Nepal: Culture and Demographics

Nepal has extreme geography. It's highest peak is in the ​ (a)   (Mt. Everest) and it's lowest point is the ​ ​ (b)   which is only 194 feet above sea level.

• Himalayan Mountains
• mukia parimushima
• arctic plain

​ (a)   , the capital of Nepal, has a population of 862,400 (2021).

• Kathmandu
• Lhasa
• Thimphu

Which of these are common ways to make a living in Nepal?

• tourism

• textiles & carpets

• cement & bricks

• rice, jute, sugar, oil

The most common religion in Nepal is​ (a)  

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity

In Nepal, the man is considered the head of the house, and the woman is the heart. This means that the man ​ (a)   and the woman​ (b)   .

• makes decisions/rules for the family
• provides emotional guidance

There is a large, complicated ​ (a)   . Who you are and what you can do is determined by things like your occupation, your ancestry, your ethnicity, and more. It was outlawed in ​ (b)   .

• caste system
• 1963
• transportation system
• 1888

Cause and effect:

In the past, you were born into certain castes. If you were in a lower caste, you ​ (a)   get a free education.

• could not
• could

There are several language groups in Nepal, 44% of the population speaks ​ (a)   .

• Nepali
• French
• Chinese

Common foods and beverages in Nepalese culture include

Traditionally, women wear a​ (a)   , and men wear a ​ (b)   , but modern Nepalese wear "western style" clothes for every day.

• sari
• doti
• a duck