Communism in China Formative

Who was Mao Zedong?

• Leader of the independence movement in Vietnam

• Leader of Japan after it became a constitutional monarchy

• Leader of the Communists party in China

• A Chinese warlord

What was the name of the plan to move China forward to compete globally by focusing on the making of steel and agriculture?

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Tienanmen Square Massacre

• The Constitutional Monarchy Movement

During this period of time mentioned, people moved to collectives, what is another name for a collective and what was its purpose?

• camp; people sent their children to work on farms

• communes; people in villages moved to large pieces of land to jointly focus on crops and making of steel

• communes; Mao recruited children for his army and turned them against their parents

• committee; places where decisions about communism were made

What was the period of time in which Mao tried to eliminate anyone that criticized him or his government?_______________________________________________________________

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Tienanmen Square Massacre

• The Containment Policy

What was the name of the new army in which Mao recruited the youth of China?

• Red Guards

• Communes

• Communist Party

• Nationalist

Who did Mao target because he saw them as a threat against communism during the cultural revolution?

• teachers and professors

• artists and religious leaders

• government officials who were not his supporters

• successful business owners

Why did Mao recruit the youth of China?

• To join his Red Guards, a group that punished anyone who opposed Communism.

• To join his Red Guards, a group that was punished for opposing Communism.

• To trick them and place them in the gas chamber

• To put them to work in factories

After Mao’s death, how did Deng Xiaoping lead China differently?

• China changed into a democratic country

• He made some reforms, but the communist government kept tight control

• He punished those involved in the massacre

• They joined the same side as the U.S.

Summarize the events of Tinanmen Square.

• students gathered in Tiananment Square, violently protested communism, called for democracy, soldiers and tanks opened fire

• students gathered in Tiananment Square, peacefully protested communism, called for democracy, soldiers and tanks opened fire

• students gathered in Tiananment Square, peacefully protested, democracy, called for communism