GERMANY 



24SU 



GERMANY 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON GERMANY 



Eitf 



Outline 



I. Location and Sice 



(1) Centrally located in Europe 



(2) Latitude, 47 16' to 55" 53' north 



(3) Longitude, 5 52' to 22 52' east 



(4) Geographic relation to other countries 



(5) Effects of location 



(6) Size 



II. What Constitutes Germany 



( 1 ) Kingdoms 



(2) Grand duchies 



(3) Duchies 



(4) Principalities 



(5) Free cities 



III. Physical Features 



(1) Sea coast 



(a) About one-third of total boundary 



(2) Highland and lowland 



(a) Northern lowland 



1. Part of great plain 



2. Fairly monotonous surface 



(b) Southern highland region 



1. Alpine country 



2. The highland proper 



(3) Effect of surface features on history 



(4) Rivers 



(a) 6,000 miles of navigable water- 



ways 



(b) Chief rivers 



(5) Lake regions 



IV. Climate 



(1) Comparatively even climate 



(a) Effect of mountains and sea 



(2) Greater variation east and west than 



north and south 



(3) Rainfall 



V. The People 



(1) National characteristics 



(2) Diversified character of people 



(3) Languages 



( 4 ) Population 



(5) Density compared with that of other 



countries 



(6) Cities 



VI. Industries 



( 1 ) Mining 



(a) Great mineral wealth 



(b) Chief products 



1. Coal 



2. Iron 



( 2 ) Manufacturing 



(a) Marvelous recent development 



(b) Surpassed only by Great Britain 



and United States 



(c) Chief products 



1. Textiles 



2. Metal goods 



3. Beet sugar 



4. Beer 



(d) Industrial insurance 

 (3) Agriculture 



(a) Necessity for importation of food- 



stuffs 



(b) Methods employed 



(c) Chief crops 

 ' 1. Cereals 



2. Potatoes 



3. Hay 



(d) Stock raising 



VII. Transportation and Commerce 



(1) Railroads 



(2) Rivers 



(3) Canals 



(4) Large foreign commerce 



VIII. Education and Religion 



(1) High rank educationally 



(a) Practically no illiterates 



(b) The school system 



(2) No state church 



(a) Distribution of Protestants and 

 Catholics 



IX. Government 



(1) Relation of Kaiser to states 



(2) Powers of emperor 



(3) The Chancellor 



(4) Legislature 



(5) Judicial department 



(6) Colonial holdings 



X. History 



(1) In earliest times 



(2) The era of Charlemagne 



(3) The feudal period 



(4) The Holy Roman Empire 



( 5 ) Struggle between Emperor and Pope 



(6) The Hohenstaufen Dynasty 



(7) The Reformation 



(8) The Thirty Years' War 



(9) The rise of Prussia 



(10) The Napoleonic Era 



(11) Rivalry of Austria and Prussia 



(12) Franco-German War and establish- 



ment of the empire 



(13) Recent development 



(14) The War of the Nations 



