Peking University

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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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/peking-university

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.

Modernization Efforts: Processes aimed at updating a country's systems, technology, and society to contemporary standards.
May Fourth Movement: An anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student protests in Beijing in 1919.
Academic Freedom: The freedom of teachers and students to discuss and explore ideas relevant to their field of study without fear.
C9 League: An alliance of nine elite research universities in China, analogous to the Ivy League in the United States.