Spring Test 5: WWI, Chinese Communism, Decolonization & the Cold War

Question 1

Soviet leader most open to western reforms.

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 2

Which of the following was a major difference between Mao and Lenin?

Accepted Answer

Mao focused on the role of the peasant over the worker

Question 3

During the Vietnam War the North Vietnamese considered it a fight between what two ideas.

Accepted Answer

Nationalism and Imperialism

Question 4

The deaths in Tienanmen Square were the a response to which of the following:

Accepted Answer

Demands for rights and freedoms

Question 5

The US policy that was designed to prevent the spread of Communism.

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 6

Mao's rise to power led to which social change

Accepted Answer

Elimanation of the landowning class

Question 7

The goal of the Great Leap Forward was

Accepted Answer

Village based industrialization

Question 8

Which of the following leaders implemented economic reforms like special economic zones.

Accepted Answer

Deng Xiaoping

Question 9

When group planners make decisions about what to produce and how to distribute goods.

Accepted Answer

Command economy

Question 10

Formed the base of Chinese communist support and were key to their ability to gain power.

Accepted Answer

Peasants

Question 11

What is a similarity for Vietnam, Kenya, and Algeria's independence movements?

Accepted Answer

All experienced violence

Question 12

All of the following were characteristics of Stalinst Russia EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Democratic elections

Question 13

Founder of the Guomindang Party

Accepted Answer

Sun Yat-sen

Question 14

Both the New Economic Policy and Gorbachev reforms

Accepted Answer

Allowed elements of capitalism

Question 15

All of the following are characteristics of a command economy EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Active participation in the global market

Question 16

All of the following were consequences of WWII EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Polish independence from Russia

Question 17

What was the initial purpose of the Cultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Control the intellectual instiutions

Question 18

He banned arranged marriages and made women an important part of the movement

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 19

What do communism, pan-Arabism and pan-Africanism have in common

Accepted Answer

Transnational movements

Question 20

Which African nation has the largest population of people with European ancestry?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 21

A major cause of the Cuban Revolution was

Accepted Answer

Slow economic growth and corruption

Question 22

Which event was the perceived as a threat to Soviet dominance during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Prague Spring

Question 23

Nationalist movements in the early 20th century were mostly led by ...

Accepted Answer

Educated urban elites

Question 24

On the whole what social change occurred in Communist socieities

Accepted Answer

Members of the elite lost power and society was more equal

Question 25

What was the main effect of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Increased pressure at home for changes

Question 26

All of the following played a role in the US policy of Containment EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Nuclear Arms Race

Spring Test 5: WWI, Chinese Communism, Decolonization & the Cold War

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Spring Test 5: WWI, Chinese Communism, Decolonization & the Cold War

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