| A | B |
|---|
| Hamburg | It is Germany's major port. |
| autobahn | German superhighways |
| Otto von Bismark | This leader united Germany's territories into a single country. |
| Black Forest | This is a tree covered area in western Germany |
| Rhine River | It is Europe's most important inland waterway. |
| Bavarian Alps | This mountain range is in southern Germany. |
| West Germany | It was the western part of a divided Germany after World War II. |
| Berlin | It is the capital of Germany. |
| East Germany | It was the eastern part of a divided Germany after World War II. |
| loess | soil deposited by winds |
| communism | government controls the economy and society in general |
| acid rain | rainfall with high amounts of chemical pollution |
| dialect | local forms of a language |
| Holocaust | systematic murder of 6 million Jews and 6 million others by Hitler and the Nazis |
| the Ruhr | productive industrial area in north central Germany |
