China's One Child Policy

Webquest

1. What year did the Chinese enact the One Child Policy (2^nd paragraph)?

2. Why did the Chinese decide to enact the one child policy (2^nd paragraph)?

3. Provide two examples as to why the Chinese enacted the one child policy to ease strain on natural resources (last paragraph).

4. By how much has the one child policy reduced the population in China (6^th paragraph)?

5. In what year did China relax (end) the one child policy (date of article)?

6. How are those that knowingly choose to violate the one child policy primarily punished (paragraph 1-5)?

a. What could the Chinese government potentially do to a family they discovered were having a second child (3^rd paragraph)?

b. Describe what happened to Wei Laojin, when the government found out about her second child (Paragraph 1-2):

7. In some instances, people living in rural china are allowed to have a second child. Explain (7^th paragraph):

8. Why do the Chinese prefer sons (6^th paragraph)?

9. How has the one child policy affected the gender gap (3^rd paragraph)?

a. What was the ratio of boys to girls in 2004 (3^rd paragraph)?

10. How many more men will there be under the age of 20 than women (3^rd paragraph)?

a. How does that translate into the population worldwide (3^rd paragraph)?

11. Why is the Chinese government concerned about the consequence of having an excess of men (10^th paragraph)?

a. Most Chinese children do not understand the concept of sibling due to the one child policy. What else further complicates Chinese children’s understanding of sibling (6^th paragraph)?

b. Why are many children in China called “little emperors” (2^nd paragraph)?

12. One social consequence is that many Chinese cannot get jobs, explain: (6^th paragraph)

13. Why are societies in which men outnumber women “not nice places to live” (11^th paragraph)?

14. Name two other problems associated with a surplus of men. (paragraphs 13-14).

15. Click here and here to examine the one child policy in graphic format and because you’ll get free points.