Mao's China

Who was the Chinese leader of the Communists?

• Mao Zedong
• Joseph Stalin
• Karl Marx
• Chiang Kai-chek

What type of fighting did the Communists of China use?

• trench warfare
• poison gas
• guerilla warfare
• face-to-face

When did the Communists take over China?

• 1945
• 1949
• 1953
• 1957

What name was given to Communist China?

• Peoples Republic of China
• Republic of China
• China
• Peoples China

What did the Communist party promise to bring to China?

• More freedom of speech

• Freedom of religion

• Food to the poor and more wealth to all Chinese, and land reforms

• More personal freedoms

Why did poor peasants support the Chinese Communist Party?

• They wanted to work in communes

• It promised them food and a better quality of life

• They had no other option

• Mao Zedong said he would give them money

Which country was China’s key ally throughout the mid-1900s

• Japan

• India

• The U.K.

• Soviet Union

Why would the peasants, those living in severe poverty, follow the Communists Party?

• They were looking for a new ruler.

• They were desperate for any hope to change their situation.

• They were told they would get a new job.

• They were tired of the old, traditional ways.

The Communist Party's idea of joining small farms into larger farms was known as

• collectivization

• industrialization

• politicizing

• ownership

What was unique about the Chinese Civil War?

• There was no side that won.

• There was a break in the Civil War to fight in WW2.

• It was a short war.

• It was a war without any deaths.