Communism in China: Part 2

Question 1

socialism

Answer 1

• 1st step in building socialism - modernization and industrialization of their “backward societies”
• simultaneously wanted to eliminate inequalities of class and gender, prevent the growth of new inequalities as they modernized, and promote values of selflessness and collectivism
• in order to do this, government had to be completely dominated by the communist party

Question 2

collectivism

Answer 2

• giving a group priority over the individual

Question 3

government

Answer 3

• became totalitarian in China and Soviet Union
• other political parties forbidden
• government controlled almost the entire economy
• government ensured that the arts, education and media conformed to approved ways of thinking
• organizations for women, workers, students and professional groups operated under party control

Question 4

as a result of laws and decrees passed by the Soviet Union

Answer 4

• women were granted full legal and political equality
• divorce was legalized and made easier
• abortions were legalized and made easier
• marriage became a civil procedure among freely consenting adults
• illegitimacy was abolished
• women no longer had to take their husband’s last names
• pregnancy leave for employed woman was mandated
• women were actively mobilized as industrial workers

Question 5

the marriage law of 1950 in China implemented:

Answer 5

• free choice in marriage
• relatively easy divorce
• the end of concubines and child marriages
• permission for widows to remarry
• equal property rights for men and women
• Chinese women also became more involved in industrial production

Question 6

note

Answer 6

• women were still expected to take care of children and household
• women appeared very rarely at the top of social hierarchy
• communist feminism did not continue
• within a decade is started to fade out

Question 7

in communist china, the government controlled _____________

Answer 7

• almost all of the economy

Question 8

as china modernized they wanted to eliminate _______________

Answer 8

• inequalities of class
• inequalities of gender
• new inequalities

Question 9

in communist china the marriage law of 1950 _________________

Answer 9

• implemented free choice in marriage
• allowed easier divorce
• ended child marriages

Question 10

in communist Russia, women were _________

Answer 10

• given full legal and political equality

Question 11

the first step of building socialism in China was to ______

Answer 11

• modernize and industrialize society

Question 12

as china modernized they wanted to simultaneously ___________

Answer 12

• eliminate inequalities of class and gender