INT D 280 - FINAL

INT D 280 - FINAL



MountbnOlympusbn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn2,918bnmbn/bn9,573bnft

Locationbn:bnThessaly,bnGreece

Featuresbn:bnisbnthebnhighestbnmountainbninbnGreecebnandbnthebnsecondbnhighestbninbnthebnBalkans.bnT
hebnmountainbnfeaturesbnprominentlybninbnGreekbnmythologybnandbnliterature,bnandbnitbnhasbnbeenbna
bnnationalbnpark,bnthebnfirstbninbnGreece,bnsincebn1938.bnIt'sbnalsobnabnWorld'sbnBiospherebnReserve.




MountbnPaektubn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn2,744bnmbn/bn9,003bnft

Locationbn:bnNorthbnKoreabnandbnChina

Featuresbn:bnThebnhighestbnmountainbnonbnthebnKoreanbnPeninsula,bnthisbnsacredbnvolcanobnfeaturesbn
prominentlybninbnKoreanbnmythology.bnItsbnlargebncraterbnlakebnonbntopbnisbnsuitablybnnamedbnHeavenb
nLake.




MountbnKailashbn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn6,638bnmbn/bn21,778bnft

Locationbn:bnTibetbnAutonomousbnRegion,bnChina

Featuresbn:bnisbnperhapsbnthebnmostbnholybnmountainbnonbnEarth.bnIt'sbnconsideredbnsacredbntobnthebn
adherentsbnofbnthebnBön,bnBuddist,bnHindu,bnandbnJainbnreligions,bnabnquarterbnofbnthebnworld'sbnpopu
lation.bnThebnsummitbnremainsbnuntroddenbntobnthisbnday.bnTobnclimbbnthebnmountainbnwouldbnbebnsa
crilegious.bnInstead,bnitbnisbnabnfavouritebnforbncircumambulation.



Kangchenjungabn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn8,586bnmbn/bn28,169bnft

Locationbn:bnNepal,bnIndia

Featuresbn:bnisbnthebnthirdbnhighestbnmountainbninbnthebnworld.bnItbnisbncalledbn"FivebnTreasuresbnofbnS
now"bnforbnitsbnfivebnhighbnpeaks,bnandbnhasbnalwaysbnbeenbnworshippedbnbybnthebnpeoplebnofbnDarje
elingbnandbnSikkim.



Machapucharebn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn6,993bnmbn/bn22,943bnft

,Locationbn:bnNorthbnCentralbnNepal

Featuresbn:bn(frombnNepali,bnmeaningbn"fishtail")bnisbninbnthebnAnnapurnabnHimalayasbnofbnNorthbnCen
tralbnNepal.bnItbnisbnreveredbnbybnthebnlocalbnpopulationbnasbnparticularlybnsacredbntobnthebngodbnShiva
,bnandbnhencebnisbnoffbnlimitsbntobnclimbing.bnItbnisbnalsobnnicknamedbnthebn"MatterhornbnofbnNepal".



NangabnParbatbn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn8,126bnmbn/bn26,660bnft

Locationbn:bnGilgit-BaltistanbnRegion,bnPakistan

Featuresbn:bn(literally,bn"NakedbnMountain"bninbnUrdu)bnisbnthebnninthbnhighestbnmountainbninbnthebnw
orld.



ThebnApenninesbn-bnanswers--Elevationbn:bn2,912bnmbn/bn9,554bnft

Locationbn:bnItaly

Featuresbn:bnarebnabnmountainbnrangebnconsistingbnofbnparallelbnsmallerbnchainsbnextendingbn1,200bnk
mbnalongbnthebnlengthbnofbnpeninsularbnItaly.bnTheybnarebnmostlybnverdant,bnalthoughbnonebnsidebnofbn
thebnhighestbnpeak,bnCornobnGrande,bnisbnpartiallybncoveredbnbybnCalderonebnGlacier,bnthebnonlybnglaci
erbninbnthebnrange,bnwhichbnhasbnbeenbnrecedingbnsincebn1794.

HighestbnPeak:bnCornobnGrandebn(BigbnHorn)



SimonbnSharmabn-bnanswers--whobnsaid;

"landscapebnisbnthebnworkbnofbnthebnmind,bnmadebnupbnjustbnasbnmuchbnofbnscenerybnasbnfrombnlayers
bnofbnrocks"




middlebnages/bnrenaissancebn(attitudebntowardsbnmountains)bn-bnanswers--
whatbntimebnerabnsawbnmountainsbnasbnscarybndemonbnland,bnfullbnofbndemonicbnbeings,bnwitches,bnan
dbntrolls?bnalsobnabntimebnwhenbnEuropebnshunnedbnthebnmountains



Scheuchzerbn-bnanswers--
whobnsuggestedbnthatbndragonsbncouldbnbebnfoundbninbnSwitzerlandbninbnthebnearlybn1700s



greeksbnandbnceltsbninbnthebnearlybnagesbn-bnanswers--
whobnbelievedbnthatbnmountainsbnwerebnthebnhomebnofbngodsbnandbnmythbnassociatedbnbeingsbnrever
ed.

-bnmountbnolympusbn

,-bnzeusbnwasbnbornbnandbnraisedbninbnmountainbncaves

-bnpeoplebnhasbnartbninspiredbnbybnthesebnmythsbnandbnthebnmountains

-bnmountainsbnwerebnhomebntobnmanybnotherbnmagicalbncreaturesbnincludingbnnymphs



HomerbnIliadbn-bnanswers--whatbnauthorbnandbnbookbndescribedbnmountainsbnfrombnthebnearlybnages:

"springbnsnowbnwaterbntorrentsbnrisenbnandbndownbnthebnmountainbnsidebnhurlbnatbnabnconfluencebnth
eirbnmightybnwaterbnofbngorgesbnbybntributariesbnandbnfarbnawaybnuponbnthebnhillsbnabnShepardbnhears
bnthebnroarsbnasbnsouthbnwindbnandbnthebnSoutheastbnwindbncontendingbninbnmountainbngrovesbnmake
bnallbnthebnforestbnthrashbnswayingbntheirbnpointedbnpoughsbntowardsbnonebnanotherbninbnroaringbnwin
dbnandbnsnappingbnbranchesbncrack.



MountbnOlympusbn(thessaly)bn-bnanswers---bnmanybnmountainsbnarebnnamedbnthis

-bnassociatedbnwithbnweatherbncultsbnduebntobnzeusbnbeingbnthebngodbnofbnstormbnandbnweather



Italybnandbnromansbn(attitudebntowardsbnmountains)bn-bnanswers--
lotsbnofbnnearbybnmountainsbninbnthisbnarea,bnwherebnalpinesbnrunbnthebnentirebnlengthbn-
bnEuropeanbnalpsbnfrombnromanbnboarders.

-bnthebnpeoplebnofbnthisbnlandbndidn'tbnlikebnmountainsbn

-bnprimarilybnviewedbnasbnobstaclesbnforbnconquestsbnandbnconqueringbn

-bncaesarbnwasbncrossingbnthebnalpsbnregularlybnbutbndidn'tbnenjoybn

-
bninbnorderbntobntravelbnthesebnpeoplebnwouldbnmakebnofferingsbnofbncoinsbnandbntabletsbnwithbnthebn
namebnofbnthebnmountainbndeitiesbnandbntravellersbnforbnsafebntravel



Koreabn-bnanswers--
whatbncountrybnhadbnthebnoriginbnofbnitsbnpeoplebnfrombnmountbnpaektubnwithbnthebnskybnwomanbnan
dbnbearbngod



MountbnKailashbn(hindubnsignificance)bn-bnanswers--thisbnmountainbnisbnknownbnforbnitsbnsignificance;

bnobnHindubn-bnhomebntobnshiva

bnobnbuddistbn-bnhomebnofbndemsha

bnobnjainbnreligonbn

, bnobnbonnebnreligionbn

-bnTHISbnISbn1/4bnOFbnTHEbnWORLDbnPOPULATIONbn-bn

*bnyoubncanbnnotbnclimbbnduebntobnitsbnregionsbnsignificancebn

*bnpeoplebnarebnknownbntobnwalkbnaroundbnitbnforbngoodbnluck

*bncouldbnnotbnflybnoverbnitbnuntilbn1960

*bnmassivebnmountainbnonbnkoreanbnpenisulabn

*bnheavenbnlake



MountbnEverestbn-bnanswers--elevationbn:bn8,849bnm

locationbn:bnhimalayasbn

factsbn:bnhighestbnmountainbninbnthebnworld,bnalsobncalledbnsagarmathabninbnnepalbnandbnchomolungm
abninbntibet



Hannibalbn-bnanswers---bnCarthagebngeneralbninbn281bnBCE

"Herebneverythingbnisbnwrappedbninbneternalbnfrostbnwhitebnwithbnsnowbnandbnheldbninbnthebngripbnofb
nprimevalbnice.bnThebnmountainbnsteepsbnarebnsobnstiffbnwithbncoldbnthatbnalthoughbntheybntowerbnupb
nintobnthebnskybnthebnwarmthbnofbnthebnsunshinebncannotbnsoftenbntheirbnhardenedbnrime...nobnspring
bncomesbntobnthisbnregionbnnorbnthebncharmsbnofbnsummer.bnMisshapenbnwinterbndwellsbnalonebnonbnt
hesebndreadbncrestsbnandbnguardsbnthembnasbnherbnperpetualbnabode.bnThitherbnfrombnallbnsidesbnsheb
ngathersbnsomberbnmistsbnandbnthenbnthunderbncloudsbnmingledbnwithbnhail.bnHerebntoobnhavebnthebna
lpinebnhomesbnhavebnthebnwindsbnandbnthebntempestbnfixedbntheirbnfuriousbndominion.bnMenbngrowbn
dizzybnamidstbnthebnloftybncragsbnandbnthebnmountainsbndisappearbninbnthebnclouds"

*bninadvertentlybnobservingbnAcutebnmountainbnsickness



Christianitybn-bnanswers--
thebnreligionbnthatbnhadbnthebnmountainsbnasbnsitebnofbnritualsbnandbnspiritualbnsanctions,bnbutbnalsobn
sawbnitbnasbnabndangerousbnplacebnwithbnnegativebnandbndemonicbnspirits.



19thbncenterybn-bnanswers--
thebntimebnperiodbninbnwhichbnmedicalbnfearsbnsubsidedbntobnromanticbnenthusiasm.



japan,bnchina,bntibet,bnindiabn-bnanswers--
whatbncountriesbn(4)bnwerebnmountainsbnadoredbnandbnsacred,bnbeforebnchristbn(2000bnyearsbnprior)?