Chinese Government (use with China government powerpoint)

Match the following

• MaoZedong

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• Communism

• communist founder of the people’s republic of China

• Civil Disobedience

• • the non violent refusal to obey laws, demands or commands from a government

• totalitarian

• • economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the state

Communism: when the government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole.

What style of government is this?

• unlimited

• limited

IN what year did China become a Communist country?

(a)  

What happened as a result of communism taking over China?

• factories were taken over by the government

• people were given more freedoms

• small farms were combined into large government farms

• people lost individual freedoms

• many were killed for opposing communism

What year did China become less communist and more open?

(a)  

Communism completely disappeared from China.

• true

• false

Chinese people were given more (a)   freedom.

The Tiananmen Square protests too place in what year?

(a)  

At the Tiananmen Square protest, what did the people demand from the government?

• more food

• democracy

• to not be run over by tanks

• bigger apartments

What were the results of the Tiananmen Square protests?

• people were given more freedoms

• thousands of protesters were arrested

• hundreds of protesters were killed

• the government allowed the people to write letters

• nothing