Communist China

What was the tragedy of the Great Leap Forward?

• The money was all kept by Mao

• 20 million Chinese people starved to death

• The Chinese weapons were broken

• The Chinese were forced to cook for Japan

Why did Chinese farmers starve during the Great Leap Forward?

• The Chinese farmers were poisoned by the fertilizer and chemicals

• The communist officials shot the farmers after they harvested crops

• The communist officials took all of the food and left none for the farmers

• The Chinese farmers burned their crops

What was unusual about the equipment that the Soviet Union sold to the Communist Chinese?

• It was too technical for the Chinese

• It was made by poisoners from China

• It was only for making guns and tanks

• It was poor quality machinery

The Great Leap Forward led many communist officials to _____Chairman Mao and _________.

• criticize / demand he be replaced

• honor / make him emperor

• award / give him the money to rebuild China

In 1966, Chairman Mao created something to defend himself from enemies in the Chinese communist party. He created the _______.

• Great Leap Backwards by the Communist Reds

• Cultural Revolution led by the SS

• Cultural Revolution led by the young Red Guard

• Great Leap Again by the Communist Youth Soldiers

During the Cultural Revolution, Mao gave names of communist part members and guns to the Red Guard students. What did he want the students to do?

• Send the people to talk to the farmers

• Send the people on the list to farms

• Make the people on the list their leaders

• Kill the people on the list who opposed Mao

Who did the Red Guard students attack after they had killed all of Mao's political enemies?

• people who owned machinery and technical equipment

• people who owned businesses

• professors in universities and teachers

• Doctors and dentists

Why did Red Guard students destroy museums and historical places during the Cultural Revolution?

• Everything that existed before Mao Zedong was considered bad.

• They were examples of China's failures.

• They were mistakes and needed to be removed.

• They were lies created by foreign historians.

What US President flew to Communist China and met with Chairman Mao in an attempt to create trade and ease tensions between the two nations?

• Gerald Ford

• William McCarty

• Richard Nixon

• John Johnson

Chairman Mao enjoyed supporting the Red Guard who killed people for him, but the Red Guard was destroyed when they attacked what group?

• The American army

• The Chinese Communist Army

• The Police in Hong Kong

• The state militia in Beijing