There are the names of the main religious confessions existing in the world given below. Please, answer the following questions.

Christianity        Catholicism         Orthodoxy         Judaism        Islam Buddhism         Hinduism            Shinto       Confucianism

1. In which parts of the world are these religions particularly influential?

2. Which of them worship one God (monotheism) and which worship many gods (polytheism)?

3. Which of them believe in reincarnation?

4. Who is the founder of each religion?

 

Text I.

Population of Russia, Languages and Religions.

Render this text in English.

Ни в одной из стран нет такого количества народностей, обладающих собственной государственностью, но при этом считающих себя россиянами. Всего на территории России проживает более ста тридцати наций и национальностей - некоторые народы имеют численность во много миллионов, тогда как другие менее тысячи человек.

Государственный язык в республике – русский, который служит как средство коммуникации для всех народов, населяющих страну. Но еще тридцать других языков являются вторыми государственными языками (co-official languages) в различных регионах. В крупных городах есть национальные школы, где преподавание ведется на каком-либо национальном языке, большая часть из них являются воскресными школами.

Россия является по преимуществу православной страной. Вторая по численности религия – мусульманская. Многие люди исповедуют также католическую, протестантскую и иудаистскую веру. В Бурятии и Калмыкии распространен буддизм. Но более 50% населения считают себя атеистами.

 

When speaking about different countries, of course, we discuss not only the geographical position, economy, languages, political system and so on. It is interesting, but much more interesting is to learn about different customs and traditions, holidays and the lifestyle of a people.

Do you know the nationalities and languages the people speak in this or that country? Please, fill in this chart.

Country	Nationality	Language
		French
	Liechtensteiner
Egypt
Check Republic
	Peruvian
		Polish
	Israeli
Viet-Nam
		Urdu
	Canadian
		Icelandic
	Brazilian
		Greek
The Netherlands
		Dutch

 

Which countries have the currencies listed below? And what nationality are most of the people who have that kind of money in their pockets? Can you name the capitals of these countries? Match the names of the currency in the first column with the name of the country. Fill in the other two columns independently.

Currency	Country	Nationality	Capitals
1. Rand	Russia
2. Yen	Iran
3. Rouble	Poland
4. Rial	Venezuela
5. Shekel	Thailand
6. Zloty	Israel
7. Baht	Chile
8. Bolivar	China
9. Yuan	Japan
10. Peso	South Africa

 

Which countries have these cities as the capitals? And what nationality are most of the people living in them? Fill in the last column independently.

City	Country	Nationality
1. Sofia	Kenya
2. Nairobi	Indonesia
3. Montevideo	Belgium
4. Amman	Bulgaria
5. Baghdad	China
6. Jakarta	Jordan
7. Copenhagen	Uruguay
8. Brussels	South Africa
9. Beijing	Denmark
10. Pretoria	Iraq

 

In what countries would you find these dishes most often? And what capitals are there? What nationality would most of the people eating them be? Match the dishes in the first column with the name of the country in the second, please, fill in the last two columns.

Dish	Country	Capital	Nationality
1. satay sauce	Turkey
2. couscous	Sweden
3. kebabs	Belgium
4. smőrgos	Indonesia
5. white chocolates	Morocco
6. brown cheese	Portugal
7. kangaroo-tale soup	Denmark
8. chicken livers in port	Norway
9. pastries with nuts & dried fruit	Australia

 

There are always famous people known not only in their own countries but all over the world. Can you say what nationality are they? The names of their native countries are given in the second columns; you should match the name and the country.

1. Bjorn Borg, tennis-player	Denmark
2. Pablo Picasso, artist	Turkey
3. Hans Christian Andersen, story-teller	The USA
4. Alexander Flemming, inventor of penicillin	Sweden
5. Kemal Ataturk, national hero	Russia
6. Lech Walesa, trade union leader	Spain
7. Thomas Alva Edison, inventor	France
8. Michael Gorbachov, state person	Great Britain
9. Charles de Golles, general, state person	Poland

 

Write or say the word you think first to go with each of the words below. Possible answers are given on the right. See how often you think of the same word as the one done here. You can give several variants.

Whose?	Your answers.	Possible answer
Danish		Bacon
German		Beer
French		Perfume
Irish		Whiskey
Japanese		Motor bikes
Americam		Football
Greek		Islands
New Zealand		Butter
English		Weather
Argentinean		Beef
Egyptian		Pyramids
Russian		Dolls