1. The name "Cambodia" derives from the French Cambodge, which comes from the Khmer word Kâmpuchea, meaning "born of Kambu."
2. Khmer as a noun or adjective can refer to the Cambodian language, people, or culture and thus suggests an ethnic and linguistic identity more than a political entity.
3. The Khmer Republic
4. The economy is dominated by wet rice agriculture.
5. The ancient capital was Khmer Empire, close to present-day Siem Reap.
6. Khmer7. The Austroasiatic language family and is related to Vietnamese, Mon, and a number of other Asian languages.
8. Ancient Khmer temple Angkor Wat9. The staples are rice and fish. Breakfast typically consists of rice porridge or rice noodles. Lunch and dinner may be a combination of a spiced broth with fish or meat and vegetables, fish, fresh vegetables eaten with a fish-based paste, and stir-fried vegetables with chopped meat.
Web Quest #2:
1. The Khmer New Year is the biggest holiday of the Cambodian calendar.
1. The Khmer New Year is the biggest holiday of the Cambodian calendar.
2. Squatting is a particularly Asian posture, not seen so much in other parts of the world but very common in much of Asia.
3. During the two weeks before the water festival, large barges are decorated with symbolic images outlined with hundreds of colored lights.
4. The have funerals in the dirt streets infront of their homes.
Web Quest #3:
1. Map of Cambodia and it's surrounding countries.
2. Image of the ancient capital
3. Most important ancient Khmer symbol.
4. Common food staples.
5. Cambodian flag.
6. Cambodian wedding.
Nice work on web quest. You speak about loneliness which is a major thing that the main character of the book struggles with in addition to language.
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