Questions from People's Republic of China History Quiz

To help students in studying, I am posting the questions from our quiz.

1.       What two groups fought in the Chinese Civil War?

2.       What group did Chian Kai-shek lead?

3.       What nation invaded China, causing a “time out” from China’s Civil War?

4.       What was Mao’s family class background?

5.       In what year was the PRC founded?

6.       Who settled in Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War?

7.       Why did the CCP (Communist Party) attack the landlords specifically?

8.       What did Mao do to the Nationalists who remained in China after 1949?

9.       What did the CCP do to Chinese intellectuals?

10.   How did the intellectuals respond when Mao tried to cut back on repression and let the “flowers bloom”?

11.   What was a farming “cooperative”?

12.   The CCP had a 5 Year Plan to build up what?

13.   What did the CCP do to improve the rights of women?

14.   True or False? The Great Leap Forward was intended to raise production by inspiring peasants in their work.

15.   How did communes affect family life?

16.   True or False? The Great Leap Forward resulted in an abundant harvest.

17.   True or False? The industries did more poorly than agriculture in the Great Leap Forward.

18.   What happened in 1966?

19.   What was Deng Xiaoping’s approach to communism and capitalism?

20.   True or False: The standard of living in the cities declined under Deng Xiaoping’s policies.

21.   What was the intent of the one-child policy?

22.   What effect did radios have on Chinese attitudes towards their government?

23.   How did the government respond to student protests at Tiananmen Square?

24.   True or False: In the 1980s and 1990s, China essentially kept a communist economy while allowing a democratic government to take over.

25.   Name two of the Eight Bigs.