Chinese Civil War

Which Empire loosely ruled over China until the 19th century?

• Ming

• Ling

• Qing

• Yuan

What event prompted calls for reform in China?

• The Sino-Japanese War

• The Boxer Rebellion

• The May Fourth Movement

• The Opium Wars

Who was selected as China's first president in 1912?

• Mao Zedong

• Sun Yat-sen

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Yuan Shikai

What was the name of the military dictatorship imposed by Yuan Shikai?

• The Great Leap Forward

• The White Terror

• The People's Republic

• Kuomintang (KMT)

What were the series of student protests in opposition to the Chinese government's ineffective response to the Treaty of Versailles?

• Mao Zedong

• Kuomintang

• The May 4th Movement

• Boxer Rebellion

Who replaced Li Lisan after his disastrous campaign against the Nationalists?

• Richard Bernstein

• The 28 Bolsheviks

• Wu Chun

• Yuan

What was the outcome of the long march in 1934 for the CPC?

• They successfully defeated the KMT

• They lost half their forces

• They secured a peace treaty

• They gained control of Beijing

What made more people join the Communist Party of China?

• The end of WWII

• Invasion by the United Nations

• The inability of the KMT to defeat the Japanese

• The death of Mao Zedong

How did the Communists get renewed energy after WWII? (choose 2)

• Leftover Japanese weapons

• angry peasants

• A good nap

• collaboration with the United States

Historians debate how successful Mao's presidency was because

• 10s of millions of people starved to death

• He brought democracy to China

• He stole the moon

• He is the only reason China modernized