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Find Russian equivalents of the words and phrases given below:

to carve one’s way through the mountains, bluegrass, thoroughbred horses, cottonseed-oil business, high-tech plants, to be drained by, refineries, petrochemical plants, paper mills, bauxite, share-cropping, the postwar decline

Find the following cultural words and expressions in the text, and explain their meanings in English:

Derby, Kentucky bourbon whiskey

Answer the questions:

1. In what sense is Kentucky a “border state”? What region is popular with tourists? What attracts them most of all? Which of Kentucky rivers is famous for its impressive waterfalls? Who was it named after? What crops are cultivated in Kentucky? What grass is considered so valuable that the state got its nickname from it? What is the most important sporting event in Kentucky?

2. What do the tourists go to Tennessee for? What kind of economy did the state have in the past? What industry surpassed the traditional Tennessee crops? What business is based in Memphis? What do most of Memphis automobile plants produce?

3. In what way is Alabama’s history typical for all Deep South states? What is responsible for its peculiarities? The interests of what countries clashed in this region in the beginning of the 19th century? What gave the USA a chance to take this area under its control?

4. What does the state of Mississippi derive its name from? What crops are traditionally cultivated there? In what condition was the state after the Civil War? Cultivation of what crops was increased at the expense of cotton plantations? In what region are fishing and sea-food processing more profitable than cotton growing? What fish do they catch in the Mississippi River?

5. What features characterize Louisiana’s geography? What problems are caused by its flatness along the coast? What is its most valuable mineral wealth? What state produces more petroleum than Louisiana? What mineral resources are second in value after petroleum? What town was named after this mineral? What industry is natural for Louisiana as one of the Gulf states?

6. What is the state of Arkansas named after? What is the climate of Arkansas marked by? What are the state’s many lakes and little rivers rich in? What mineral resources are the most important for the state’s economy? How did the dispossessed tenants try to protect themselves during the years of the Great Depression? What saved Arkansas’s economy during the World War II? Did it save the state from the postwar decline?