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I. The Russian Federation.

A) Find out information about Russia; its political situation, customs and traditions. (What aspects of Russian geography, history, culture, science and arts do you know?)

B) Answer the following questions.

1.What parts of the world does Russia stretch into?

2.How does it rank in the world in population?

3.Who is the Head of State in Russia?

4.What term is the Russian President elected for?

5.What are the two chambers of the Russian Parliament?

6.How many federal districts are there in Russia?

7.How densely is Russia populated?

8.How many different ethnic groups live in. Russia?

C) Find out information about Russian Economy

Answer the following questions:

1.What are the characteristics of the economy of the Soviet Union?

2.How was the economic policy made in the Soviet Union?

3.How does Russia undertake the transition to capitalism?

4.What are the aspcets of Russian economy?

5.How does Russian economy perform since the year 2000?

6.What is the role of consumers in the economic rebound?

7.Why is Russian economy vulnerable to swings in oil prices?

8.What are the problems of Russian economy?

D) Find definitions to the following economic terms:

a)planned economy;

b)infrastructure;

c)national debt;

d)currency reserve;

e)exports;

f)business climate.

E)Write a short essay about

a)major problems of Russian economy;

b)economic crisis in 1998;

c)growing currency reserves;

d)economic growth and oil prices;

e)old infrastructure;

II. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

A) Find out information about the UK; its political situation, customs and traditions. (What aspects of the UK geography, history, culture, science and arts do you know?)

B) What famous people from the United Kingdom do you know (politicians, scientists, musicians, Royal family members)? Prepare the topic about one famous person.

C) Find out information about The UK Economy

Answer the following questions:

1.What is the place of the United Kingdom in the world economy?

2.What is said about London, as a financial centre?

3.Is unemployment rate high in the UK?

4.What is the role of primary energy production sector in the UK?

5.Why is the UK has become a net hydrocarbon exporter?

D) Write sentences with the following words and ex­pressions:

leading trading power;

financial centre;

unemployment;

interest rate;

inflation;

shares of GDP;

fossil fuels;

decline;

world wide;

closure;

livestock

E) Compare economies of Russia and the UK. What is similar and what is different? Write a short es­say.