Tank Man Worksheet
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DIRECTIONS:
WHILE WATCHING THE PBS DOCUMENTARY, “TANK MAN,” ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS. YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. What year was Tiananmen Square a war zone?
2. What did the unknown man do?
3. Where did the camera man hide the film before the Public Security Bureau broke in?
4. How many people were protesting in Beijing before the tank man?
5. How did the press impact the uprising?
6. What movement made the government and Communist Party worried?
7. What solution did the Communist Party decide on?
8. Why were the soldier’s trucks blocked on the road?
9. How were the citizens treating the soldiers?
10. What was a humiliation to the Communist Party?
11. What had to be cleared by 6:00am?
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12. Did the citizens expect the soldiers to shoot at them?
13. What happened to the people in the buildings?
14. What happened at 4:15 in the morning?
15. What decision did the students make in the morning?
16. Later that morning, what were the parents doing?
17. Who were the soldiers shooting throughout the day?
18. Were these citizens armed and dangerous?
19. Who took tank man away?
20. What probably happened to tank man if he was taken by the government?
21. How many people were arrested after the protest?
22. How has China changed since the massacre?
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23. What are the Chinese not allowed to challenge?
24. Since 1989, how many people have become middle class?
25. What type of lifestyle do most Chinese have?
26. Do farm kids go to school, why or why not?
27. How many peasant farmers are there?
28. What is the number one reason migrants leave their families?
29. Why do factory workers like to hire young people?
30. What is the average pay for migrant factory workers per month?
31. Who is monitoring the interviews of the factory girls?
32. The level of what is rising in china?
33. Do the Beijing students recognize the photo of tank man?
34. How does the government control what their citizens see, hear, and learn?
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35. When Chinese Google Tiananmen square what happens?
36. What were Google, Yahoo, Cisco, and Microsoft accused of doing?
37. From what American company are the Chinese getting their security programs?
38. Can anyone find out who is the “tank man”?