9. Complete the sentences:

•The Bering Strait was _________________________________________________

• Scientists think ___________________________________________________

• Russian Alaska attracted many people. Among them were bad people, such as:

______________________________________________________, and good people, for example:______________________________________________

•Russian people settled not only in Alaska but __________________________________.

•The reason to move to Alaska was _____________________________________________

• __________________________________________________ competed for furs there.

• Alexey Golovkin had the aim to negotiate with the Manchurians about _______________

_______________________________________________________________________________

• As long as foreign goods were better than the Russian ones ____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

•Only the wise strategy and policy of the Russian government______________

____________________________________

10. Find out on map №14 the location of the first peoples in America. What people settled in the north of America?

11. Look at the map. What local peoples populated the territory of North America when the Russians came there?

12. Prove that it was very important for Russia to solve the “Amur problem”.

13. Analyze the text and find facts depicting the real danger for Russia of the USA "idea" of the Anglo-American control.

14. Give a key sentence to each paragraph.

15. Give a summary of the text.