CHAPTER 7

Dalai Lama Calls for Autonomy but Not Independence

1. Chinese troops are tightening their control of Tibet in order to

Make sure that agricultural crops can reach Beijing

Prevent journalists from entering

Prevent terrorist attacks on the train line to Lhasa

Keep anti-government protests from spreading

2. Compared with protests in the 1980s, this protest

Was much smaller

Was somewhat smaller

Was about the same

Covered a bigger area

3. The Dalai Lama threatened to

Lead an armed force into Lhasa to overthrow the Chinese

Disrupt service on the new rail line

Resign if the protests spiral out of control

Do nothing

4. Robert Barnett at Columbia University believes that

The Dalai Lama really wants independence

The Chinese government is goading the young protesters so they will make the Dalai Lama look bad

The Chinese will grant independence to Tibet

None of the above

5. The Tibetan government in exile is in

The United States

Nepal

China

India