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Mao

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best fits Maoism?

a)

Industrial workers would be the main force of revolution

b)

Industrial centers would be the birthplace of revolution

c)

They must merge with the Nationalists to bring revolution

d)

Revolution would be achieved by agrarian peasants

2.

Which of the following is a reason for the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War?

a)

Mao's military leadership and guerrilla warfare

b)

Weapons supplied by the US

c)

Partnership with industrial workers

d)

All of these options

3.

 In ________ the Communists took control of China. 

a)

1945

b)

1937

c)

1949

d)

1941

4.

What was the name of the island to which the Nationalist forces retreated at the end of the war?

a)

Japan

b)

Taiwan

c)

Korea

d)

Vietnam

e)

Thailand

5.

Mao's plan for large collective farms.

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Mandate in Heaven

c)

Great Leap Forward

d)

Taiwan

6.

The  goal of the  _________ was to increase agriculture and industrial production in China.

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

President

d)

Communist Revolution

7.

A ________ is a farm that is shared by multiple families.

a)

commune

b)

Kibitz

c)

soviet

d)

community

8.

Mao Zedong was the first ____ of the People's Republic of China?

a)

President

b)

Chancellor

c)

Chairmen

d)

Premier

9.

The Great Leap Forward was a program that greatly increased agricultural and industrial production.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which Chinese ruler lead the Great Leap Forward?

a)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)

d)

Deng Xiaoping

11.

This system promotes a classless society without private ownership of property and businesses.

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Capitalism

d)

Authoritarianism

12.

How did China change when Mao Zedong's Communist Party took control?

a)

The Red Guard opened special detention camps

b)

Businesses and property were returned to original owners

c)

Businesses and farms came under state ownership

d)

All schools closed

13.

What was one result of the Great Leap Forward that Mao promoted in China?

a)

Fewer people moved to the countryside for agricultural work

b)

Millions of people died of starvation

c)

More farm machinery was purchased to elevate production

d)

More people moved into cities to work in larger factories

14.

In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?

a)

No One--every member of society is supposed to be equal

b)

Intellectuals

c)

Military leaders

d)

Communist Party leaders

15.

Which country was China’s key ally throughout the mid-1900s?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

India

c)

Thailand

d)

South Korea

e)

Taiwan

16.

What was the name of the economic plan that the Chinese government developed in order to boost China’s economy?

a)

China's Betterment Plan

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

The Cultural Revolution

d)

Investment in the Future of PRC

17.

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

a)

Lack of funds, people, and resources

b)

Too much government control, too much money, and the people were too eager to work

c)

Too much money, food, and resources

d)

Environmental disasters, poor government management, government greediness

18.

What was the biggest consequence of the Great Leap Forward?

a)

China became a player in the international setting

b)

The economy was boosted

c)

Up to 20 million people died

d)

Chinese citizens were given more freedoms

19.

Which of the following describe one of reasons the Great Leap Forward was unsuccessful?

a)

The Communist government rejected Mao's Idea and farms were never organized.

b)

Chinese farmers did not know how to plant crops on large plots of land.

c)

People refused to move to larger farms.

d)

People wanted to be able to work for themselves and make a profit.

20.

China begins aid of North Korea in Korean War.

a)

1950

b)

1949

c)

1956

d)

1960

21.

Mao’s first “Five Year Plan”

a)

1968

b)

1953

c)

1949

d)

1960

22.

Great Leap Forward begins

a)

1950

b)

1955

c)

1958

d)

1960

23.

All of the following are characteristics of a Marxist economic system except -

a)

no privately owned lands

b)

no private property

c)

no government controlled industry

d)

no privately owned industry

24.

The Communists wanted to turn China into a/an _______________ nation.

a)

modern, industrial

b)

agricultural, peasant

c)

old-fashioned, traditional

d)

modern, capitalistic

25.

Mao Zedong believed in a communist economic system called ____________________.

a)

Socialism

b)

Stalinism

c)

Marxism

d)

Leninism

26.

Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward can be best described as this. (Choose 3 answers)

a)

it was an economic program

b)

was a huge success

c)

was a big disaster & millions died of starvation

d)

organized all farms into collectives which became large communes

27.

Starting communes and building steel furnaces were all events that happened during which period?

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Chinese Civil War

c)

Tiananmen Square Massacre

d)

Great Leap Forward

28.

All true about Great Leap Forward EXCEPT

a)

Mao wanted to make food for the country and make food to export

b)

farmers forced to give their land to the government.

c)

aimed at make China a major industrial power overnight rapidly raising industrial and agricultural production

d)

began as part of one of Mao’s Five Year Plans to improve the economy

e)

was part of Mao's land reform and enthusiastically embraced by peasants