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Germany
Unit 2
Climate/Terrain
• Marine West Coast climate= Warm summers/cool
winters
• Colder in southern Germany due to the Alps Mts.
• Adequate rainfall 25-40 inches
• Northern area: flat, sandy plains (good for
farming)
• Major rivers: Rhine and the Elbe
Government
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Capital: Berlin
Government type: Republic
Head of State: President
Assembly: Parliament
– Federal Council and Federal Assembly
• Lost in WWII under Hitler
– Germany divided (1949)
Economy
• Currency: Euro
– 1 Euro = $1.11 US
• Ranked # 3 in World GDP &
Ranked #1 in Europe
• Main Industries: Coal,
Cars, iron, steel, chemicals
& textiles
Culture/Demography
• Population: 82+ million
• Life expectancy 76 (M), 82 (F)
• Religion: Protestant (34%), Roman
Catholic (34%), Muslim (4%)
• Literacy rate: 99%
• Language: German
• Known for: Art, Music, sports,
literature, food, castles
• Sports: soccer, basketball,
hockey, tennis
Brief History
• World War I (1914-1918): Germany lost
the war, lost land, lost military rights, and
had to pay the winning countries
• World War II (1939-1935): Germany lost
the war and was divided into 2 states
(East & West) after millions of Jewish
people were murdered because they were
seen as an inferior race
– The Holocaust: a genocide that killed about 6
million Jews that was lead by Adolf Hitler and
the Nazi party
Berlin Wall Pictures
The Berlin Wall
• Communist East Germany built a 103
mile Berlin Wall in 1961 to keep East
German citizens from escaping to the
democratic style of West Germany.
• Official purpose was to keep the
corrupted westerners out of the east
• Berlin wall was destroyed
& Germany reunited:
October 3, 1990
Tourism
• Neuschwanstein Castle
River in the Black Forest
Tourism Continued
• Skiing in Germany
Shopping in Heidelberg
Berlin
More Tourism ….Oktoberfest
Foods