�����������������������������MeettheSherpasbyLisaMooreCover,©AlisonWright/CORBIS;p.5,©SheldanCollins/CORBIS;p.4-5,©RobHoward/CORBIS;p.6,©JamesBurke/TimeLifePictures/GettyImages;p.7,©DEVENDRAMSINGH/AFP/GettyImages;p.8,©MichaelS.Lewis/CORBIS;p.9,©PunchStock;p.10,©PAWELKOPCZYNSKI/Reuters/CORBIS;p.11,©DesignPics/PunchStock;p.12,©CORBIS;p.14,©DavidSamuelRobbins/Stone/GettyImages.Copyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887–6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinMexicoISBN10:0-15-351047-1ISBN13:978-0-15-351047-2OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350602-4(Grade5On-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350602-4(Grade5On-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357972-2(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357972-1(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891012612111009080706TodayagroupofpeoplecalledSherpaslivenearthesummitofMountEverest.MountEverestisthehighestmountainintheworld.ItisinthecountryofNepal,whichislocatedbetweenIndiaandChinainAsia.Americanssay“Sherpa,”butinNepal,theysay“Sharwa.”Sharmeanseastandwameansperson,sothenamemeans“peoplefromtheeast.”Forgenerations,SherpashavelivedinandclimbedthegreatHimalayamountains.Asaresult,theyhavebecomeacclimatedtothehighaltitudes.Thereareabout100,000Sherpasintheworldto...
