Name: __________________________________________ Date: __________________
National Geographic
China’s Lost Girls
1. What is China’s One Child Policy?
2. About _______ people live in China.
3. Where was Marissa abandon?
4. How long and how much does the adoption cost?
5. During the _____________________, China’s population boomed.
6. For which three reasons do parents prefer boys over girls.
7. Which gender currently makes up the vast majority of China’s population?
8. Where are girls typically abandon in China?
9. What happens if parents have more than one child?
10. Out of 39 kids in class, about _______ are boys.
11. Why are women kidnapped in China?
12. What did Marissa’s adoptive mom put in the park?
13. How many children live at the orphanage?
14. It is illegal in China to know the ___________ of a child during pregnancy.
15. Since so many children are the only child of the family, what tends to happen to
them?
Summary: Do you agree or disagree with China’s One Child Policy? Please explain.