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China: Communist Revolution to Present (2012)
1] What was one social change Mao Zedong
instituted in China after 1949?
(1) granting legal equality for men and women
(2) requiring arranged marriages
(3) adopting the practice of foot binding
(4) mandating Confucianism as the state
philosophy
Base your answers to questions 2 and 3 on the
cartoon below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
3] Which event in China is symbolized by the “Lady
with the Light” in this 1989 cartoon?
(1) Long March
(2) Great Leap Forward
(3) Cultural Revolution
(4) Tiananmen Square protests
4] One way in which Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans
and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward are similar
is that both plans were
(1) efforts to reduce human rights violations
(2) policies to improve relations with the West
(3) methods used to control population growth
(4) attempts to increase agricultural and
industrial production
2] This 1989 cartoon suggests that the
governments of both China and East Germany
5] Which type of warfare did Mao Zedong, Fidel
Castro, and Ho Chi Minh all engage in as leaders of
revolutionary movements in their respective
nations?
(1) removed the military from power
(1) guerilla
(2) allowed a shift in rule from autocracy to
fascism
(2) trench
(3) gave people the right to decide how they
would be ruled
(4) faced challenges in their ability to maintain
communist governments
(3) unrestricted submarine
(4) biological
6] The Four Modernizations of Deng Xiaoping in
the 1970s and 1980s resulted in
10] The Four Modernizations of Deng Xiaoping
inthe 1970s and 1980s resulted in
(1) an emphasis on the Five Relationships
(1) an emphasis on the Five Relationships
(2) a return to Maoist revolutionary principles
(2) a return to Maoist revolutionary principles
(3) a move toward increased capitalism
(3) a move toward increased capitalism
(4) the end of the communist system of
government
(4) the end of the communist system of
7] Which pair of leaders used political purges,
including the killing of opposition groups, as a
means of maintaining control of the government?
(1) Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and Emperor
Hirohito
(2) Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong
(3) Simón Bolívar and Bernardo O’Higgins
(4) F. W. de Klerk and Indira Gandhi
government
11] In China, Deng Xiaoping’s Four Modernizations
led to
(1) a decrease in industrialization
(2) a decreased interest in investments by foreign
businesses
(3) an increase in the emphasis on collective
farming
(4) an increased use of free-market practices
8] One similarity between Stalin’s five-year plans
and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward was that
both programs attempted to
(1) increase industrial production
(2) privatize the ownership of land
(3) correct environmental pollution
(4) strengthen international trade
12] One similarity between Mikhail Gorbachev’s
perestroika and Deng Xiaoping’s Four
Modernizations is that each
(1) allowed elements of capitalism
(2) maintained the democratic process
(3) strengthened communism
(4) increased global tensions
9] What was a direct result of the Four
Modernizations introduced in China by Deng
Xiaoping?
(1) Freedom of speech was guaranteed.
(2) Goods and services were evenly distributed.
(3) Economic opportunities were expanded.
(4) Fewer consumer goods were produced.
13] A similarity between Peter the Great of Russia
and Deng Xiaoping of the People’s Republic of
China was that each
(1) resisted economic and social reforms in his
country
(2) rejected the culture of his country in favor of a
foreign culture
(3) promoted economic and technological
modernization of his country
(4) experienced foreign invasions of his country
that almost succeeded
14] Which set of events in 19th- and 20th-century
Chinese history is in the correct chronological
order?
16] Which nation had the greatest influence on the
recent histories of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet?
(1) India
(3) China
(2) South Korea
(4) Russia
17] The “one child” policy in China, established
during the late 1970s, was an attempt to
(1) gain the support of the upper classes
(2) increase tax revenue for government
programs
(3) eliminate Western influence
(4) reduce the population growth rate
Long March → Four Modernizations
18] The gathering at Amritsar (1919), the rallies in
Soweto (1976), and the demonstrations in
Tiananmen Square (1989) directly resulted in
(2) Four Modernizations → Long March →
(1) rejection of Western ideas
Opium Wars → Great Leap Forward
(2) promises of economic reform
(3) Opium Wars → Long March →
(3) movements toward democracy
Great Leap Forward → Four Modernizations
(4) violence against the protestors
(1) Great Leap Forward → Opium Wars →
(4) Long March → Four Modernizations →
Great Leap Forward → Opium Wars
15] The status of Hong Kong changed in July 1997
when the city
(1) was returned to China
(2) was closed to international trade
(3) became an independent nation
(4) adopted a capitalist economy
19] In 1989, the government of China responded
to the challenge of protests in Tiananmen Square
by
(1) halting trade with the West
(2) allowing democratic elections
(3) sending in tanks and troops to end the
demonstrations
(4) calling for a special session of the United
Nations Security Council
20] A similarity between the Polish group
Solidarity in 1980 and the Chinese protesters in
Tiananmen Square in 1989 is that both groups
(1) supported movements for democracy
(2) succeeded in ending communism
(3) encouraged military occupation by the Soviet
Union
(4) favored increases in military spending
21] Which statement is accurate about the
Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Tiananmen
Square demonstrations in 1989?
(1) These events led to democratic reforms.
(2) Repressive action was taken to end both
protests.
(3) Strong action was taken by the United Nations.
(4) Both events brought communist governments
to power.
22] One way in which the Hitler Youth of Germany
and the Red Guard of China are similar is that
both organizations
(1) required unquestioning loyalty to the leader
(2) helped increase religious tolerance
(3) hindered imperialistic goals
(4) led pro-democracy movements
23] • Scholars take civil service examinations for
government positions.
• Students form Red Guard units to challenge
counterrevolutionaries.
• Students demonstrate for democratic reforms
in the capital and are killed by government
troops.
These statements describe the changing role of
students in which nation?
(1) Japan
(3) Russia
(2) China
(4) India
Base your answers to questions 24 and 25 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
. . . (1) Internally, arouse the masses of the people. That is, unite the working class, the peasantry,
the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie, form a domestic united front under the
leadership of the working class, and advance from this to the establishment of a state which is a
people’s democratic dictatorship under the leadership of the working class and based on the alliance
of workers and peasants.
(2) Externally, unite in a common struggle with those nations of the world which treat us as
equals and unite with the peoples of all countries. That is, ally ourselves with the Soviet Union, with
the People’s Democracies and with the proletariat and the broad masses of the people in all other
countries, and form an international united front. . . .
Source: Mao Tse-Tung [Mao Zedong], Selected Works, Volume Five, 1945–1949, New York International Publishers
24] In this passage, Mao Zedong is suggesting that China
(1) create a government under the leadership of industrialists
(2) give up its independence and become a part of the Soviet Union
(3) rely on the United Nations for economic aid
(4) join with the Soviet Union as a partner in communism
25] In this passage, Mao Zedong is using the ideas of
(1) Thomas Malthus
(2) Adam Smith
(3) Karl Marx
(4) Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-Shek)
26] DBQ:
This is an account of Nien Cheng’s experiences during the Cultural Revolution. This excerpt describes what was
happening the day she was sent to the Detention House.
. . . The streets of Shanghai, normally deserted at nine o’clock in the evening, were a sea of humanity. Under
the clear autumn sky in the cool breeze of September, people were out in thousands to watch the intensified
activities of the Red Guards. On temporary platforms erected everywhere, the young Revolutionaries were
calling upon the people in shrill and fiery rhetoric to join in the Revolution, and conducting small-scale struggle
meetings against men and women they seized at random on the street and accused of failing to carry Mao’s
Little Red Book of quotations or simply wearing the sort of clothes the Red Guards disapproved of. Outside
private houses and apartment buildings, smoke rose over the garden walls, permeating the air as the Red
Guards continued to burn books indiscriminately. . . .
Source: Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai, Penguin Books
According to Nien Cheng, what were two actions taken by the Red Guards in an attempt to control the
thoughts of the people during Mao’s rule in China? [2]
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