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World around us (2013-1214) Student’s Book to Part 2: political geography

TASK 1. Fill in the table and practice reading the geopolitical names below. Use the dictionary to make sure that you pronounce all the words correctly.

Country	Capital	Nationality	Language
Afghanistan
America
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia (The Czech Republic)
Denmark
Egypt
England
France
Germany
Greece
Holland (the Netherlands1)
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
North Korea # South Korea
Macedonia
Mexico
Monaco
Norway
Poland
Palestine
Russia
Scotland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
Wales

TASK 2. Complete the sentences below. Try not to look at the table above while you are doing it.

1. Bangkok is the capital of ______ .

2. Buenos Aires is the capital of ______.

3. Ankara is the capital of ______

4. Cardiff is the capital of ______.

5. Seoul is the capital of ______.

6. Cairo is the capital of ______ .

7. Riyadh is the capital of ______

8. Athens is the capital of ______.

9. Tel Aviv is the capital of ______.

10. Stockholm is the capital of ______

11. Lisbon is the capital of ______.

12. Belfast is the capital of ______.

13. Edinburgh is the capital of ______.

14. Oslo is the capital of ______ .

15. Skopje is the capital of ______.

16. Stockholm is the capital of ______.

17. Baghdad is the capital of ______.

18. Pyongyang is the capital of ______.

19. Amsterdam is the capital of ______.

20. Prague is the capital of ______.

TASK 3. Answer these questions below.

1. Name at least three countries where the first language is English.

2. What is the main language spoken in Brazil?

3. What are people from Holland called?

4. How many languages are spoken in Switzerland?

5. What language is spoken in Saudi Arabia?

6. What is the nationality of people who live in Sweden?

7. What main language is spoken in Mexico?

8. What are people from Egypt called?

9. What are the first languages in Israel? 

10. Where do people speak Mandarin?

TASK 4. Open the brackets to fill in the names of nationalities.

1. I have worked a lot with ______ (Germany) and can say that they are extremely conscientious workers who never leave anything half-done.

2. The Free ______ (France) were people who during World War II opposed the Vichy government, because it was controlled by the Nazis ['nɑːtsɪz], and who worked, mostly from outside France, to try and defeat it. Their leader was General de Gaulle.

3. The ______ (Switzerland) Guard is a group of specially trained soldiers in the Vatican in Rome, whose job is to guard the Pope.

4. The ______ (Greece) Orthodox Church is the main group of Christian churches in Eastern Europe and southwest Asia, which was formed in the 11th century by separating from the Catholic Church.

5. Russia declared war on Japan on 8 August but, as the ______ (Japan) military reported, the Soviet forces did not appear fully prepared for conflict.

6. The ______ (Israel) Foreign Minister, Moshe Arens, who had just returned from America, detailed the proposal of the US Secretary of State for three-way consultations on the composition of the ______ (Palestine) delegation.

7. The ______ (Brazil), who beat ______ (Italy) 1-0 in Bologna in October, want to remind themselves of the ______ (Britain) style before they meet Scotland.

8. Foreigners often say that the ______ (Britain) are reserved, but it is not often true. Just look at the ______ (Britain) football fans.

9. The ministers claim we have to take a different approach from the ______ (Poland) or ______ (Hungary) but they do not say in what way different.

10. When the ______ (Macedonia) broke away from ex-Yugoslavia, Greece's foreign minister told his EC colleagues that the new state could not have the word ‘Macedonia’ in its name.

TASK 5. You are going to listen to an interview with Anja from Switzerland who speaks about the languages and regions of her country. Listen to it on the given site and choose the right completion to the statements from the options below. http://www.elllo.org/english/0951/Q968-Anja-Regions.htm

1. Switzerland has _____ regions. 

1. three b) four c) five

2. Romansh is the ______ language. 

1. Oldest b) most spoken c) least spoken

3. Swiss is used ______. 

1. all over the country b) mainly in writing c) only in the German areas

4. It is ___ for Germans to understand Swiss. 

1. Easy b) hard c) impossible

5. What is the second most spoken language?

1. Swiss  b) French c) Italian

TASK 6. Fill in the table with the name of the part of the world, the country or nationality where the dishes come from?

#	Dish	Dish Description	Country
1	couscous
2	kebabs
3	brown cheese
4	kangaroo-tail soup
5	frogs’ legs
6	pasta
7	borsch
8	a doughnut
9	cocktail
10	tea
11	coffee
12	goulash

TASK 7. Imagine that you are going to travel through several countries.

Step 1. From the list of routes given below, choose the destination you would like to set off from and to get to. Use a map of the world to lay the route.

1. From Ukraine to Portugal.

2. From France to Mongolia.

3. From Egypt to South Africa

4. From Morocco to Mozambique

5. From Belarus to Thailand

6. From Mongolia to Yemen

7. From Finland to South Korea

8. From Venezuela to Argentina

9. From Mauritania to Zambia

10. From Poland to Japan

11. From Norway to Georgia

12. From Estonia to Iran

13. From Russia to Australia

15. Step 2. For your oral answer, follow the guidelines below.

1. Name all the countries that you will have to pass through on your way.

2. Say what the capitals of those countries are.

3. Say what nationalities live in those countries.

4. Say what main languages the population of those countries speak.

5. Name the biggest rivers and mountains in those countries

6. Speak about one most famous landmark in each of them that you would like to see.

7. Speak about one dish of the national cuisine that you would like to taste.

17. Step 3. Imagine that you have already finished your trip. Hand in the written account about your trip to your teacher at the next lesson. Be sure to include in it all the items from Step 2.

19. TASK 8. Match each country on the left below with the name on the right by which it is also known.

    	Name of the Country		Nickname/Traditional/Old Name of the Country
    1	Holland	a	Eire
    2	Iran	b	Ulster
    3	West Germany	c	The German Democratic Republic
    4	East Germany	d	Ceylon
    5	Sri Lanka	e	The Federal Republic of Germany
    6	The Republic of Ireland	f	The Netherlands
    7	Northern Ireland	g	Persia
    8	The Unites States of America	h	The Emerald Isle
    9	Australia or New Zealand	I	the Land of the Rising Sun
    10	Japan	J	Down Under
    11	Ireland	k	the States

21. TASK 9. Explain the difference between the two geographic names in each pair.

1. England and Great Britain

2. Great Britain and the United Kingdom

3. Great Britain and the British Isles

4. Europe and Continental Europe

5. The Middle East and the Far East

6. India and the Indian Subcontinent

7. America and North America

8. South America and Latin America

9. The Arctic and the Antarctic

10. Australia and Australasia

11. South Africa and Southern Africa

13. TASK 10. Explain the difference between the given adjectives.

1. Arab and Arabic

2. Scottish - Scotch – Scot

3. Eastern - Oriental - Occidental