Class 11-5-14

Today in Human Geo we started to present our country projects to the class. The first group who went was Germany. Their government is a federal republic. A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. Their current leader in Germany is Chancellor Angela Merkel, this is her third term. Also, in Germany, they also have a president. But, the president does not have a big role in the government. They elect the president every four years. The president can be impeached, but there is no point in impeaching the president since they don’t have a big role. After they finished, we could ask them questions about the country they did. Next, the people who did France did their presentation. They shared information on the government and their leader. France’s current leader is Francois Hollande. After they went, my group went which did the US. The current leader is Barack Obama which is our president. We then talked about the impeachment process. How it works is that if the House of Representatives decides to impeach the president, then the senate tries the accused. If the senate convicts the accused, then they are removed from office immediately. The type of government in the US is a federal republic. After that, we gave a little description on why we are a federal republic. When we were done, class was over.