1. The 1900 Chinese uprising of a secret society devoted to killing foreigners was called the A. Taiping Rebellion B. Boxer Rebellion C. Sepoy Mutiny D. Second Opium War 2. The... 1. The 1900 Chinese uprising of a secret society devoted to killing foreigners was called the A. Taiping Rebellion B. Boxer Rebellion C. Sepoy Mutiny D. Second Opium War 2. The Boxer Rebellion reflected the growth of Chinese A. imperialism B. socialism C. protectionism D. nationalism 3. What group successfully seized power from the Manchu dynasty? A. the Society of Righteousness and Harmonious Fists B. the Boxers C. the Communists D. the Kuomintang 4. What Soviet policy did Mao Zedong oppose? A. glasnost B. collectivization C. Five-Year Plans D. Peaceful co-existence 5. Which of the following did the Great Leap Forward introduce to China? A. the hsiang B. a free market economy C. free trade D. a return of warlord owners of land 6. What did not contribute to Mao gaining the support of the peasants during the Chinese Civil War? A. Mao successfully fought the Japanese B. Mao taught farming methods C. Mao went on a Long March D. Mao stole resources for the PLA 7. Which is the correct order of Mao’s steps to communism? A. Collectivization, Five Year Plans, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward B. Democratic Centralism, Five Year Plans, Hundred Flowers Campaign, Cultural Revolution C. Democratic Centralism, Collectivisation, Cultural Revolution, Hundred Flowers Campaign D. Five Year Plans, Collectivisation, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution 8. Which one of the following Chinese leaders fled to Taiwan when the communists seized power in China? A. Mao Zedong B. Chou En-lai C. Deng Xiaoping D. Chiang Kai-shek 9. When the United States vetoed the Soviet proposal to bring the People's Republic of China into the Security Council of the United Nations the Soviets responded with A. building the Berlin Wall B. sending atomic weapons to China C. boycotting Security Council meetings D. withdrew from the United Nations 10. Use the following information to answer the next question. We locked up almost every university head, deputy department head, professor, and lecturer. Every day we rounded them up and read them quotations from the works of Chairman Mao. - Member of the Red Guard The events being described occurred during the A. Chinese Civil War B. Cultural Revolution C. Great Leap Forward D. Hundred Flowers Campaign 11. One of Mao's purposes in the Chinese Cultural Revolution was to A. cleanse the Communist Party B. invite the world to do business in China C. reduce the power of the Red Guards D. introduce Chinese people to other cultures 12. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe China since the mid 1980's? A. China has a free market economy, but an authoritarian political system B. China has resisted foreign investment in China C. China continues to have a command economy D. China has more brutal leaders today than during Mao's time in power 13. Which one of the following was the leader of China at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre? A. Deng Xiaoping B. Mao Zedong C. Chiang Kai-shek D. Zhou Enlai 14. What policy of the Chinese Government were students protesting in Tiananmen Square in 1989? A. the lack of financial support for the military B. the continued repression of political freedoms C. the decision to support Taiwan’s independence D. the failure to open China to trade with the West 15. Which one of the following did NOT contribute to the Sino-Soviet Split? A. ideological differences B. Soviet opposition to communist China's attempt to enter the United Nations C. Khrushchev's emphasis upon peaceful co-existence with the West D. rivalry for communist leadership in Asian countries 16. The Chinese economy underwent major changes in the 1980's and 1990's when A. the principle of Marxism was re-emphasized B. the Cultural Revolution was launched C. some of the principles of free enterprise were introduced D. Hong Kong was re-acquired 17. Economic reforms in China did not lead to A. reforms in the political system B. a redistribution of agricultural land C. higher levels of foreign investment D. an improvement in living standards 18. Which of the following is an accurate statement when comparing the manner in which communism came to Russia and China? A. in both Russia and China communism originated in the large industrial cities B. communism in Russia arrived with little violence while China experienced great violence C. neither had a civil war D. communism in Russia originated in the industrial cities, while in China it came from the countryside 19. The relations between the United States and China in the 1970's could be referred to as A. detente-like B. deteriorating C. aggressive D. unchanged from earlier decades 20. Which US president initiated improved relations between China and the USA? A. Nixon B. Johnson C. Kennedy D. Eisenhower 21. Why did relations between the USA and China improve in the late twentieth century? A. China adopted democratic reforms B. China improved its human rights record C. Foreign investment opportunities in China increased D. The USA permitted free immigration from China 22. What policy did China adopt in the 1970’s for which it had earlier condemned the Soviet Union? A. alliance with Arab nations B. support for world revolution C. cooperation with the Americans D. commitment to nuclear disarmament 23. The split between the USSR and China resulted from all of the following except A. a war between these two communist countries B. rivalry for communist leadership of developing countries C. the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to help China develop its nuclear arsenal D. the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the USA. Read more