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Germany Unit 6:
Industrial and Economic
Development
 Topic:
Germany’s physical and
human features

Essential Question:
What are Germany’s
physical and human
features?
Place and Region 3

Continent=Europe

Germany 16 States
Capital=Berlin
 Physical
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1.
Features
➔ Alp Mountains
➔ North Sea
➔ Rhine River
➔ Danube River
➔ Elbe River
➔ Baltic Sea
➔ Black Forest

Which countries border

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Climate

➔ mostly moderately continental

➔ Very cold winters, hot
summers
➔ north is colder than south
➔ southwest is a bit more
mediterranean.
 Environmental Issues
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Air Pollution Water Pollution Climate Change

➔ emissions from ➔ Chemical and river ➔ Glacial melting
automobiles engineering have ➔ Warming could lead to
➔ certain roads ban damaged 92% of less rain=drought
➔ Lead to increase
diesel to prevent country’s
wildfires in Alps
pollution freshwater ➔ Burning fossil fuels
➔ This hurts leads to food will be
freshwater harder to grow
ecosystems
Language 7

● German=official
language
● Alphabet &
pronunciation
Similar to English
● Not a “Romantic
Language”
● Due to migration
Turkish, Kurdish,
Russian, Greek.
Albanian, Polish
Religion Ethnic Groups 8

Christianity Mostly germans

largest immigration
population comes from
Turkey, Italy, and the former
Yugoslavia

Religious
Freedom
Culture 9

➔ birthplace of printing
press, philosophy,
artistic styles
➔ classical music -Bach,
Beethoven, and more
➔ Pork =most consumed ➔ Celebrate German
meat unification day -
➔ common German October 3 (West/East
food=bratwurst, Germany reunited)
cabbage, beats, ➔ Oktoberfest(image
turnips, potatoes, and above)-celebration of a
sauerkraut royal wedding dating
back to 1810
 Willkommen in
Deutschland

Germany
Unit 6:
Industrial and Economic
Development
 In Europe

7th largest
country in
Europe

- Official name- Federal Population:

Republic of Germany
83 Million
- Capital- Berlin

LEARNING GOALS FOR PLACE

What continent is Germany in? What is the capital city? 11
 Resources

➔ wheat, sugar, beets, and

potato are main crops
➔ many vineyards
➔ largest pork producer in
EU
➔ the largest milk producer
in EU
➔ the second largest beef &
veal producer in the EU 12
Economy Learning Goals:
1. How does Germany’s economy rank?
Strong or weak?
▸ 4th largest economy in the world,
▸ GDP is among highest in the world
▸ Strongest/ most stable economy in
Europe!
▸ Germany is like the banker of Europe. It
helps other countries when they have
problems (Greece).
▸ The currency of Germany is the Euro..

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Economy Learning Goals:
What industries are strong in Germany?

Service Industry Manufacturing/ Agriculture Industry

70% of GDP Trade 0.9% of GDP
75% of labor force 20-30% GDP
Major agricultural products
26% labor force
★ Finance (grains, sugar, oils, milk and
★ Personal services Motor vehicles is the meat)
★ Tourism biggest! Germany has surpluses in both
★ Real estate 4th largest producer and domestic consumption and
★ Hospitals exporter of vehicles in exports.
★ Schools the world.
Wheat, barey, fruits, vegetables,
flowers. 14
Economy Learning Goals:
3. What does Germany export?

One of the leading exporters in the

world.

▸ The top 10 exports of Germany are vehicles,

machinery, chemical goods, electronic products,
electrical equipment, pharmaceuticals, transport
equipment, basic metals, food products, and rubber
and plastics

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Population Learning Goals
1. Is the population growing or declining?
2. Is the society advanced or developing?

● As of June 2020 the population of

Germany is 83,783,945.
● Germany’s population makes up 1.07%
of the total world’s population.
● The median age of Germans is 45.7
years.
● Life expectancy for males and females
combined is 81.9 years.
● The society is advanced.
● The population is declining but very
slowly.

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 Does the population live in mostly
urban or rural areas?
Urban explosion in Germany came late in the 19th century. Linked
largely to the development of the railways.

Urban growth continued after World War II, although different in East
and Western Germany.

Today, most Germans (77%) live in URBAN areas.

31% live in large cities with more than 100,000 people

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Who is the leader/ head I am the official
head of state!
of government?
Two leaders:
President Frank-Walter
Steinmeier(mostly
ceremonial) I
Chancellor Angela RUN
Merkel (has the political
THIS
power)
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 What are the branches of
government?
Federal
Republic
Government

Executive Judicial Legislative

Supreme Bundestag
Chancellor Bundesrat
Court- Directly Elected Respresents the
Court of last More Powerful governments of the
President resort states
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 Urbanization Learning Goals:
1. What stage of demographic transition is Germany in?
Germany is really in stage 5 (contracting/declining) German life expectancy is about 80. Still,
more older people die than babies being born. If the birth rates get higher, it will go back to stage 4.

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 Urbanization Learning Goals:
2. What stage of development is Germany in?
▸ Germany is in stage 5:
High Mass Consumption
▸ The Service sector is the
biggest sector.
▸ Higher level of
education, their wages
increase, and they have a
higher consumption of
things (use a lot of stuff)
▸ They are a global
economy.

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Urbanization Learning Goals:
4. Is Germany an LDC or an MDC?
▸ Germany is an MDC (More
Developed Country)

▸ Germany is a sovereign state that has

a high quality of life, developed
economy and advanced technological
infrastructure.

▸ Developed countries have generally

more advanced post-industrial
economies, meaning the service sector
provides more wealth than the
industrial sector.

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 Globalization example #1: Global trade.
Germany is the 2nd largest exporter of cars to other countries. They also export car parts. For example, a car is
assembled in the United States but their parts come from Germany.. 23
 Globalization example #2: Immigration
Germany brings in skilled workers to fill the young population gap and increase 24
their labor force.
Globalization example #3: Economic Globalization.
Germany is a member of the European Union. All the countries use the
same currency- The Euro. This makes trade in Europe easier.

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Globalization example #4 Science and Technology:
The Pfizer vaccine was created by two Turkish German
scientists who work for a German company called BioNTech
and is now used across the world. 26
Go to the below website
to further explore
German Economy and
Industries

https://germanybytjha
mel.weebly.com/intern
ational-trade.html