Germany
Charlemagne (Holy Roman Empire) - independent political units (sovereign) Protestant Reformation - Protestants objected to teachings of the Roman Catholic Church Prussia Movement - confederation
World War I (1914) - Central Powers - Allied Forces World War II (1939) - Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party) - Axis Powers - Allied Forces
Federal Republic of Germany - West Germany Communist German Democratic Republic - East Germany *October 3, East and West Germany reunited.
Physical Characteristics - mountains, hills, plateaus, plains Berlin - Germany’s capital city