Germany
By Josh Ziemer
Background
• As Europe's largest economy and most
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populous nation, Germany remains a key
member of the continent's economic,
political, and defense organizations.
European power struggles immersed the
country in two devastating World Wars in
the first half of the 20th century and left
the country occupied by the victorious
Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and
the Soviet Union in 1945.
With the advent of the Cold War, two
German states were formed in 1949: the
western Federal Republic of Germany
(FRG) and the eastern German Democratic
Republic (GDR). The end of the Cold War
allowed for German unification in 1990.
Background part two
• Since then, Germany has expended
considerable funds to bring eastern
productivity and wages up to
western standards. In January 2002,
Germany and 11 other EU countries
introduced a common European
currency, the euro.
Environment Problems
• From coal-burning utilities and industries
contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting
from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging
forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw
sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in
eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal;
government established a mechanism for ending
the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years.
Germanys different names
• conventional long
form: Federal Republic
of Germany
conventional short
form: Germany
local short form:
Deutschland
former: German
Empire, German
Republic, German
Reich.
Leaders
• One leader I am sure
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everyone has heard of is
Hilter.
But now Germanys
leaders aren't crazy or
insane anymore.
Gherhard Schroeder is
the prim minister of
Germany right now and
form what I have heard
he is a good leader.
Germen Food
• Germany has a lot of
great food. One of my
favorites is the
Germen Sausage.
They have a lot of the
same food we have
here in America.
Germany’s Army
• Army, Navy (including
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naval air arm), Air
Force, Medical Corps,
Joint Support Service.
Only men are allowed
to join the army not
women.
War
• Germany always wanted
the world and was willing
to fight over it. Germany
was involved with two
major wars, the great war
(World War I) and World
War II.
• They were involved in the
cold war and other wars
but world war l and ll were
the biggest. Germany also
was the country that was
doing the Holocaust with
the Jews. Germany has
much war history but these
were the biggest.
The Flag
• What the flag looks
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like.
Three equal
horizontal bands of
black (top), red, and
gold
Famous People
• Some famous people
in Germany are
Gherhard Schroeder
(prime minister). A
lot of musicians were
from there, some
known as Beethoven,
Mozart, and Bach.
Johann Wolfgang Von
Goethe and Friedrich
Von Schiller they
were poets.
Climate
• Temperature there is cool, cloudy, wet winters
and summers; occasional warm, tropical wind;
high relative humidity.
Seasons
• Germany is pretty
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much the same as
what we have here in
Chicago. They have
nice summers and cold
winters
They have some other
things we do not.
Longer summers and
very nice spring and
fall.
History of Germany
• One fact many people know about
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Germany’s involvement in World War II.
Also Hitler was living in Germany at the
time of the war and caused World War II
to happen.
Germany was ruled under Kaisers who
were emperors around the 1800s.
Germany was divided by a giant wall
(know as the Berlin Wall)
Government
• The government in
Germany is called the
federal republic.
• Germany also has a
executive branch,
legislative branch, and
judicial branch.
• Political parties of
Germany are Alliance
'90/Greens, Christian
Democratic Union or CDU,
Christian Social Union or
CSU, Free Democratic Party
or FDP, Party of
Democratic Socialism or
PDS, Social Democratic
Party or SPD.
Airports
• One of the airports
there is called
Deutsche Lufthansa.
Berlin also has an
airport with the name
“Berlin”. Germany
does not have as many
airports as the US but
it has enough for
people to fly in and
out.
• They also serve good
German food.
• Germany has 551
airports.
Attractions
• One major attraction is the
city of Renaissance.
Founded in 15 BC under
the rule of Emperor
Augustus, Augsburg grew
to become a major trading
centre. The imperial city
achieved its greatest
prosperity in the 15th and
16th centuries as a result
of international trade and
the banking business of
the Fugger and Welser
merchants families. The
magnificent Renaissance
buildings that give the city
its unique character date
from
this period.
Population
• The population of
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Germany from July
2003 is 82,398,326. A
lot more people are
living there now.
The population of
Germany have more
men (6,312,614) and
women (5,988,681).
Where is Germany?
• Germany could be
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found in Central
Europe, bordering the
Baltic Sea and the
North Sea, between
the Netherlands and
Poland, south of
Denmark.
Germany is a country
that could not be
missed.
Germany is slightly
smaller than Montana
Communications
• Main telephones
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users are 50.9
million and cell
phone users are
55.3.
There are 32.1
million Internet
users.
Languages
• The language they
speak there is
German. Some of
them know English
but they mainly speak
German
Where is Germany from the US
• Germany is east from the US.
• It is very far from us but we could get
there by plane.
Closing
• In closing I find Germany interesting and fun.
• One day I hope I get to go there and see all the
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sites.
That man up there is Mr. Plaza!