Unit 3 day 6

Question 1

17-point agreement

Answer 1

It said that the Tibetan people should unite and drive out imperialist aggressive force from Tibet. The Tibetan people should unit to the motherland- the People’s Republic of China.

Question 2

Mao Zedong and invasion of Tibet

Answer 2

He became the leader of communist China. In 1950 Chinese troops invaded Tibet, bringing a sudden and violent end to Tibet’s centuries old isolation beyond the Himalayas.

Question 3

Lhasa

Answer 3

The location where the revolt erupted in 1959. It was also the capital of the Tibet Autonomous region, which had been under the effective control of the People’s Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreement was reached.

Question 4

Potala

Answer 4

A dzong fortress in the city of Lhasa, in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas.