Year 8 China Lessons 3 & 4

Who was Mao ZeDong? (you may choose more than one answer)

• The founding father of the 'People's Republic of China'

• A Communist

• A farmer's son

• A Nationalist

In 1957, Mao ZeDong declared 'let a hundred flowers bloom'. What did he mean?

• He wanted people to share their ideas about his reforms

• He wanted to export flowers to other countries to increase the economy

• He was going to choose 100 people as his guards

• He wanted to increase agricultural production

What name is given to the 6,000-mile journey that Mao and the Communists made in 1934?

• Death March

• Long March

• Communist Trek

• Long Walk to Freedom

What is Communism?

• A system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes

• A system of government ruling the whole population typically through elected representatives.

What happened in 1950 at the beginning of Mao's reign?

• A civil war broke out

• A famine occurred

• They were invaded my enemy forces

In 1958, Mao (disastrously) tried to create industries and huge communes in the countryside. What was this policy called?

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Five-Year Plans

• The Cultural Revolution

China is losing it's grip on low value industries, but what industry is rising in China?

• Medical Research

• High Tech Industries

• Construction Industries

• Agricultural Industry

What are China's biggest fears?

• Running out of resources

• Pollution

• Unemployment

• Donald Trump and the USA

What is the Fiscal System?

• The complete structure of government revenue and expenditures and the framework within which its agencies collect and donate those funds.

• A planned out tax system, by which the government works with local authorities to aid development

• A legal system to avoid major crime from taking place within a country

• A policy put in place to help promote local businesses, especially agricultural business

Has China been successful in it's rise so far?