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MAO ZEDONG

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Chinese leader is most closely associated

with leading the Great Leap Forward and the

Cultural Revolution?

a)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)

b)

Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Deng Xiaoping

2.

During the Great Leap Forward, Chinese

peasants were forced to...

a)

join communes.

b)

move to the cities.

c)

convert to Christianity.

d)

attack the Red Guards.

3.

What was an immediate result of the Great Leap

Forward (1958)?

a)

increased famine in China

b)

the relocation of Bosnian refugees

c)

the breakup of the Soviet Union

d)

independence of Kenya from Great Britain

4.

One similarity between the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and the Cultural Revolution in China was that both

a)

limited the power of absolute leaders

b)

illustrated the power of public opinion in forming national policy

c)

established social stability and economic growth

d)

used violent methods to eliminate their opponents

5.

What is the name of the army of young students that Mao used to enforce policies in the 1960's?

a)

The Red Guard

b)

The Kuomintang

c)

The great Collective

d)

The Alliance for Progress

6.

In China, there was a time when Mao wanted to eliminate anyone that criticized his government. What is this time called?

a)

Long March

b)

The Middle Way

c)

The Great Leap forward..

d)

The Cultural Revolution

7.

Which jobs did Mao think would lead China to become most prosperous?

a)

farmers and workers

b)

students and teacher

c)

military and scientific

d)

businessmen and managers

8.

This image represents the young students know and the ______ in the ____________.

a)

Nationalist in the Cultural Revolution

b)

Red Guard in the Great Leap Forward

c)

Communist party in Russian Revolution

d)

Red Guard in the Cultural Revolution

9.
In ________ the Communists took control of China. 
a)
1945
b)
1937
c)
1949
d)
1941
10.
What was the name of the island to which the Nationalist forces retreated at the end of the war?
a)
Japan
b)
Australia
c)

Taiwan

d)
Greenland
11.

What was Mao's plan for large collective farms called?

a)
Cultural Revolution
b)
Great Leap Forward
c)

Mandate of Heaven

d)
Taiwan 
12.
The  goal of the  _________ was to increase agriculture and industrial production in China.
a)
Cultural Revolution
b)
Communist Revolution
c)
President
d)
Great Leap Forward
13.
A ________ is a farm that is shared by multiple families. 
a)
community
b)
communist
c)
communication
d)
commune
14.

The color ______ is often associated with Communism.  

a)
Blue
b)
Green 
c)
Red 
d)
Black
15.
The Red Gaurd were ______ who wanted to rid China of any capitalists. 
a)
old men
b)
doctors
c)
lawyers
d)
students
16.

Mao became one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek were leaders of the Nationalist Party.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

In the 1930s, Chiang used a series of "extermination campaigns" that nearly wiped out the Communists.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Mao escaped defeat by leading his followers on the 6,000-mile Long March.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Who was forced to retreat on the Long March?

a)

Chinese Communists

b)

Japanese Imperialists

c)

Chinese Nationalists

21.

What caused Chinese Nationalists and Communists to stop fighting each other and work together?

a)

American Invasion

b)

Japanese Invasion

c)

Soviet Invasion

d)

German Invasion

22.

How did Communists gain control of China?

a)

Gained support of the peasants

b)

Communist corruption

23.

True or False: The "Great Leap Forward" was a sucess.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which is a picture of Mao Zedong?

a)
b)
25.

He was commonly referred to as Chairman Mao.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

He was the founding father of the People's Republic of China.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

When did he start ruling China?

a)

1946

b)

1948

c)

1947

d)

1949

28.

MAO ZEDONG died in 1976.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Who became the leader of the CHINA after Mao Zedong passed away?

a)

Deng Xiaoping

b)

Chen Yun

c)

Wang Zhen

d)

Gorbachev

30.

On the Long March, thousands of

a)

Communists died fleeing the attacks from Nationalists.

b)

Chinese died fleeing the Japanese.

c)

peasants died fleeing the Communists.

d)

Chinese died fleeing the British.

31.

Mao Zedong's efforts to make China a modern nation was known as _________.

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

Extraterritoriality

c)

Nationalists

d)

Collective Farming