| A | B |
|---|
| Greg Mortenson | built schools for Muslim children |
| Pakistan and Afghanistan | the countries where the schools were built |
| eleven | Greg's age when he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro |
| Christa | Greg's sister |
| Tara | wife of Greg Mortenson |
| Amira | Greg's daughter |
| Khyber | Greg's son |
| medic | his job in the Army |
| University of South Dakota | Mortenson received a degree from this school. |
| the villagers of Korphe | cared for Greg when he became lost |
| K2 | the mountain he was climbing when he became lost |
| 580 | the number of letters he sent out |
| Tom Brokaw | the first person to send him money for the school |
| $12,000 | the cost of the first school |
| $10,000 | the cost of the bridge |
| "Pennies for Peace" | how the children raised money |
| Jean Hoerni | a rich man who endowed the Institute |
| lumber, cement, nails etc | things needed to build a school |
| Skardu | the village where he stored the materials |
| Braldu | the name of the river he crossed |
| 800 | the number of pounds of a spool of cable |
| 10 | the number of men required to carry one spool of cable |
| Edmund Hillary | the first man to climb Mt. Everest |
| 12 | the number of rams the villagers had to pay as a bribe |
| Osama bin Laden | leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist group |
| Parade | the magazine that published an article about Mortenson |
| 130 | the number of schools built as of 2009 |
