Modern China

What was the Chinese Civil War?

• A conflict between Chinese nationalists and communists from the 1920s to 1949

• A war between China and Japan in the 1930s

• A battle between Chinese emperors and warlords

• A skirmish between Chinese farmers and the government

What was the Cultural Revolution?

• A civil unrest in China in the 1960s involving the Red Guards and intellectuals

• A movement to modernize China's agriculture

• A campaign to promote Chinese traditional arts

• A revolution to overthrow the Chinese monarchy

Who was Mao Zedong?

• Leader of China’s communist party and initiator of the Great Leap Forward

• A famous Chinese philosopher

• The first emperor of China

• A Chinese poet and scholar

Who were the Red Guards?

• Young college students who followed the Little Red Book during the Cultural Revolution

• A group of Chinese soldiers in World War II

• A faction of Chinese farmers during the Great Leap Forward

• A team of Chinese diplomats in the 1960s

What were communes?

• Large government-controlled farms where people worked to grow food

• Small villages in rural China

• Urban centers for trade and commerce

• Military bases in China

What were the Four Modernizations?

• Agriculture, industry, defense, science & technology

• Education, health, transportation, communication

• Art, music, literature, philosophy

• Politics, economy, culture, society

What was the Great Leap Forward?

• Mao’s Second Five-Year Plan to increase communes and steel production

• A plan to improve China's education system

• A strategy to expand China's territory

• A campaign to promote Chinese culture abroad

Who was Deng Xiaoping?

• China’s modern communist leader who came up with the Four Modernizations

• A famous Chinese poet

• The first president of the Republic of China

• A Chinese philosopher

What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre?

• The 1989 slaughter of peaceful protesters in China’s capital

• A battle during the Chinese Civil War

• A protest against Japanese occupation

• A demonstration for environmental protection

What is a command economy?

• Total government control of the economy

• An economy based on free market principles

• An economy driven by private enterprises

• A barter system of trade