IV. Understanding the main points

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the official name of your home country?

2. What part of the earth's surface does Russia occupy?

3. What countries does Russia border on? 

4. What natural resources is Russia rich in?

5. What mountains divide Russia into two parts?

6. What river is the longest in Europe?

7. When was the Constitution adopted in Russia?

8. What is the Federal Assembly?

9. What can the President do under the Constitution?

10. What is the first action of the Chairman of the Government on appointment?

V. VOCABULARY FOCUS.

Find synonyms and translate into Russian:

1. the uppermost layer of something (par. 1);

2. be close to (par. 2);

3. different natural surroundings (par.3);

4. it may be (par. 6);

5. all the inhabitants (par.7);

6. supplies of smth. (par.8);

7. a group of people elected to make laws (par. 12);

8. a head of state in supreme command of a country's armed forces (par. 15)