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MWH Communist China
Summerville High School MWH
Question | Answer |
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Why did nationalists and communists unite in China? | To fight against Japan in WW2 |
Who led the communists? | Mao Zedong |
Who led the nationalists? | Jiang Jieshi, |
What is Jiang Jieshi's more common name? | Chang Kai Shek |
Who did the United States support in the Chinese Civil War? | The nationalists |
Who did the USSR support in the Chinese Civil War? | The communists |
What were the names of the two governments in China? | Peoples Republic of China and Republic of China |
How did Mao try to rebuild China? | Seized land and gave it to peasants, also sent peasants to collective farms or communes |
What was the Cultural Revolution? | A removal and elimination of educated people and culture from China’s past |
Define Red Guards | Student activists that helped remove anti-communists during the cultural revolution |
What forced Mao to end the Cultural Revolution? | China was in chaos, factories shut down and farm production dropped. |