Resource: Encarta

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A. Click on: Experiment, Natural Wonders, Explore, Mt. Everest.

1. What is the height and significance of Mt. Everest? Why do you think it is a sacred place for the local people?

 

 

 

2. How were the Himalayas formed? How many of the world’s highest mountains
   are part of this range?

2. Close the Experiment and click on Find. Type: Mount. Everest.

1. Why is the mountain called “Everest”?

2. The Way to the Summit.

Fill in the information in the table below. The last row should have the

names of the first people to reach the summit.

Date Expedition/Nationality Height reached

2. Click on Find. Type: Nepal.

1.a. Listen to the National Anthem. What feelings does this music convey ?

2. Listen to the Sacred Buddhist Chant and read the text under it.

2.What countries border on Nepal? What is the capital city and how large is this
city? From what year are the population statistics?

1. What are the two main ethnic groups in the country? Who are the Sherpas?

What is the total population of Nepal? Why do most of the people live in the
Kathmandu and Terai regions?

4. What is the official language of Nepal and what is its official religion? Find more
information (through FIND) about this religion. Take notes. Then go BACK

to the entry on Nepal.

5. For how many years do the children in Nepal go to school? What is the literacy

rate in Nepal?

6. The text says that Nepal’s culture is “self-contained’. What do you think this
means? Why do you think that Nepal’s culture is self-contained?