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china N v C quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chinese Revolution | a violent struggle where the Nationalists' (KMT) goal of a modern, unified capitalist state was defeated by the Communists' (CCP) promise of radical peasant-based land reform and social justice. |
| Communism | A system where the government controls the economy and property is shared equally in theory |
| Chinese Civil War | War between the Nationalists and Communists in China (1927-1949) |
| Who fought in the Chinese Civil War? | The Nationalists (Chiang Kai-shek) vs the Communists (Mao Zedong) |
| Who won the Chinese Civil War? | The Communists led by Mao Zedong |
| What happened after the Communists won the Civil War? | The Nationalists fled to Taiwan and Mao created the People’s Republic of China |
| Taiwan | Island where the Nationalists set up their government after losing the Civil War |
| Long March | A long retreat by Mao’s Communist forces that helped Mao gain support and leadership |
| Why was the Long March important? | It helped Mao become the leader of the Communists |
| Great Leap Forward | Mao’s plan to rapidly industrialize and increase farm production through communes |
| Result of the Great Leap Forward | It failed and caused famine and millions of deaths |
| Cultural Revolution | Mao’s campaign to remove “un-Chinese” and anti-communist ideas |
| Red Guard | Groups of young people who enforced Mao’s Cultural Revolution |
| Communes | Large collective farms where people lived and worked together |
| Four Modernizations | Deng Xiaoping’s reforms to improve farming, industry, science, and defense |
| Tiananmen Square | Site of the 1989 student protests demanding democracy in Beijing |
| Result of the Tiananmen Square protests | The Chinese government used military force to stop the protests |
| Hong Kong | British-controlled territory returned to China in 1997 |
| Privatization | Allowing private businesses instead of full government control |
| Sun Yat-sen | Leader who helped end China’s last dynasty and founded the Chinese Republic |
| Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) | Nationalist leader who fought Mao and later fled to Taiwan |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader who founded the People’s Republic of China |
| Deng Xiaoping | Chinese leader who introduced economic reforms and modernization |