Exam:08.02 Modern China

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Chinese Civil War?
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The Nationalists lost because the Communists convinced many rural Chinese to revolt against the Nationalists
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Mainland China is controlled by the Communists, whereas Taiwan is controlled by
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Nationalists
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How did the one-child policy result in large numbers of undocumented Chinese?
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After their first child, many mothers hid any other children they had, thereby causing them to be undocumented
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Use the image below to answer the following question: Black-and-white photograph of many people gathered in a field at night. Three bright fires blaze in the darkness. Mountaintops can be seen in the distance. The above photograph shows backyard furnaces being used to produce inferior-quality steel in China. Based on the photograph, which of the following statements accurately describes early communist China?
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The Chinese government failed to invest in industrialization
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Zhou Enlai was the prime minister under Mao Zedong. Zhou made the following comment in a discussion with U.S. President Richard Nixon on February 23, 1972: "You know our policy. We don't discuss our policy. We of course support revolutions raged by the peoples of the world, but we don't send a single soldier abroad. The revolution of any country must depend on the people of their country. That was the case with George Washington, in your eight-year war of independence. Of course, at the time you had the assistance of the volunteers of Lafayette; they were not troops sent by the State of France." --Zhou Enlai, 1972 Source: The National Security Archive What does the above statement say about China's government under Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai?
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It refused to debate its policies with foreign countries.
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Which of the following best describes the cause of the Cultural Revolution?
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The strong influence and inflexibility of communist ideology
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Which statement is true about Mao Zedong at the time of the Cultural Revolution?
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Mao Zedong was a radical leader who supported communist ideology.
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Use the image below to answer the following question: Chinese propaganda poster showing a locomotive with a red star on the front pulling freight cars with grain and a giant ear of corn. Public Domain This Chinese propaganda poster was used to promote the commune system. Which of the following is an accurate interpretation of this propaganda poster?
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The communist-organized commune system, represented by the locomotive, will produce a large agricultural output, represented by the huge ear of corn