Asian history

Student protesters in Tiananmen Square sought

• A. democratic reforms.

• B. an increase in the minimum wage.

• C. revolutionary renewal.

• D. an end to the Red Guards.

Which of the following statements about the role of the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution is correct?

• A. The Red Guard served as the guardians of Chinese history, charged with acquiring and protecting important works of Chinese literature and art.

• B. The Red Guard was a group of Mao Zedong's most trusted political and military advisors, on whose guidance he relied throughout his reign.

• C. The Red Guard was responsible for carrying out secret military campaigns throughout Asia aimed at weakening democratic governments in the region and encouraging communist revolutions.

• D. The Red Guard arrested, tortured, and sometimes executed individuals deemed a threat to Mao Zedong's rule and communism in general, including capitalists, intellectuals, and political dissidents.

Which of the following BEST describes the communes established under Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward program?

• A. They were military boarding schools designed to train the future leaders of the Chinese Communist Party.

• B. They were labor camps organized to house political dissidents and any individuals convicted of a capital offense.

• C. They were unions established through the government to allow workers to negotiate wage increases and file complaints.

• D. They were small-scale farming and industrial communities in which thousands of individuals lived and worked.

Mao Zedong became the leader of the largest Chinese nation when the Communist Party established

• A. Chinese Taipei.

• B. the Chinese Empire.

• C. the Republic of China.

• D. the People's Republic of China.

Which of the following helped Japan's economy recover following World War II?

• A. Soviet humanitarian and military aid

• B. the discovery of oil and coal reserves

• C. significant investment by the United States

• D. the economic programs of the Marshall Plan

All of the following are methods of nonviolent protest used by Mohandas Gandhi as part of the Indian independence movement except

• A. refusing to pay taxes to the British Crown.

• B. organizing marches to protest unfair laws.

• C. freeing political prisoners.

• D. boycotting British products.

What did supporters of the domino theory want to limit the spread of?

• A. disease

• B. communism

• C. terrorist activity

• D. economic depression

What type of government did the United States help establish in Japan after World War II?

• A. an autocracy in which the emperor maintained complete power

• B. a presidential democracy modeled closely on the Electoral College

• C. a military dictatorship led by a general selected by the United States

• D. a constitutional monarchy in which the emperor became a figurehead

Who oversaw US efforts during Japan's post– World War II rebuilding?

• A. Woodrow Wilson

• B. Joseph McCarthy

• C. Douglas MacArthur

• D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Why did India continue to struggle after gaining its independence in 1947?

• A. The country had access to very few valuable natural resources.

• B. The United Kingdom's allies refused to trade with the country.

• C. There was conflict between its Hindu and Muslim populations.

• D. China pressured the government into adopting communist reforms.