58 d (Mao and Communist China)

Multiple Choice

In 1958, Mao Zedong introduced an economic plan for China called the Great Leap Forward. What was a result of this plan?

• It greatly enhanced wages.

• It allowed capitalism to begin.

• It encouraged the growing of cash crops.

• It caused the worst famine in human history.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Mao Zedong and the communists win the Chinese Civil War.

• Great Leap Forward begins.

• Cultural Revolution begins.

• Mao Dies.

• Tiananmen Square Protests

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Open Ended

How are the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution related?

Multiple Choice

Who is Mao Zedong?

• The first communist leader of China.

• The first communist leader of Vietnam.

• The first communist leader of Japan.

• The first communist leader of the Soviet Union.

Multiple Choice

A program launched by Mao Zedong to renew loyalty to communism and purge China of those disloyal to Mao.

• Cultural Revolution

• Balfour Declaration

• United Nations

• Decolonization

Multiple Choice

What is the theme that ties The Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen Square Massacre together?

• They all led to fewer freedoms for people of China.

• Mao Zedong led each of them.

• Improvements to China’s economy were a result.

• They all led to more opportunities for people of China.

Multiple Choice

On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops marched on protesters, many of them students, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Why did this confrontation occur?

• The troops were practicing military drills and the students got in the way.

• The protesters wanted a more open, democratic system of government.

• The students were not happy with the level of education they were receiving.

• The protesters believed that their wages had been mistakenly reduced.

Multiple Choice

What does the image represent?

• Salt March in India

• independence movement in Vietnam

• Red Guards in China

• child army in Japan

Multiple Choice

Starting communes and building steel furnaces were all events that happened during which period?

• Cultural Revolution
• Chinese Civil War
• Tiananmen Square Massacre
• Great Leap Forward

Multiple Choice

What is a problem with a pure communist society?

• People refuse to move to large farms.

• People realize they will be paid regardless of how hard they work, so they are not motivated to work hard.

• People are confused by having too many choices.

• The government is unable to control the press.

Multiple Choice

What does this image represent?

• The Great Leap Forward

• Tiananmen Square

• The Long March

• VJ Day

Multiple Choice

This image represents:

• Cultural Revolution

• Tiananmen Square Massacre

• Great Leap Forward

• All of the above