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The Great Leap Forward

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the emperor who first united China?

a)

Mao

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Emperor Qin

d)

Emperor China

2.

What was the name of the leader who led the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution?

a)

Deng

b)

Mao

c)

Meow

d)

Qing

3.

What were the goals of the Great Leap Forward?

a)

To modernize China through agriculture and industry

b)

To develop a stronger military

c)

To make all the Chinese people work harder than ever before

d)

To grow enough crops that they could sell what they don't eat

4.

What years did the Great Leap Forward take place?

a)

1971-76

b)

1965-70

c)

1938-43

d)

1958-63

5.

What was a commune?

a)

A state in China that was full of factories

b)

A community of people who had freedom within China

c)

A community of people that worked and lived together under government rule

d)

A large group of people with jobs in the government

6.

What happened to the steel made in the backyard furnaces?

a)

Many building were made from it

b)

They used it to make more steel

c)

It was traded with many other countries

d)

It was too weak to use or sell

7.

Why was there a food shortage during the Great Leap Forward?

a)

A bad hurricane hit China

b)

Farmers were turned into steel workers and there was bad weather

c)

The farmers were given freedom to grow crops, but they failed

d)

Farmers grew the wrong kinds of crops

8.

What form of government did Mao have in China?

a)

Democracy

b)

Communism

c)

Monarchy

d)

Anarchy

9.

How many people died in the Great Leap Forward? (estimated)

a)

25,000-30,000

b)

2,500,000-3,500,000

c)

350,000-500,000

d)

25,000,000+

10.

What was the Cultural Revolution?

a)

Mao's attempt to regain control of China and get rid of anything "old" in the country

b)

Introducing democracy to the Chinese people

c)

Showing the rest of the world how powerful Mao was

d)

Growing crops and producing steel at a very rapid rate

11.

Who was a main target of the Red Guard?

a)

Students

b)

Teachers

c)

Store owners

d)

Old people

12.

What was Mao's "Little Red Book?"

a)

Instructions for how to be a Communist

b)

News stories and current events

c)

Speeches and quotes from Mao for the Chinese people to memorize

13.

What was the purpose of the Cultural Revolution?

a)

To stop all opposition to the Communist party

b)

To create a society of freedom

c)

To show the world how powerful China was

d)

To treat all people fairly

14.

What was one freedom that Deng Xiaoping gave to the Chinese people?

a)

Freedom of speech

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

Farmers could own their own land

d)

Allowed basic human rights to the Chinese people

15.

Why were protestors gathered at Tiananmen Square in 1989?

a)

They were mad at the military

b)

For freedom to open their own business

c)

To ask for freedom of religion

d)

To protest the corrupt Communist government

16.

What political party currently controls China?

a)

Communist Party of China

b)

Free Chinese Party

c)

Monarchy of China Party

d)

Libertarian Party

17.

How did the Chinese government deal with the protestors at Tiananmen Square?

a)

They asked them to leave

b)

They let them protest as long as they wanted

c)

They sent in soldiers and tanks and killed people

18.

Tensions over Marxist ideology between the Chinese and USSR existed because..

a)

The Chinese Communist Party was not following Marxism

b)

The Chinese Communist Party did not agree with Khrushchev's peaceful co-existence approach to relations with the U.S

c)

The USSR wanted China to follow their own intepretation of Marxism

d)

China wanted to stop being communist

19.

The proletariat are..

a)

The working class

b)

The middle class

c)

The upper class

20.

The bourgeoisie are..

a)

The working class

b)

The peasants

c)

The middle class

21.

Mao's Great Leap Forward which began in 1958 aimed to..

a)

Collectivise and industrialise China

b)

Improve agricultural production

c)

Improve living standards of the Chinese people

22.

The only political party in China is the Chinese Communist Party.

a)

True

b)

False

23.
What is the theme that ties The Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Tienanmen Square Massacre together? 
a)
They all led to fewer freedoms for people of China.
b)
Mao Zedong led each of them.
c)
Improvements to China’s economy were a result. 
d)
They all led to more opportunities for people of China.
24.

Where did the 1989 protests take place?

a)

Hong Kong

b)

Tiananmen Square

c)

The Great Wall of China

d)

Shanghai

25.

When Mao died in 1976, who became the leader of China?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Sun Yixian

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Den Xiaoping

26.

Students going on a hunger strike resulted in....

a)

the government declaring martial law.

b)

the government giving students want they wanted.

c)

the death of Deng Xiaoping.

d)

Mao Zedong resigning from power.

27.

What symbol did the protestors use at Tiananmen Square?

a)

Sword

b)

God of Peace

c)

Goddess of Liberty

d)

Liberty Statue

28.

What were the four modernisations of Deng Xiaoping (choose 4 answers)

a)

Agricultural

b)

Industry

c)

Science/Technology

d)

Military

e)

Democracy