1. Germany
Unit 2

3. Climate/Terrain Marine West Coast climate= Warm summers/cool winters
Colder in southern Germany due to the Alps Mts.
Adequate rainfall inches
Northern area: flat, sandy plains (good for farming)
Major rivers: Rhine and the Elbe

5. Government Capital: Berlin Government type: Republic
Head of State: President
Assembly: Parliament
Federal Council and Federal Assembly
Lost in WWII under Hitler
Germany divided (1949)

6. Economy Currency: Euro Ranked # 3 in World GDP & Ranked #1 in Europe
1 Euro = $1.11 US
Ranked # 3 in World GDP &
Ranked #1 in Europe
Main Industries: Coal,
Cars, iron, steel, chemicals
& textiles

7. 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

8. Brief History
World War I ( ): Germany lost the war, lost land, lost military rights, and had to pay the winning countries
World War II ( ): 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

9. Berlin Wall Pictures

10. 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

11. Tourism
Neuschwanstein Castle
River in the Black Forest

12. Tourism Continued
Berlin
Skiing in Germany
Shopping in Heidelberg

13. More Tourism ….Oktoberfest

14. Foods