Modernization In China Assignment And Quiz

25 July 2022
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What was Ji-li's reaction to her upcoming audition for the Liberation Army dance troupe?
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She was excited and proud, because it was an honor to serve the government.
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Why did Ji-li's father prevent her from auditioning for the dance troupe?
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He knew the family could not pass a background investigation.
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Our beloved Chairman Mao had started the Cultural revolution in May. Every day since then on the radio we heard about the need to end the evil and pernicious [harmful] influences of the "Four Olds": old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits. Chairman Mao told us we would never succeed at building a strong socialist country until we destroyed the Four Olds, and established the Four News. According to the passage, why did Mao want the Four Olds destroyed?
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They needed to destroy old ways in order for communism to succeed.
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What did the sound of the gongs and drums represent?
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The Red Guards were going to search a home for items of value.
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How does Ji-li explain why so many people went along with the Cultural Revolution?
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The people of China were forced to believe that the Cultural Revolution was the only way to protect China's cultural and economic stability.
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After Mao Zedong died in 1976, Deng Xiaoping became China's leader and adopted _________________ as the country's main goal.
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modernization
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What event ended the Cultural Revolution?
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Mao Zedong's death
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How did Deng Xiaoping's economic policies change Chinese culture?
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They enabled people to embrace Western goods and ideas.
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A protest at Tiananmen Square in 1989 convinced China's leaders to
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NOT crack down on Communist protests.
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The main goal of China's first Five-Year Plan under Mao Zedong was to
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spur economic growth.
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A_____________is a group of people who live together and share responsibilities and resources.
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commune
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What proposed changes in 1960 caused Mao to launch a Cultural Revolution? Check all that apply.
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to allow workers to compete for wages to introduce the concept of rural markets to permit farmers to sell excess crops to encourage farmers to own private land
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China's economic expansion after the Cultural Revolution is a result of
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new capitalist reforms.
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Industrial production crashed during the Cultural Revolution because
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the Red Guards were assigned leadership posts.
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A __________ is a group of people who live together and share responsibilities and resources.
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commune