The Amazing Museum of Germany

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The Amazing Museum of Germany
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Culture

• Eighty percent of Germans live in towns or
  cities. Housing there is very expensive.
• In July 2007 the population was 82,400,99
• Religions in Germany 34 Protestant, 34 Roman
  Catholic, 3.7 Muslim, and 28.3 other.
• A national holiday in Germany is Unity Day. Unity
  Day I on October third. The holiday started in
  1990.

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Environmental Concerns

• In Germany, people are building coal-fired power
  plants. These power plants are one of the biggest
  producers of green house gases.

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Physical Geography and Climate

• Germany is 137,838 square miles.
• The Black Forest is a forest of thick fir trees
  in a mountainous area. This place is the setting
  for many German folk tales.
• Zugspitze is the highest mountain in the Bavarian
  Alps. This mountain is located in Germany.
• The climate in Germany is mild.
• The northern part of Germany is flat land and
  heavily farmed.
• In southern Germany summers are warmer and
  winters are colder and mountain caps are usually
  snowcapped all winter. In northern Germany there
  are winter fogs and there are cloudy days.
• Moderate rainfall throughout the country in all
  of the seasons.

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Government and Economy

• A chancellor is the head of the government. The
  current chancellor is Angela Merkel.
• Bundestag is the most powerful house in
  Parliament. Bundesrat is the other house.
• Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) Army (Heer),
  Navy (Deutsche Marine), Air Force (Luftwaffe),
  Joint Service Support Command (Streitkraeftbasis),
  Central Medical Service (Zentraler
  Sanitaetsdientist).
• Exports machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals,
  foodstuffs, textiles.
• The currency of Germany is a Euro.

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Information Bibliography

• Morris, Ting and Rachel Wright. Germany. North
  Mankato. Sea to Sea Publications, 2006.
• Schaefer, Louisa. Despite Climate Concerns,
  Germany Plans Coal Power Plants. Online Posting.
  21 March 2007. DW- World. DE. 27 November 2007.
  http//www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2396828,0
  0.html
• Not Found. Germany. Online Posting. 15 November
  2007. Central Intelligence Agency, the World
  Factbook. 26 November 2007. https//www.cia.gov/li
  brary/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html

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Images

• http//valkyriemovie.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/0
  7/german-flag.jpg (Flag)
• http//www.dw-world.de/image/0,,331466_1,00.jpg
  (coal-fired power plants)
• http//www.tiscover.de/de/layoutimg/sys/weather/OV
  20_0_1.gif (weather map)
• http//img.timeinc.net/time/time100/2007/images/an
  gela_merkel.jpg (Angela Merkel)
• http//images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/59/9
  9/23359959.jpg (tree in snow)
• http//cache.eb.com/eb/image?id83440rendTypeId4
  (house)
• http//www.maps-of-germany.co.uk/images/provinces-
  of-Germany.gif (political map)
• http//falcon.arts.cornell.edu/hz48/zugspitze.jpg
  (Zugspitze mountain)
• http//www.europeangeoparks.org/repository/photos/
  47_th_Harz_Mountain_thumb.JPG (Harz Mountain)