One-child policy

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/one-child-policy

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the country?People's Republic of China
2. What is the official implementation period?1979 to 2015
3. What was the one-child policy in China?It was a rule that most families could only have one baby to slow the country’s fast population growth.
4. Why did China make the one-child policy?Leaders were worried that too many people would use up food, water, and jobs, and make it hard to grow the economy.

Demographic: Relating to the statistical study of populations and their characteristics.
Fertility Rate: The average number of children born to each woman in a population.
Utilitarian Approach: Focusing on actions that produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Social Engineering: Deliberate manipulation and control of society's behavior and structure through government intervention.