Training the vocabulary

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Training the vocabulary:
1) ________ Dezhnev is is the eastern tip of a high, rocky headland.
2) The Kamchatka __________contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
3) 11% of the global surface is underlain by________, including
substantial areas of Alaska, Greenland, Canada and Siberia.
4) The ________ Rim the countries on the edge of the ________Ocean
such as Japan, Australia, and the West coast of the US.
5) Westernmost, Easternmost, Southernmost, and Northernmost points
are called ____________.
6) The lowest population __________ among all the federal subjects is
in the Chukotka Autonomous District.
7) The minimal cost of food supplies per month in Anadyr goes up to
8, 500 rubles per _________, which makes it a pretty expensive
place.
Permafrost
extremity
Cape
Density
capita
Peninsula
Pacific

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Industries: match the definition with the phrase
1. the transformation of agricultural products into food, or
of one form of food into other forms (grinding, baking,
fermenting, boiling etc. ) ….
2. an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil)
is transformed and refined into useful products such as
gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils,
heating oil, kerosene
3. The extraction of certain fossil deposits from the
surface of Earth and from underground…
4. The process of extracting petroleum via a pump…
5. a group of several sectors of heavy industry that
manufacture production tools for the national economy,
as well as consumer goods and products for national
defense …
6. Woodcutting, producing lumber…
Petroleum pumping
Timber cutting
Coal mining
Food processing
Oil refinery
Machine building

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• Aircraft works
• Launching pad
• Navy
• Missiles
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4
2

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Indigenous trades
• Net Fishing
• Harvesting
berries
• Reindeer herding
• Horse husbandry
(breeding)
• Seal hunting
• Fish skin crafting

7.

• Tin
Elements extracted/ mined: Which is which?
• Iron ore
• Zinc
• Bismuth
• Platinum
• Lead
• Mercury
Платина
Олово
Марганец
(quicksilver
• Copper
• Uranium
Графит
• Graphite
• Manganese
• Molybdenum Медь
Железная руда
• Tungsten
Свинец

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• Tin
Elements extracted/ mined: Which is which?
• Iron ore
• Zinc
• Bismuth
• Platinum
• Lead
• Mercury
Цинк
(quicksilver)
• Copper
• Uranium
• Graphite
• Manganese
• Molybdenum
• Tungsten
Уран Молибден Вольфрам
Висмут
Ртуть

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Factories for metal refining:
For Ferrous metals, those
containing iron or iron
components
• Steel (steelworks or a steel
mill)
• Iron (ironworls)
“ferrous metallurgy”
• For nonferrous metals, those NOT
containing iron or its
components.
• light weight: aluminium
• high conductive: copper
• resistant to corrosion: zinc
• Nonmagnetic lead, nickel +
others
+ precious metals (gold, silver,
platinum)

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Put one of the words in the gaps!
Territory Autonomous District Republic Federal Subject
Region Autonomous Region
Federal District
1. The Amur ________ has the largest reserves of Gold in Russia.
2. The Kamchatka ________ is bounded to the east by the Bering Sea of the Pacific
Ocean.
3. The North Caucasian ________ is comprised of 1/3 of Ethnic Russians, the
remaining 80% being various ethnicities and tribes of Chechen, mostly Muslim.
4. According to the census of 2010 the percentage of Jews in the Jewish _________
dropped to less than 1%.
5. Siberian Federal Districts contains a total of 10 _______________.
6. Anadyr is the administrative center of the Chukotka ___________.
7. Primorsky _______ is also called “Maritime” and shares Russian border with North
Korea.
8. The ____________ of Sakha is home to such ethnic groups as Sakha, the Evenks, the
Evens, the Buryats, and the Kyrgyz, and Sakha being a major one reaching 49% of
the population.

11.

Match the antonyms and phrases with the opposite
meaning!
wilderness
path
autonomous
metropolis
highway
Ethnic majority
indigenous peoples
dissolution
Emigrate from
coastal
ferrous
Foreign peoples/migrant peoples
ethnic minority
landlocked
production
Immigrate to
Non-ferrous
ground troops/forces
Non self-governing
navy

12.

Match the synonyms and phrases with the same meaning!
husbandry
timber
harvesting
For each person
advanced development
Herding
Per capita
brink
petroleum
refining
plant
manufacturing
processing
rim
producing
works
Picking/gathering/cutting
Enhanced progress
Oil/gasoline
wood

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Without clues. What is it?
1. a permanently frozen layer at variable depth below the surface in frigid
regions of a planet (such as earth)
2. a factory where substances in their natural state, such as oil or sugar, are
made pure
3. Metals without iron/ with iron
4. a chemical element that is a heavy, silver-coloured metal, liquid at normal
temperatures
5. a chemical element that is a bluish-white metal, used in making other metals
or for covering other metals to protect them
6. the activity or hobby of making decorative objects with your hands
7. a special area from which spacecraft or missiles are sent into the sky
8. used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place,
rather than people who moved there from somewhere else
9. a chemical element that is a heavy, radioactive metal, used in the production
of nuclear power and in some types of nuclear weapon

14.

Without clues. What is it?
10. a soft, dark grey form of carbon, used in the middle of pencils, as a lubricant in
machines, and in some nuclear reactors
11. the number of people or things in a place when compared with the size of the
place
12. the activity of picking and collecting crops, or of collecting plants, animals, or
fish to eat
13. that are grown so that the wood from them can be used for building
14. an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or had towns and roads
built on it, especially because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold
or hot weather or bad earth
15. surrounded by the land of other countries and having no coast
16. a flying weapon that has its own engine so that it can travel a long distance
before exploding at the place that it has been aimed at

15.

Without clues. What is it?
17. The Federal Subject of the Far Eastern Federal District which has Anadyr as its
administrative center
18. The Federal Subject of the Far Eastern Federal District which has
Blagoveshensk as its administrative center
19. The two Federal Subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District which were
previously Siberian
20. an area of land mostly surrounded by water but connected to a larger piece of
land
21. the part of a country's armed forces that is trained to operate at sea
22. The Federal District which has St Petersburg as its administrative center
23.The southernmost Federal District in Russia
24. a public road, especially an important road that joins cities or towns together
25. The administrative center of the Kamchatka Territory