SS7H3D Review KMS

Which of the following BEST describes the communes established under Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward program?

• They were military boarding schools designed to train the future leaders of the Chinese Communist Party.

• They were labor camps organized to house political dissidents and any individuals convicted of a capital offense.

• They were unions established through the government to allow workers to negotiate wage increases and file complaints.

• They were small-scale farming and industrial communities in which thousands of individuals lived and worked.

The 1966 Cultural Revolution in China was a campaign to

• enforce laws requiring equal pay for equal work and bring about an end to sexist business practices.

• redistribute wealth from owners to workers in an effort to create an egalitarian society.

• purge China of capitalist elements and any individuals deemed counterrevolutionaries.

• extend China's borders by appealing to its struggling neighbors with offers of economic assistance.

Which of the following statements about the role of the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution is correct?

• The Red Guard served as the guardians of Chinese history, charged with acquiring and protecting important works of Chinese literature and art.

• The Red Guard was a group of Mao Zedong's most trusted political and military advisors, on whose guidance he relied throughout his reign.

• The Red Guard was responsible for carrying out secret military campaigns throughout Asia aimed at weakening democratic governments in the region and encouraging communist revolutions.

• The Red Guard arrested, tortured, and sometimes executed individuals deemed a threat to Mao Zedong's rule and communism in general, including capitalists, intellectuals, and political dissidents.

Student protesters in Tiananmen Square sought

• democratic reforms.

• an increase in the minimum wage.

• revolutionary renewal.

• an end to the Red Guards.

The government responded to student protests in Tiananmen Square by

• instituting democratic and economic reforms.

• introducing government-regulated capitalism.

• sending tanks and troops to put down the protest.

• forcing the protesters into exile.

During the 1970s, the People's Republic of China made progress in international relations in which of the following ways? Select all that apply.

• settling political disputes with Taiwan

• forming an alliance with the Soviet Union

• reestablishing its position in the United Nations

• establishing free trade with much of Southeast Asia

• gaining diplomatic recognition by the United States

Mao Zedong became the leader of the largest Chinese nation when the Communist Party established

• Chinese Taipei.

• the Chinese Empire.

• the Republic of China.

• the People's Republic of China.

Which of the following was NOT a feature of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward?

• forced labor

• privatization

• collectivization

• mass execution

China's Great Leap Forward was hampered by

• mass protests.

• punishing taxes.

• international spies.

• poor decision making.

Which of the following was NOT attributed to the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution?

• enforcement of equal pay for equal work

• destruction of Chinese national treasures

• execution of intellectuals and political protesters

• persecution of unproductive farmers and workers