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Communists Events Review Flashcards

1
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Which group supported the communist takeover of Russia and China?

A

Peasant Majority

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2
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What similarity existed between the Reign of Terror in France and the Cultural Revolution in China?

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use of violent methods to make change/ eliminate opponents

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3
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Which communist leader is associated with the Long March , Five-Year Plans for modernization, the Great Leap Forward, communes, and the Cultural Revolution?

A

Mao Zedong

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What was the goal of Deng Xiaoping’s Four Modernizations?

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Improve the economy through trade market reform- Agriculture, Industry, Defense, and Science

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5
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What goal was shared by both Peter the Great of Russia and Deng Xiaoping in China?

A

westernization

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6
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What change occurred in Hong Kong, China in 1997?

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British ended control, returned Hong Kong to China

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7
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How were the leadership of Mao Zedong of China, Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, and King Jong II of North Korea similar?

A

Marxist Communist Leaders

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8
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Which nation is closely associated with Ho Chi Minh and a conflict with the USA from 1963-1973?

A

Vietnam

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9
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Which policy was followed by the USA through the 1950s and 1960s regarding the spread of communism?

A

Containment

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10
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The USA used the domino theory to justify which two wars?

A

Korea and Vietnam

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11
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Which two leaders used purges in order to maintain control?

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Soviet Union: Stalin

China- Mao Zedong

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12
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How were the goals of Stalin’s 5-Year Plans and Zedong’s Great Leap Forward similar?

A

improve agricultural and industrial output

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13
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How were the causes of Korean and Vietnam War similar?

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Different political systems at odds during the Cold War

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14
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The French, Mexican, Russian, and Communist (Chinese) Revolution were all supported by each nation’s ____________ majority.

A

peasant

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15
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Why was the main cause of the development of the Cold War after WWII?

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Soviet Union invaded Eastern Europe- military domination of region, spread of communism

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16
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Which nation has had the greatest impact of modern Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet?

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China

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17
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Which nation’s is most associated with the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot and the communist “killing fields”?

A

Cambodia

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18
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Which nation was first to adopt Communism in 1917?

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Russia

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19
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Why was the communist takeover of (agrarian) Russia a contradiction to Karl Marx’s theory about the rise of communism?

A

Revolt did not take place in an industrial nation of factory workers

20
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What did Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik (communist) party promise the peasants to win their support to overthrow the car?

A

Peace, Land, Bread (took land from nobility which was the czar’s family)

21
Q

How did Mussolini’s Fascist government and Stalin’s communist government deal with political opponents?

A

suppression and violence

22
Q

Why did Gorbachev introduce the policy of perestroika?

A

perestroika- introduced capitalism

improve the economy and economic stagnation

23
Q

What was the main cause of the satellites breaking free from the Soviet control AND the Soviet republics declaring independence from one another?

A

ethnic diversity caused conflict and desire for self-rule

24
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Why did the region of Chechnya, Russia begin to demand self-determination in the 1990s?

A

Protest Russia not allowing Muslim region an independent homeland

25
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Which leader is most associated with “shock therapy”, being the first elected leader of Russia and his increasing the power of DUMA?

A

Boris Yeltsin

26
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What is the best known symbol of the collapse of communism in Europe/ Soviet Union?

A

Berlin Wall 1989

27
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Why did the economic system associated with communism (called command) fail in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

A

lack of incentives to work hard, fail to produce

28
Q

Why did Khrushchev and Brezhnev send communist, military troop into Hungary and Czechoslovakia?

A

End revolts and maintain control of the satellites

29
Q

Which was true of the treatment of opponents by Nikita Khrushchev in the USSR and Pol Pot in Cambodia?

A

Dissidents (opposition) jailed, tortured, and killed

30
Q

Which individual is most associated with the communist theory of a worker revolution in an industrial nation and the shared ownership of the means of production?

A

Karl Marx

31
Q

Which world event is most associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War?

A

Cold War

32
Q

How was the state of Korea and Germany after WWII similar?

A

divided

33
Q

What do the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster and the air pollution caused by industrial factories in China say about technology?

A

dangerous, causes problems

34
Q

Which policy was shared by the following leaders; Hitler of Germany, Pol Pot of Cambodia, Suddam Hussein of Iraq, and S. Milosevic of Yugoslavia?

A

genocide

35
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Which leader is most associated with Glasnost, New Thinking, Perestroika, and the collapse of the Soviet Union’s empire?

A

Mikhail Gorbachev

36
Q

What event set off the mass migration of Afghans to Pakistan?

A

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

37
Q

What set off the Tienanmen Square massacre in China?

A

Demands for individual rights

38
Q

Which superpower is most associated with the rise of Communism in Cuba?

A

Soviet Union

39
Q

What has been the greatest obstacle to unity and progress in Eastern Europe since the collapse of the USSR?

A

Ethnic tension

40
Q

What was the main purpose and goal behind the Soviet policies of Glasnost and Perestroika?

A

stimulate economy

41
Q

Which Cold War event signaled the collapse of The Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War?

A

Fall of Berlin Wall

42
Q

Hungarian workers demanding food, Polish unions demanding change, and Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia demanding self-determination are all associated with Communist ___________ nations after WWII.

A

satellite

43
Q

Which nations are most associated with genocide AFTER WWII?

A

Europe: Yugoslavia
Asia: Cambodia

44
Q

Which newly independent nation is associated with millions of wealthy farmers (Kulaks) being starved to death under the leadership of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union?

A

Ukraine

45
Q

How are the treatment of untouchables in India, Jews during the Holocaust, students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square, and Buddhist monks in Tibet similar?
They are considered ________ _________ violations

A

Human Rights

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