WorksheetsPractices & Effects of the CCW
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was not an element of guerrilla warfare strategy?
a)
Launch massed conventional attacks on numerically and technologically superior forces
b)
Launch surprise ambush assaults
c)
Deploy small and mobile combat units
d)
Require knowledge and use of local terrain and environment
e)
Be inseparable from the local population
2.
When did the first phase of civil war break out between the GMD (Nationalists) and the CCP (Communists)?
a)
1927
b)
1937
c)
1924
d)
1921
3.
After the 'white terror' the CCP retreated where?
a)
Jiangxi
b)
Beijing
c)
Shanghai
d)
Nanjing
4.
When did Japan invade Manchuria?
a)
January 1931
b)
February 1932
c)
September 1931
d)
July 1937
5.
Chiang Kai-Shek claimed that the Japanese were a 'disease of the skin' whereas the Chinese Communists were what?
a)
a harmless disease of the skim
b)
akin to toothache
c)
a disease of the heart
d)
a topical issue for China
6.
What did the CCP embark on in October 1934 retreating from the Jiangxi Soviet?
a)
Long Offensive
b)
Long-game strategy
c)
Long Battle
d)
Long March
7.
What was the name of the alliance between the GMD and CCP to fight the Japanese?
a)
The Anti-Comintern Pact
b)
Second United Front
c)
Second Righteous Front
d)
The Triple Alliance
8.
From 1944 through to the outbreak of the civil war in 1946 the US attempted to negotiate between the CCP and GMD.
Which of the following was not part of the draft terms for an agreement?
a)
Unite the GMD and CCP armies in a new national army
b)
Two Nations solution - Mao and Jiang to head two separate Chinese states
c)
Form a temporary state council
d)
Set up a coalition government
e)
Hold free elections for local government
9.
Which nation had deployed troops into Manchuria at the end of the war with Japan in August 1945?
a)
United States
b)
Indonesia
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Britain
10.
Which country put pressure on the GMD to agee to a ceasefire?
a)
United States
b)
The Soviet Union
c)
Australia
d)
Japan
11.
Which of the following was not provided by the Soviets to assist the CCP in the civil war?
a)
Gave CCP captured Japanese weapons
b)
Provided the PLA with training and arms
c)
Set up airbases across China and deployed the Soviet airforce
d)
Set up 16 military training institutions
12.
Which of the following was not provided by the United States to assist the GMD in the civil war?
a)
US marines occupied Tianjin & Beijing to hold for GMD
b)
Short-range nuclear missiles
c)
Transported GMD troops by air and sea from southern to northern China at the end of the war with Japan
d)
$3 billion in aid
13.
Why was US support politically damaging to Chiang Kai-Shek and the GMD?
a)
Mao and CCP claimed Jiang was a US imperialist's puppet and the GMD were not the true nationalists
b)
The United States gave too little economic support
c)
Factions within the GMD wanted to be led by General Marshall
d)
Americans were widely popular with the Chinese people
14.
The CCP were able to launch effective attacks from their rural bases throughout 1947 using which strategy?
a)
Creeping barrage
b)
Static warfare
c)
Massive aerial attacks
d)
Mobile defense
15.
The ability of the CCP to launch the Huai-hai & Pingjin campaigns at the same time indicated that
a)
new found weaponry made up for their lack of soldiers compared to the GMD
b)
their use of mobile defense was working so they continued using it for these campaigns
c)
help from the USSR was far greater than the assistance given to the GMD by the US
d)
they had recruited and trained more soldiers which gave them numerical superiority
16.
The CCP had key victories in which major battleground of the civil war in 1948?
a)
Nanjing
b)
Shanghai
c)
Chongqing
d)
Manchuria
17.
Which leader ordered Mao not to send his forces across the Yangtze and to consolidate the CCP's position in northern China in the Spring of 1949?
a)
Jiang
b)
Stalin
c)
Churchill
d)
Truman
18.
When and where did Mao proclaim the establishment of the People's Republic of China?
a)
January 1950 in Chongqing
b)
October 1949 in Shanghai
c)
October 1949 in Beijing
d)
November 1949 in Chongqing
19.
What was the strategy of mobile defense?
a)
a traditional battle strategy that allows the enemy to confront an attacker with artillery
b)
a guerilla warfare strategy that uses sabotage and ambush to disrupt supplies and cause casualties; not about territorial expansion
c)
a strategy that values territorial expansion in order to secure food supplies and conscripts from the countryside
d)
a guerilla warfare strategy that starts with artillery and air bombardment before invasion
20.
Why did the Nationalists' troop advantage at the start of the war not have a larger impact on the outcome?
a)
GMD strategies were advanced so the CCP could not compete anyway
b)
the CCP had massive stores of Japanese weaponry to over power the GMD
c)
the CCP's use of mobile defense nullified the advantage
d)
the USSR trained the CCP soldiers to be more elite than the GMD's forces
21.
The Nationalists gained conscripts by using recruitment gangs, these gangs
a)
were sent into the countryside to obtain troops from peasants, often by treating them brutally and tying them together
b)
went into the cities to entice middle and upper class citizens to support the party by joining the war effort
c)
were sent into the countryside to offer food and money in exchange for military service
d)
used bribery and brutality to force CCP soldiers to defect to the Nationalist's side
22.
Which of the following is a way that the Red Army was able to gain conscripts?
a)
brutality, force, coercion
b)
show trials that forced landlords to join the military to be used as bait during ambushes
c)
good treatment, nutrition, defectors from the Nationalists, support from peasants
d)
those in conquered Nationalist cities were forced to join the CCP
23.
Which of the following was an advantage of the CCP over the GMD?
a)
control of the cities allowed access to railways and supplies from the coast
b)
control of the railways allowed for faster mobilizing of supplies and soliders to battle
c)
control of the countryside allowed more access to food and conscripts
d)
control of the government allowed for more tax revenue and allies
24.
Which of the following is true about both the Nationalists and the Communists?
a)
They both used coercion, force, and fear to gain supplies or labor from peasants at different times
b)
They suffered form huge morale swings
c)
Neither received support from foreign allies, and neither side wanted outside intervention
d)
Neither one had access to the sea due to Japanese expansion into port cities
25.
Which of the following describes the ability of the Nationalists to gain armaments during the war?
a)
Most came from the USSR, but were not Moscow-made -- the Russians would only hand over goods that were confiscated from the Japanese
b)
Many were leftover from the Second Sino-Japanese War which the U.S. had invested in heavily to end WWII
c)
Almost all came from the U.S., but were inconsistent due to embargoes, delayed shipments, and corruption.
d)
Many of their armaments were produced in Chinese cities and sent to troops on railways, which is why strategies to hold cities became the Nationalist's goal
26.
Which of the following is NOT TRUE of how women were impacted by the CCW?
a)
Both the Nationalists and the Communists implemented reforms for women, especially in marriage/divorce.
b)
The women in both territories typically did not actually experience change due to prevailing customs and traditions.
c)
After CCP victory, the changes made were drastically rolled back and women were once again required to adhere to arranged marriages, had no divorce rights, and were still expected to do manual labor equal to men.
d)
After the CCP victory, women were able to enjoy greater legal rights such as equality of management of inheritance and property as well as marriage and divorce.
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