Table of Contents Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE 4 Chapter 2 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT 10 Chapter 3 CULTURE AND PEOPLE 18 Chapter 4 DAILY LIFE 25 Map and Key Facts 29 Glossary 30 Index 31
4 Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE Germany is a country in central Europe with many different and vibrant landscapes You can drive along twisty highways and see wide plains with farms or forests where red foxes and wild boars hide among the trees Hills and tall mountain peaks stand high over medieval castles villages and large cities
Land Germany borders the Baltic Sea to the northeast and the North Sea to the northwest It touches Austria Belgium the Czech Republic Denmark France Luxembourg the Netherlands Poland and Switzerland Germany is one of the largest countries in Europe It has many landscapes The mountains in the south are part of the Bavarian Alps Zugspitze is the highest mountain Zugspitze Mountain 5
