58D Communism in China

This system promotes a classless society without private ownership of property and businesses.

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Authoritarianism

How did China change when Mao Zedong's Communist Party took control?

• Businesses and farms came under state ownership

• All schools closed

• The Red Guard opened special detention camps

• Businesses and property were returned to original owners

What was one result of the Great Leap Forward that Mao promoted in China?

• Millions of people died of starvation

• More farm machinery was purchased to elevate production

• Fewer people moved to the countryside for agricultural work

• More people moved into cities to work in larger factories

Political party that opposed influence from outside of China and became the ruling party of the People's Republic of China

• Chinese Communist Party

• Chinese Socialist Party

• Chinese Democratic Party

• Soviet Communist Party

Revolutionary leader and founder of the Chinese Communist Party.

• Mao Zedong

• Harry Truman

• Kim Il Sung

• Joseph Stalin

Government controlled land/farms worked by groups of citizens.

• collectives

• communities

• factories

• soviets

The protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989 turned violent as the Chinese Government pushed back against calls for

• democracy

• nationalism

• communism

• socialism

When was the Communist state of the People’s Republic of China established

• 1900

• 1989

• 2008

• 1949

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

What was the name of the economic plan that the Chinese government developed in order to boost China’s economy?

• Great Leap Forward

• The Cultural Revolution

• China's Betterment Plan

• Chinese Economic Plan for that moolah