What were the Four Olds?

Old ideas, customs, culture, habits

What was the impact of the Japanese invasion on the GMD?

Weakened their focus against the CCP

What was Mao’s background before leadership?

Librarian at Beijing University

What triggered the Anti-Rightist Movement?

Criticism during Hundred Flowers

What was one absurd result of Maoist pest control?

Sparrow extermination led to crop failure

What happened to traditional Chinese culture during the Cultural Revolution?

Suppressed and replaced with party propaganda

What was the outcome of the Futian Incident?

Thousands of Red Army troops purged

What was the 'Marriage Reform Law' of 1950?

Abolished concubinage and arranged marriage

What was the 'mass line'?

A strategy of grassroots connection

What was the role of the Gang of Four?

Implement harsh Cultural Revolution policies

What was a commune in Maoist China?

Large collectivized unit of farms and households

What was the May Fourth Movement protesting?

Japanese gains from the Treaty of Versailles

Pseudoscientific farming ideology

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1
How many political parties existed in China by 1952?
Three
Only the CCP
Five
Ten
2
What were the Four Olds?
Old ideas, customs, culture, habits
Old leaders, parties, slogans, rituals
Old money, books, gods, myths
Old guards, posters, uniforms, reforms
3
What slogan expressed Mao's support for women?
Red over white
Down with landlords
Power to the proletariat
Women hold up half the sky
4
What percent of CCP members were women during Mao’s rule?
50%
20%
33%
13%
5
Which decade was dominated by civil war after the White Terror?
1950s
1930s
1910s
1920s
6
What event began in 1958 to rapidly transform industry and agriculture?
Anti-Rightist Campaign
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
May Fourth Movement
7
What was the purpose of the Northern Expedition?
To unite with Western powers
To defeat Chinese warlords
To defend against Russia
To expel Japan from Manchuria
8
What replaced private farming during the Great Leap Forward?
Co-ops
Township enterprises
Special economic zones
Communes
9
What was the estimated survival rate from the Long March?
50%
20%
80%
60%
10
What was the aim of the Five-Anti Campaign?
Destroy religious shrines
Encourage industrialization
Target economic crimes
Reform education
11
What was the impact of the Japanese invasion on the GMD?
Strengthened their control
Caused collapse of CCP
Led to immediate victory
Weakened their focus against the CCP
12
When was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) founded?
1949
1919
1935
1921
13
Which campaign purged counter-revolutionaries from the government?
The Great Terror
Rectification Movement
Cultural Revolution
Red Guard Purge
14
What was Mao’s background before leadership?
Librarian at Beijing University
Army general
Factory worker
Foreign diplomat
15
What was a “struggle session”?
CCP planning meeting
Secret tribunal
Public humiliation of accused
School debate format
16
What was the role of 'backyard furnaces'?
Cook food for communes
Boil medicinal herbs
Smelt gold for the state
Produce steel at home
17
How many died in the Great Famine?
600,000
Up to 45 million
5 million
12 million
18
What triggered the Anti-Rightist Movement?
Red Guard riots
Economic collapse
Criticism during Hundred Flowers
Religious uprising
19
What was one absurd result of Maoist pest control?
Floods were blamed on rats
Sparrow extermination led to crop failure
Trees were felled for mosquito nets
Fish turned to cannibals
20
What year was the People's Republic of China established?
1949
1952
1966
1937
21
What tactic involved close CCP relations with peasants?
Military doctrine
Mass line
Peasant Armament
Cultural Revolution
22
What event led to the collapse of the First United Front?
The White Terror
Long March
Sino-Japanese War
May Fourth Movement
23
What law allowed the CCP to imprison people without trial?
Cultural Codes
Administrative detention
Party Loyalty Decree
People’s Law Act
24
What was the aim of China's First Five-Year Plan (1952–57)?
Achieve food self-sufficiency
Privatize industries
Expand overseas trade
Industrialize like the USSR
25
What key industries were targeted in the First Five-Year Plan?
Agriculture, textiles, banking
Coal, steel, petrochemicals
Media, education, telecom
Tourism, trade, tech
26
Which phrase best describes Mao’s leadership style?
Democratic and passive
Authoritarian and strategic
Capitalist and liberal
Diplomatic and neutral
27
What traditional practice did the CCP outlaw for women?
Nose piercing
Footbinding
Hair shaving
Tattooing
28
What title did Mao adopt in 1943?
President
Premier
Chairman
General Secretary
29
What happened to traditional Chinese culture during the Cultural Revolution?
Suppressed and replaced with party propaganda
Revived and celebrated
Exported abroad
Fusion with Western pop
30
What happened to doctors during the Cultural Revolution?
Exiled to USA
Targeted as bourgeois
Elevated to party elite
Made Red Guards
31
What was the Little Red Book?
Peasant farming guide
Quotations of Mao
History textbook
PLA handbook
32
What was the outcome of the Futian Incident?
CCP allied with GMD
Thousands of Red Army troops purged
Land reforms reversed
Chiang captured Mao
33
What was the 'Marriage Reform Law' of 1950?
Abolished concubinage and arranged marriage
Gave land to brides
Required dowries
Encouraged polygamy
34
What was the name of Mao’s 1957 campaign encouraging open criticism?
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Rectification Movement
New Democracy
Five Antis
35
What was Mao’s response to famine criticism?
Increased food imports
Issued an apology
Stepped back from leadership
Exiled to Tibet
36
How did Jiang Qing influence cultural policy?
Allowed jazz
Promoted Confucianism
Purged non-socialist art
Opened Western museums
37
What system tracked and labelled citizens in Maoist China?
Rice coupons
Passport control
Work permits
Household registration
38
Which class did Mao focus on for revolutionary leadership?
Proletariat
Students
Bourgeoisie
Peasants
39
Why did the backyard furnace campaign fail?
Lack of iron ore
Low-quality steel produced
Peasant rebellion
American sabotage
40
What did collectivization destroy?
Urban housing zones
Local police forces
Traditional family structures
National unity
41
What was the 'mass line'?
A strategy of grassroots connection
A CCP speech style
The party’s economic plan
A military parade
42
What was the role of the Gang of Four?
Defend borders
Implement harsh Cultural Revolution policies
Draft economic reforms
Sign the PRC Constitution
43
What was a commune in Maoist China?
Large collectivized unit of farms and households
Secret military unit
Urban shopping center
School for party youth
44
What economic system did Mao promote?
Anarcho-syndicalism
Free market
Mixed economy
Command economy
45
What was the 'iron rice bowl'?
Peasant punishment device
Guaranteed jobs and benefits
Communal dining pot
Steel tax quota
46
Who led the First United Front?
Yuan Shikai
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Yatsen
Mao Zedong
47
What was the May Fourth Movement protesting?
German occupation of China
Qing Dynasty corruption
Soviet interference
Japanese gains from the Treaty of Versailles
48
What was Lysenkoism?
Soviet transport system
Mao’s legal code
Pseudoscientific farming ideology
Confucian tax law
49
How many CCP members were there by 1945?
1.2 million
100,000
10,000
500,000
50
What was the result of the Hundred Flowers Campaign?
Free speech
Anti-Rightist purges
Political liberalization
Intellectual reform
51
What region was invaded in 1950 during the reunification campaigns?
Manchuria
Tibet
Taiwan
Vietnam
52
What was a key aim of Mao’s Cultural Revolution?
End collectivization
Preserve revolutionary purity
Overthrow USSR
Elect new leadership
53
What was the purpose of the Zunyi Conference?
Form the PRC
Plan Long March
Negotiate with Japan
To restore Mao’s leadership
54
What term describes Mao's ideological control and cult status?
Cult of personality
Red revisionism
Totalitarian rhetoric
Democratic centralism
55
Which ethnic group resisted Chinese rule in the 1959 uprising?
Mongols
Uighurs
Manchus
Tibetans
56
What did agitprop involve?
Underground schooling
Science fairs
Political theater to spread ideology
Military drills
57
What was the Long March?
March to occupy Beijing
Parade to celebrate CCP victory
Retreat of CCP forces to Yanan
Northern Expedition
58
Who led the Red Guards?
Moderate teachers
Bureaucrats
PLA generals
Radical youth inspired by Mao
59
What happened to the Dalai Lama in 1959?
He became a Red Guard
He fled to India
He led a coup
He was executed
60
What infrastructure project symbolized Mao's push for modernization?
Great Wall restoration
Yangtze River bridge
Tianjin International Port
Three Gorges Dam
61
What caused the Great Famine?
Global economic crash
Droughts, locusts, Mongol invasion
Foreign embargo
Failed policies, requisition, Lysenkoism
62
Which city saw over 90,000 gang members executed?
Shanghai
Chongqing
Beijing
Wuhan
63
How did Mao defy Comintern guidance?
Accepted US aid
Banned Marxism
Allied with Japan
Focused on rural revolution
64
What reform helped improve literacy?
Cultural Revolution
Dynastic syllables
Use of Western alphabets
Pinyin system
65
What year did the Cultural Revolution begin?
1966
1962
1959
1956
66
What was the estimated number of people who died in the laogai camps?
500,000
1 million
2 million
25 million
67
What was the 'Land Law' of 1928 about?
Nationalizing banks
Redistributing land to peasants
Restoring Qing landowners
Urban industrial planning
68
Where did Mao establish the Jiangxi Soviet?
Manchuria
Beijing
Southeastern China
Nanjing
69
Who were blamed for famine during the Great Leap?
Capitalists, Americans, Buddhists
Teachers, doctors, police
Peasants, weather, local officials
Imperialists, Hindus, Christians
70
What percent of China was literate by 1976?
95%
70%
30%
15%
71
What was a major flaw of the Five-Year Plan figures?
Likely exaggerated
Entirely fabricated
Reviewed by the UN
Written in English
72
What ideology did Mao adapt to Chinese conditions?
Capitalism
Anarchism
Leninism
Marxism
73
What were the 'Three-Antis' of the 1951 campaign?
Capitalism, religion, feudalism
Theft, bribery, tax evasion
Waste, corruption, inefficiency
Landlords, intellectuals, reactionaries
74
What happened to Gao Gang and Rao Shushi?
Promoted to general
Purged as rivals
Sent to Russia
Made foreign ministers
75
Where did Mao consolidate power after the Long March?
Wuhan
Shanghai
Manchuria
Yanan
76
What year was the People's Republic of China declared?
1947
1945
1949
1952
77
What was a major consequence of the Korean War for China?
Increased military spending
Territorial gains
Annexation of Korea
Alliance with Japan
78
What does 'laogai' refer to?
Forced labor camps
Communist schools
Urban housing projects
Peasant cooperatives
79
How did Mao respond to Peng Dehuai’s criticism in 1959?
Promoted him
Purged him from the party
Reinstated his leadership
Sent him to Korea
80
Who founded the CCP with Mao?
Wang Jingwei and Liu Shaoqi
Yuan Shikai and Zhou Enlai
Sun Yatsen and Chiang Kai-shek
Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao
81
What military tactic did Mao emphasize?
Air bombardment
Trench warfare
Naval blockades
Guerrilla warfare
82
Which campaign purged internal opposition in Yanan?
White Terror
Socialist Education Movement
Rectification Campaign
Anti-Rightist Movement
83
Why did Chiang Kai-shek fear CCP strikes?
Japanese spies
US intervention
Loss of soldiers
Threat to middle-class support
84
What did the CCP label its enemies?
Counter-revolutionaries
Democrats
Bourgeoisie heroes
Cultural allies
85
What alliance helped create the First United Front?
German army
Support from the Soviet Comintern
Japanese navy
US investment
86
What Soviet leader signed a treaty with Mao in 1950?
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Molotov
87
What was the CCP’s view on bourgeois classes in Yanan?
They fled the country
They formed the Red Army
They were executed
They were included in the revolution
88
What Soviet-style economic plan did Mao initiate?
First Five-Year Plan
New Great Leap
Red Paper Plan
Socialist Investment Act
89
What key battle site became propaganda during the Long March?
Luding Bridge
Guangzhou Fortress
Great Wall
Hunan River
90
What were barefoot doctors?
Shoe-factory workers
Propaganda specialists
CCP military scouts
Lightly trained rural medics

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