Mao
China’s Revolutionary History Quiz
Test your knowledge on the pivotal events, leaders, and policies that shaped modern China during the 20th century. This quiz covers important topics such as the Cultural Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, and key figures like Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
Challenge yourself with questions about:
- The dynamics of Sino-American relations
- The impact of the Cultural Revolution
- Prominent Chinese leaders and their roles
Why did the United States agree to rapprochement with China?
Help with exiting Vietnam
To end the Sino-Soviet split
To sell them nuclear technology
All of the above
Why did China agree to rapprochement with the United States?
They had fallen out with the Soviet Union
US agreement to 'One China' Policy
More trade opportunities
All of the above
Jiang Qing held positions of leadership in which government department?
Ministry of Women
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Economics
After several years on the outer, who was rehabilitated and returned to the CCP at its 10th Party Congress in 1973?
Peng Zhen
Peng Dehaui
Zhou Enlai
Deng Xiaoping
Who famously traveled to China and met Mao Zedong in 1972, heralding a shift in foreign relations?
Leonid Brezhnev
Richard Nixon
Elvis Presley
Jiang Jieshi
In 1969, more than 100 Chinese soldiers were killed in a brief border conflict with what nation?
Vietnam
North Korea
India
Soviet Russia
What name was given to threatening, often violent public ordeals conducted by CCP cadres?
"struggle sessions"
"street sessions"
"shame sessions"
"truth sessions"
What public activity did Mao famously undertake in 1966, to demonstrate his health and vigour?
Walk around Beijing
Swimming
Horse-riding
A boxing match
Which of the following was NOT one of the "Four Olds" targeted during the Cultural Revolution?
"old ideas"
"old culture"
"old relationships"
"old customs"
Used in part to disperse the Red Guards was the movement dubbed "Down to the ..."?
Farm
Countryside
River
Rice Fields
In 1968, the son of which CCP leader was assaulted by Red Guards and rendered paraplegic?
Zhou Enlai
Wang Hongwen
Lin Biao
Deng Xiaoping
In what year was the "Great Cultural Revolution" officially launched by the CCP Politburo?
1964
1965
1966
1967
Which former leader was arrested, publicly denounced and beaten before dying in custody in 1969?
Liu Shaoqi
Zhu De
Deng Xiaoping
Feng Baiju
Cultural Revolution propaganda described Mao Zedong as the "Great ..."?
"Inspirer"
"Tactician"
"Helmsman"
"Philosopher"
Which aide to Mao Zedong was partly responsible for inciting and organising the Red Guards?
Jiang Qing
Lin Biao
Ho Chi Minh
Zhu De
Who was NOT part of the triumvirate that shaped Chinese policy after the 1959 resignation of Mao?
Liu Shaoqi
Zhou Enlai
Deng Xiaoping
Jiang Qing
Which river flooded significantly in 1959, adding to crop failures and the high death toll?
Yangtze River
Mekong River
Dadu River
Yellow River
Following his criticisms of Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai was replaced as defence minister by whom?
Lin Biao
Zhu De
Deng Xiaoping
Chen Geng
Which of the following was not a feature of life on a commune?
Freedom of movement
Communal eating
Communist Party Cadres
Food production targets
The Second Five Year Plan, or Great Leap Forward, began in which year?
1956
1957
1958
1959
In 1957 Mao Zedong announced Chinese industry would overtake British industry in what period?
5 years
10 years
15 years
20 years
What did Mao Zedong order to be constructed in private backyards, to support industrial growth?
Paper mills
Coal pits
Weaving looms
Steel furnaces
What reformist policy began with an experimental commune in Henan in April 1958?
Rectification
Collectivisation
Atonement
Rustification
Which of the following was not a member of SEATO?
Thailand
United States
India
Philippines
Which communist led North Korea, with Chinese backing, from 1949 to his death in 1994?
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il-Sung
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kim Jong-Il
One punishment reserved for dissidents and "Rightists" was deportation to camps for what process?
Re-adjustment
Re-enlightenment
Re-education
Re-alignment
What political office was occupied by Zhou Enlai (Chou En-lai) from 1949 to his death in 1976?
President
Vice-president
Premier
Foreign minister
What was Taiwan called before the arrival of the KMT on the island?
Manchuria
Formosa
X'ian
Dadu
In October 1950 Chinese forces defeated which kingdom to the east, imposing a 17-point treaty?
Tibet
Pakistan
Mongolia
Nepal
Which group suffered most from persecution and exclusion during the Hundred Flowers campaign?
Bureaucrats
Students
Women
Intellectuals
For how long did Mao Zedong allow the Hundred Flowers campaign to run, before calling it to a halt?
Three weeks
Five months
One year
Three year
Complete the following statement: "Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred ... contend"?
"different views"
"diverse minds"
"schools of thought"
"beating hearts"
Mao Zedong used what term to describe the will of the peasants, the driving force of revolution?
Popular line
Rice line
Mass line
Crowd line
Launched in January 1952, the Five Antis campaign was chiefly concerned with eliminating what?
Malnutrition
Army mutinies
Food hoarding
Capitalism
Which of the following was NOT outlawed by the CCP during its social reforms in the early 1950s?
Divorce
Concubinage
Foot-binding
Arranged marriages
Who was the main target of the "Speak Bitterness" campaigns, ordered by the CCP in the early 1950s?
Capitalists
Qing officials
Landlords
Industrialists
In February 1950, the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and ............................ Was signed giving China:
Technical advisers
Farmers
Communist theorists
Atomic bombs
Signed by Beijing and Moscow in February 1950 was the "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and ..."?
Mutual Assistance
Communism
National Union
Brotherhood
Which of the following was not a reform brought about by the 1950 Marriage Law?
Arranged marriages banned
Polygamy was allowed
Child brides banned
Equal rights for women in marriage
The CCP government instigated land reform in 1950 by passing the ... Reform Law?
Peasant
Agrarian
Rural
Farming
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