Modern World History - Unit 4 - Asia
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- Q1. In the People’s Republic of China, which factor best reflects Marxism?ownership of small farms by individualssmall family-owned businesses in villagescommunal work teams on farmsforeign influence on the economy30s
- Q2The Great Leap Forward in China and the five-year plans in the Soviet Union were attempts to increasereligious toleranceprivate capital investmentindividual ownership of landindustrial productivity30s
- Q3In China and the former Soviet Union, the communist governments discouraged organized religion because religionssupport the principles of laissez-fairefavor anarchy over organized governmentstress economic rather than political valuescompete for the loyalties of the people30s
- Q4After World War II, the Chinese Communists were successful in their revolution mainly because theUnited States refused to support the Nationalistscommunists had the support of the peasantsnationalist had been defeated by Japancommunists had more technologically advanced weapons30s
- Q5The main reason the Chinese Communists gained control of mainland China in 1949 was thatthe dynamic leadership of Mao Zedong had the support of the peasant classthe United States had supported the Chinese Communist Party during World War IIthey were supported by many warlords and upper class Chinesethey had superior financial resources and were supported by Japan30s
- Q6In China, the Great Leap Forward was an attempt toend the private ownership of landstrengthen economic ties with Europeincrease agricultural and industrial productionpromote democratic reform30s
- Q7Deng Xioaping’s economic reforms in China differ from the previous economic policies of Mao Zedong in that Deng’s reformsinclude elements of capitalismdecrease trade with the United Statespromote further collectivizationdiscourage private ownership of businesses30s
- Q8During the 1980’s, the Chinese government adopted policies designed togain colonies throughout East Asiaincrease industrial productivitymaintain its isolation from world eventsreestablish Confucian traditions and values30s
- Q9Which statement about the economy of China in the 1980’s is most accurate?China increased its industrial capacity and foreign tradeChina’s economy slowed down because of a lack of natural resourcesChina’s economy suffered from overproduction of consumer goodsChina surpassed the Soviet Union in steel production30s
- Q10Sun Yat-sen’s “Three Principles of the People” (1911) and the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square (1989) were similar in that they both demanded that the Chinese governmentend foreign influences in Chinarestore dynastic ruleachieve global interdependenceintroduce democratic reforms30s
- Q11“A wind has been blowing from the West; now it will begin to blow from the East.” — Mao Zedong, 1949. Which idea was Mao Zedong expressing in this quotation?The monsoons will soon shift and bring destruction to the mainland of AsiaThe Asian people have much to learn from the Western EuropeansEuropean power will decline as a new center of power emerges in Asia.Chinese culture will no longer influence the people of Asia30s
- Q12In Japan between 1603 and 1868, the most notable action taken by the Tokugawa Shogunate was thedevelopment of extensive trade with the Americasformation of cultural links with Europevirtual isolation of the country from the outside worldmilitary conquest of China30s
- Q13Feudal societies are generally characterized byan emphasis on social ordera representative governmentmany economic opportunitiesthe protection of political rights30s
- Q14Which is a characteristic of a feudal society?high literacy raterapid social changerigid class structureindustrial-based economy30s
- Q15Feudal Japan had what type of class system?high social mobilitya classless societya well-defined class systema growing middle class30s