Rise of Communism in China

China was divided into spheres of influence during the age of Imperialism

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Revolution of 1911 resulted in the end of Chinese dynasties.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sun Yat-sen created the new Republic of China in 1912. He was leader of the Chinese nationalist party, also known as the

• Communist Party

• Peasant Class

• Kuomintang

• Wu Tang Clan

Sun Yat-sen wanted to rebuild China on the foundations of his Three Principles of the People which were

• peace, land, and bread

• egalite, fraternite, liberty

• prosperity, hope, and love

• nationalism, democracy, and livelihood

Mao Zedong was leader of the CCP, also known as the

• Guomindang Party

• Chinese Communist Party

• Bolshevik Communist Party

• Chinese Nationalist Party

The difficult, year-long journey made by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers in 1934 through China's mountains, marshes, and rivers was called the

• Cultural Revolution

• Great Leap Forward

• Boxer Rebellion

• Long March

In the Chinese Civil War (1945 - 1949), support for Mao Zedong's Communist forces came primarily from the

• peasants

• landowners

• industrialists

• Confucian scholars

The French Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and the Communist Revolution in China were similar in that all three

• brought about few political changes

• were influenced by the peasants' desire for more land

• were inspired by Marxism

• were supported primarily by the nobility

What was a major reason for the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war (1949)?

• The Nationalists had been supported by the Japanese.

• Many Chinese warlords supported the Communists.

• The Communists had superior military equipment.

• The Communists promised land to the peasants.

During the Communist-Nationalist civil war, Chiang Kai-shek/Jiang Jieshi lost the support of the Chinese people mainly because he

• refused to accept support from foreign nations

• defeated the forces of Deng Xiaoping

• signed an alliance with Great Britain

• ignored the needs of the peasant population