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China History

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Nationalist & Communist

b)

Communist & Democratic

c)

Republican & Democratic

d)

Whigs & Tories

2.

Who was the leader of the Communist party?

a)

Chiang Kai-Shek

b)

Sun Yat-Sen

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

3.

What did the Communist party promise to bring to China?

a)

Government own all land, property, and business

b)

Improve peasants living conditions

c)

Command economy

d)

All of the above

4.

When was the People's Republic of China established?

a)

1911

b)

1921

c)

1949

d)

1958

5.

Why did poor peasants support the Communist party?

a)

The government promised to take land from the rich and give to the poor.

b)

The Nationalist were going to sacrifice them.

c)

China was really good at producing steel.

d)

They wanted government jobs.

6.

Which country was China's key ally throughout the 1900's?

a)

USA

b)

Soviet Union

c)

India

d)

Great Britain

7.

What plan did Mao Zedong come up with to boost China's economy?

a)

The Great Leap Forward

b)

The Great Leap Backward

c)

The 100 Flowers Campaign

d)

The Cultural Revolution

8.

What was the Great Leap Forward like?

a)

Everyone had to live on communes

b)

Food was rationed and no one had enough

c)

A lot of people starved to death

d)

All of the above

9.

What problems caused the Great Leap Forward to fail within a year?

a)

Drought

b)

Corrupt politicians

c)

Mismanagement of resources

d)

All of the above

10.

What was the biggest consequence of the Great Leap forward?

a)

Mao lost popularity

b)

China didn't beat the US in steel production

c)

People didn't like communism as much anymore

d)

Millions of people died

11.

What was the Cultural Revolution?

a)

A plan to rid China of people who were anti-communists

b)

A plan to revitalize education in China

c)

A plan to celebrate China's ancient history

d)

A return to the dynasty system

12.

What did they Cultural Revolution create?

a)

Mass chaos

b)

The red guard, a student army

c)

Fear and an uneducated generation

d)

All of the above

13.

Who were the Red Guard and what did they do?

a)

Students

b)

Arrest and beat people

c)

Accuse citizens of being anti-Communist

d)

All of the above

14.

What was the impact of the Cultural Revolution?

a)

An entire generation of uneducated young people

b)

Set China back again

c)

Made people more anti-communist

d)

All of the above

15.

In 1989, where did students gather to protest?

a)

Red Square

b)

Tienanmen Square

c)

Tokyo

d)

Washington D.C.

16.

Why did the government get involved in the Tienanmen Square Massacre ?

a)

The protest spread to other cities and rural areas

b)

The students were violent

c)

China decided to meet the student's demands

17.

What was the international response to the Tienanmen Square?

a)

Outrage

b)

Fear

c)

Support

d)

High fives