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China from Mao to Deng

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was confirmed as the future leader in 1969?

a)

Jiang Qing

b)

Hua Guofeng

c)

Zhou Enlai

d)

Lin Biao

e)

Deng Xiaoping

2.

Which group were the left wing of the Chinese Communist Party

a)

Gang of Four

b)

Deng and Zhou

3.

What was the name of the project to oust Mao from power?

a)

Project elimimao

b)

Project fear

c)

Project 571

d)

Project 1976

4.

What colour cats does Deng Xiaoping not care about?

a)

Black

b)

Brown

c)

Ginger

d)

White

5.

Why did Lin Biao have to flee to the Soviet Union?

a)

His son had organised a coup against Mao.

b)

Jiang Qing forced him to

c)

He was secretly working with Liu Shaoqi

d)

He had authorised a coup against Mao, project 571

6.

What did the gang of four want

a)

To free the Chinese economy

b)

To restart the cultural revolution

c)

To have good relations with the West

d)

To install Deng as leader

7.

Who did Mao meet in 1972 to the displeasure of the Gang of Four?

a)

Nixon

b)

Deng

c)

Zhou

d)

Hua

8.

What did Mao supposedly say to Hua Guofeng

a)

You are my best chance of survival

b)

Don't let the gang of four take over

c)

With you in charge I am at ease

d)

I am your father

9.

What had happened to Deng during the cultural revolution?

a)

He was exiled from the party

b)

He was imprisoned

c)

His son was killed

d)

He was killed

10.

Whose death started riots which showed the unpopularity of the gang of four

a)

Lin Biao

b)

Zhou Enlai

c)

Liu Shaoqi

d)

Mao Zedong

11.

What position did Deng take when he was restored to power in 1977?

a)

Vice - Chairman

b)

Chairman

c)

President

d)

General secretary

12.

What did Hua Guofeng do with the gang of four?

a)

Execute them

b)

Arrest them then delay the trial

c)

Ignore them

d)

Arrest them and try them immediately

13.

What was Deng's big idea for economic reform

a)

Small steps forward

b)

Follow Mao Zedong thought

c)

The Four modernisations

d)

The 15 year plan

14.

What was Hua Guofeng nicknamed?

a)

Hua the heveanly

b)

Mao Zedon't

c)

The helicopter

d)

Guo the gluttonous

15.

Where would Hua Guofeng be on the political spectrum

a)

Left

b)

Centre

c)

Right

16.

Why was Deng Xiaoping purged from the party for the second time

a)

He was forced out by the gang of four

b)

He was suspected of encouraging anti Mao / G of 4 rioters at Zhou's funeral

c)

Hua Guofeng was worried he would take power.

d)

He wasn't

17.

What was the effect of the cultural revolution on the party by 1969

a)

60% of the former party had been purged

b)

There was no longer any of the original leadership left

c)

Lin Biao had the second most power

d)

The gang of four were now very powerful

18.

What eventually happened to Jiang Qing?

a)

She was executed

b)

She was freed

c)

She escaped to Taiwan

d)

She was jailed for life

19.

Which of these is in the Gang of Four?

a)

Yao Wenyuan

b)

Peng Dehuai

c)

Wang Hongwen

d)

Chen Boda

20.

What birth control policy did Deng introduce

a)

Condoms

b)

The pill

c)

The one child policy

d)

Abstinence is good policy