China

Which branch of government has ultimate control in China today? 6.10B

• The Military

• The Executive

• The Communist Party

• The Supreme Court

If a local village's chief and the local Communist Party leader disagree, who has ultimate authority? 6.10B

• The local village chief

• The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

• The Emperor

• The local Communist Party leader

After the communists won the civil war in 1949 and took control of China, what happened to the farms? 6.7A & B

• They were broken up into smaller private parcels so everyone who wanted to be a farmer could be.

• They were confiscated by the state, combined into large collective farms run by the government, and farmers were paid a small portion of their profits as wages to work there.

• They were left alone to function as they always had.

• They were subsidized to encourage farming.

Who was the leader of the Chinese government after the communist takeover? (6.2A)

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Chairman Mao

A series of rulers from the same family line is a (6.10A):

• Dialect

• Pagoda

• Dynasty

• Politburo

A regional version of a language is (6.13C).

• Slang

• Dialect

• Dialogue

• Pagoda

Which one of these is not an achievement of China? (6.2B)

• Fireworks

• Silk

• The Sundial

• The number zero

The Qin Dynasty's greatest ruler ordered the building of much of what? (6.1B)

• The Taj Mahal

• The Great Wall of China

• The Sphinx

• The Pyramids