TOUR STOP #3 - Modern China

When did China become a Republic like Western nations, ending the centuries-old dynastic tradition?

• 1912

• 1921

• 1949

• 1970s

Who became the new Chinese leader and led Communist China after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949?

• Deng Xiaoping

• Mao Zedong

• Zhou Enlai

• Xi Jinping

What was the main agricultural shift Mao Zedong tried to move China from and to?

What was the name of the movement created by Mao to erase capitalist and traditional cultural influences and create a Chinese communist state?

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Long March

• The Hundred Flowers Campaign

What was the consequence of the shift to an industrial economy during Mao's rule?

What policy was introduced in China to manage the population growth, which only allowed families to have one child?

What has China done to the one-child policy in recent years?

What event in 1989 led to a student-led protest for more freedoms in China?

• The opening of Shanghai as a financial center

• The establishment of the People's Republic of China

• The Tiananmen Square protests

• The introduction of the constitution and elections

What was the response of the Chinese government to the student protests in Tiananmen Square?

• They held democratic elections

• They violently put down the protests with military tanks

• They granted all the freedoms demanded

• They ignored the protests completely

Which of the following is NOT one of the four world's top most competitive financial centers in China?

• Shanghai

• Hong Kong

• Beijing

• Guangzhou