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Modern China

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is this?

a)

Sun Yat-sen

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

2.

China became a communist country in what year?

a)

1911

b)

1928

c)

1949

d)

1978

3.

Who lost power in the Chinese Revolution of 1911?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

The Communist Party

c)

Foreign countries who had spheres of influence

d)

The emperor

4.

What were the two sides in the Chinese Civil War?

a)

North vs. South

b)

Communists vs. Nationalists

c)

Warlords vs. Kuomintang

d)

Kuomintang vs. Nationalists

5.

In the 1950s, China engaged in a program to industrialize rapidly, known as

a)

The Cultural Revolution

b)

The Great Leap Forward

c)

The Chinese Civil War

d)

The Five Year Plan

6.

In the 1960s, China engaged in a program to renew loyalties to Communism. This program was called...

a)

The Great Leap Forward

b)

The Four Modernizations

c)

Let 1000 Flowers Bloom

d)

The Cultural Revolution

7.

Who were the most loyal supporters of the Cultural Revolution?

a)

The scholar class

b)

Counter-revolutionaries

c)

The Kuomintang

d)

The Red Guard

8.

Which of the following is true about China today?

a)

Their population is the world's largest

b)

They pollute more per-person than the United States

c)

The produce fewer carbon emissions than the United States

d)

Their army is smaller than the United States

9.

In 1989, at Tienanmen Square, China proved that it

a)

had improved its record on human rights

b)

was finally allowing more freedom of speecth

c)

had fully adopted the program of glasnost

d)

would not allow public protest against the government

10.

Where was this photograph taken?

a)

Tienanmen Square

b)

Shanghai

c)

At the Great Wall

d)

On the Long March

11.
What led to the events of Tiananmen Square in 1989?
a)
Protesters demanded political rights and freedoms.
b)
Foreign businesses had begun to own Chinese companies.
c)
Countries threatened to limit or stop trade with China.
d)
People rebelled in Tibet.
12.

China's current economy is a...

a)

mixed market economy.

b)

traditional economy.

c)

command economy.

13.

What country is this?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Mongolia

14.

What country is this?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

North Korea

d)

Russia

15.
Who was Pu Yi?
a)
The first emperor of China
b)
The last emperor of China
c)
The first Chinese dictator
d)
The leader of the Nationalist party
16.
a)
Sri Lanka
b)
Taiwan
c)
Singapore
d)
Japan
17.

The last dynasty of China was...

a)

Qin

b)

Han

c)

Qing

d)

Zhou

18.
Propaganda can use both bias and symbolism to influence the public.
a)
True
b)
False