ch 12 Flashcards
“A revolution is not a dinner party” was said by
Mao Zedong.
During the New Democracy land reforms
some landlords and rich farmers lost their lives, and many were innocent of any crimes.
All of the following were part of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution except
“Black cat, white cat, what does it matter along as it catches mice.”
The “Four Modernizations” included all of the following except
family planning
The 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square
so frightened the Communist Party leaders that they had the army violently disperse the demonstrators.
As an alternative to the fading appeal of Marxism, to hold China together in the uncertain times of the early twenty-first century, the Communist leadership has encouraged
nationalism and patriotism.
The Chinese province of Xinjiang in the west experienced considerable unrest because of the demands of
Muslims
After coming to power, Deng Xiaoping believed
that economic performance was more important than Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
By the end of the 1990s, the private economic sector in Communist China was producing
over ten percent of the gross domestic product.
Women in Communist China
were given equal rights with men.
The five relationships included all of the following except
subordination of wealthy to peasant.
The “literature of the wounded”
described the brutal character of the Cultural Revolution.
T/F Immediately after coming to power in 1949, Mao Zedong instituted a radical communist program, including the establishment of agricultural “people’s communes.”
False
T/F The Beijing Olympics was seen as an opportunity to demonstrate Chinese success and was viewed patriotically in China.
True
T/F China’s recent entry into the World Trade Organization may help the nation as a whole but is very unlikely to benefit China’s farmers.
True
