China AOS2 Revision

In which month and year did Mao become the leader of the People's Republic of China?

• October, 1935

• January, 1949

• October, 1949

• March, 1950

In which of the following events did Mao want to 'leap' ahead of other industrial nations in 15 years?

• The Hundred Flowers Campaign

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Cultural Revolution

In which year did the Hundred Flowers begin?

• 1956

• 1957

• 1958

• 1959

Who was dismissed as Minister of Defense at the Lushan Conference for writing a private letter to Mao?

• Liu Shaoqi

• Lin Biao

• Peng Dehuai

• Jiang Qing

Which of the following people can be considered examples of literature of the wounded?

• Edgar Snow

• Jon Halliday

• Maurice Meisner

• Jung Chang

Which of the following 'olds' was NOT targeted?

• Thought

• Culture

• Customs

• Opinions

Which of the following 'pests' had to be corrected because it caused millions of deaths?

• Rats

• Flies

• Mosquitoes

• Sparrows

In which year did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution begin?

• 1965

• 1966

• 1967

• 1968

Which of the following people become the leader(s) of China in 1959? Choose two people.

• Zhou Enlai

• Liu Shaoqi

• Jiang Qing

• Deng Xiaoping

Who declared that Mao was “70% right and 30% wrong”?

• Zhou Enlai

• Deng Xiaoping

• Edgar Snow

• Jung Chang