Choice

4. You can make a _____ of tea from the leaves.

• kind

• type

Multiple Choice

5. To produce the best ____, olives are collected and processed once they have become black.

• liquid

• oil

Multiple Choice

6. They're very _____ for vitamins and their oils are very healthy.

• important

• valuable