Communism in East Asia

After the emperor was overthrown, what two political parties emerged in China?

• Republican & Democrats
• Nationalist & Communist
• Fascists & Socialsts
• The People for Republic of China & The Japanese Communist Party

During the Communist-Nationalist civil war, Jiang Jieshi (aka Chiang Kai-shek) lost the support of the Chinese people mainly because he

• refused to accept support from foreign nations
• defeated the forces of Deng Xiaoping
• signed an alliance with Great Britain
• ignored the needs of the peasant population

In the Chinese Civil War (1945 - 1949), support for Mao Zedong's Communist forces came primarily from the

• peasants
• landowners
• industrialists
• Confucian scholars

The French Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and the Communist Revolution in China were similar in that all three

• brought about few political changes
• were influenced by the peasants' desire for more land
• were inspired by Marxism
• were supported primarily by the nobility

The People's Republic of China was established in

• 1949
• 1960
• 1927
• 1918

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist party?

• Mao Zedong
• Deng Xiaoping
• Joe Biden
• Emperor Hirohito

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

In 1950 what did the Communists want?

• government to control all land, property, businesses and the economy
• the government should not get into the personal lives of the people
• democracy

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

• Japan
• India
• The U.K.
• Soviet Union

One similarity between Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao’s Great Leap Forward was that both programs attempted to

• increase industrial production
• privatize the ownership of land
• correct environmental pollution
• strengthen international trade