China by the book.

Each of the statements below tells you something about the People's Republic of China. There is just one problem. In each statement, we have made two errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation. Circle or underline each error. Then, on the blank line given, rewrite the statement so it is correct.

STATEMENTS

1. The Great Wall is originally built to protect ancient China from attack buy warrior nomads of Mongolia.

2. The Forbidden City, site of the palaces of 24 Chinese Emperors was closed to the public for thousands of years.

3. China's last Emperor was P'u-i, who assended to the throne at age 3 and was desposed in 1912, at age 6.

4. For many year's, people in the west called China's capital Peking.

5. Taiwan, which away from Communist China broke in 1949, considers itself a independent nation, but the government in Beijing still considers it part of China.

6. The China people are of many different ethnic groups and spoke different languages.

7. The red field of China's flag represents the traditional color of the Han, China's majorital ethnic group, and the Communist Party, which took power in 1949.

8. About 20 percent of the world's population, lives in China.

9. China's government is trying to limit overpopulation with it's one-child policy, in effect since nineteen 79.

10. Only about 1,600 giant pandas live wild, in there native habit of central China

ANSWERS

1. The Great Wall of China was originally built to protect ancient China from attack warrior nomads of Mongolia.

2. The Forbidden City, site of the palaces of 24 Chinese Emperors,was closed to the public for thousands of years.

3. China's last Emperor was P'u'-i, who ascended to the throne at age 3 and was deposed in 1912, at age 6.

4. For many years, people in the West called China's capital Peking.

5. Taiwan, which broke away from Communist China in 1949, considers itself an independent nation, but the government in Beijing still considers it part of China.

6. The Chinese people are of many different ethnic groups and speak different languages.

7. The red field of China's flag represents the traditional color of the Han, China's ethnic group-and the Communist Party, which took power in 1949.

8. About 20 percent of the world's population_lives in China.

9. China's government is trying to limit overpopulation with its one-child policy, in effect since 1979.

10. Only about 1,600 giant pandas live wild, in their native habitat of central China.