World Cultures
Tiananmen Square
Words and Images
Name: _______________________________
Date: _____________
Read the article about the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989 and answer the
following questions:
1.
What started the protests on Tiananmen Square?
2.
How did the Chinese student protesters use the planned visit by Mikhail
Gorbachev to promote their cause in May of 1989?
3.
How did the extreme crackdown on the demonstrations by the Chinese
government affect people in China?
4.
How did the US government’s respond to the Chinese government in the
months following the events in Tiananmen Square?
5.
What positive changes may have occurred for the Chinese people as a result
of the protests and subsequent crackdown?
Now click on the link entitled “Pictures of Tiananmen Square” and look through the
photographs of the events. Choose five photographs that you found to be extremely
powerful or insightful in telling the story of these events and explain why you choose
each one.
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