Question 1

What did Mao intend to accomplish with the Great Leap Forward,and what was its actual result? How did Mao respond to the results of the Great Leap Forward?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will both clearly explain the goals of Mao's Great Leap Forward and clearly articulate its consequences.The Great Leap Forward departed from the highly centralized Soviet model of state economic planning by devolving economic and social power to small communes responsible for all levels of economic production and social functioning.Overall,economic and agricultural production declined,leading to disorder,famine,and the deaths of tens of millions of Chinese.Furthermore,a good answer should note that Mao's response to this failure was to claim that the change was not radical enough and take measures to establish a cult of personality that encouraged those loyal to him (student radicals,Red Guards,etc. )to turn against the CCP and state bureaucracy.

Question 2

Mao and the Chinese Communist Party's circuitous 1930s retreat westward into China's hinterland was known as the

Accepted Answer

A) Heroic Retreat. 
B) Prelude to Victory. 
C) Ten Thousand Li Struggle. 
D) Long March. 
A) Heroic Retreat. 
B) Prelude to Victory. 
C) Ten Thousand Li Struggle. 
D) Long March. D

Question 3

The iron rice bowl refers to

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A) China's restrictions against private agriculture. 
B) the strong role of the army in Chinese politics. 
C) China's continuing reliance on heavy industry over consumer goods. 
D) China's welfare system,which includes lifetime health care,work,and retirement security. 
A) China's restrictions against private agriculture. 
B) the strong role of the army in Chinese politics. 
C) China's continuing reliance on heavy industry over consumer goods. 
D) China's welfare system,which includes lifetime health care,work,and retirement security. D

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the provinces of Xinjiang and Tibet is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) The Chinese government has made major investments in transport and communication infrastructure improvement in these regions. 
B) Persistently harsh repression has been largely successful in quelling ethnic protest in the regions. 
C) Chinese leaders have periodically engaged in negotiations for independence in these provinces but have never granted it,even for provisional periods. 
D) What little independence is to be had in these regions stems in large part from the Chinese government's continued disinterest in their strategic value or natural resources. 
A) The Chinese government has made major investments in transport and communication infrastructure improvement in these regions. 
B) Persistently harsh repression has been largely successful in quelling ethnic protest in the regions. 
C) Chinese leaders have periodically engaged in negotiations for independence in these provinces but have never granted it,even for provisional periods. 
D) What little independence is to be had in these regions stems in large part from the Chinese government's continued disinterest in their strategic value or natural resources.

Question 5

Falun Gong refers to

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A) the overseas Chinese community. 
B) China's controversial one-child policy. 
C) wealthy private entrepreneurs. 
D) a government-banned Chinese meditation sect. 
A) the overseas Chinese community. 
B) China's controversial one-child policy. 
C) wealthy private entrepreneurs. 
D) a government-banned Chinese meditation sect.

Question 6

China's "floating population" refers to

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A) the huge number of Chinese people overseas. 
B) Chinese flooded out by the Three Gorges Dam. 
C) rural itinerant workers seeking greater prosperity in cities. 
D) large numbers of ethnic Japanese who represent a new trend in immigration. 
A) the huge number of Chinese people overseas. 
B) Chinese flooded out by the Three Gorges Dam. 
C) rural itinerant workers seeking greater prosperity in cities. 
D) large numbers of ethnic Japanese who represent a new trend in immigration.

Question 7

Which of the following could be considered a component of the "Beijing consensus"?

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A) granting massive credit to state-owned enterprises through state banks 
B) allowing small villages to engage in open voting for their regional leadership 
C) closing down the special economic zones created by Deng Xiaoping 
D) ending support for domestic enterprises so that foreign investment can flourish 
A) granting massive credit to state-owned enterprises through state banks 
B) allowing small villages to engage in open voting for their regional leadership 
C) closing down the special economic zones created by Deng Xiaoping 
D) ending support for domestic enterprises so that foreign investment can flourish

Question 8

Coastal capitalist enclaves established during the late 1970s as part of reform and opening were known as

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A) special economic zones. 
B) duty-free districts. 
C) kaifa. 
D) entrepôts. 
A) special economic zones. 
B) duty-free districts. 
C) kaifa. 
D) entrepôts.

Question 9

Which of the following factors has exacerbated China's serious environmental problems?

Accepted Answer

A) absence of postmaterialist values in China 
B) use of a Western-liberal capitalist development model 
C) devolving industrial decision-making authority to local officials 
D) rejection of foreign investment from other industrial powers 
A) absence of postmaterialist values in China 
B) use of a Western-liberal capitalist development model 
C) devolving industrial decision-making authority to local officials 
D) rejection of foreign investment from other industrial powers

Question 10

Mao's late-1960s political campaign in which student radicals attacked authority figures such as party-state officials and intellectuals was the

Accepted Answer

A) Cultural Revolution. 
B) Great Leap Forward. 
C) Hundred Flowers Campaign. 
D) Red Revolt. 
A) Cultural Revolution. 
B) Great Leap Forward. 
C) Hundred Flowers Campaign. 
D) Red Revolt.

Question 11

Discuss the relationship between the Chinese state and the Chinese Communist Party.Can they be separated and assessed as separate institutions?

Accepted Answer

A good answer should discuss how the CCP

Question 12

How has the political culture in China changed from pre-communist times to the present day? How has China blended Confucian and Maoist (communist)ideology? What obstacles exist for studying political culture in China?

Accepted Answer

A good answer should describe the genera

Question 13

Deng Xiaoping introduced the "household responsibility system," which referred to

Accepted Answer

A) privatizing farming. 
B) expanding the welfare state. 
C) imposing a strict birth control policy. 
D) expanding urban housing. 
A) privatizing farming. 
B) expanding the welfare state. 
C) imposing a strict birth control policy. 
D) expanding urban housing.

Question 14

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution primarily targeted

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A) the working poor. 
B) student revolutionaries. 
C) disloyal Communist Party leaders. 
D) those with the most economic and professional expertise. 
A) the working poor. 
B) student revolutionaries. 
C) disloyal Communist Party leaders. 
D) those with the most economic and professional expertise.

Question 15

China's legislature is known as the

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A) Socialist People's Parliament. 
B) National People's Congress. 
C) House of the People. 
D) Plenary Hall. 
A) Socialist People's Parliament. 
B) National People's Congress. 
C) House of the People. 
D) Plenary Hall.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about China's political culture is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese paternalism has weakened substantially in recent decades as women have regularly accepted top CCP leadership posts. 
B) The large degree with which the Chinese people have accepted CCP leadership suggests that Maoism has had a deep and lasting impact on Chinese political culture. 
C) Chinese leaders today promote Confucian values as a means of increasing governmental legitimacy,even though Mao opposed Confucianism. 
D) Communist control of Chinese political culture remains evident in the inability of China's rural poor to organize any serious attempts at protest and dissent. 
A) Chinese paternalism has weakened substantially in recent decades as women have regularly accepted top CCP leadership posts. 
B) The large degree with which the Chinese people have accepted CCP leadership suggests that Maoism has had a deep and lasting impact on Chinese political culture. 
C) Chinese leaders today promote Confucian values as a means of increasing governmental legitimacy,even though Mao opposed Confucianism. 
D) Communist control of Chinese political culture remains evident in the inability of China's rural poor to organize any serious attempts at protest and dissent.

Question 17

Briefly discuss China's separatist challenges in both Tibet and Xinjiang.How might China's experiences with Hong Kong and Taiwan have influenced its policies toward these two regions?

Accepted Answer

A good answer should note that both Tibe

Question 18

How does the National Party Congress's role in policy making compare to the policy-making role of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC)?

Accepted Answer

A) The PSC has near total control over national policy making;the National Party Congress does little more than ratify policies already decided upon,though it does allow for some expression of dissenting opinions. 
B) The PSC has full policy-making control over matters of national security and economy,but the National Party Congress is granted legislative (and thus policy)power over most other aspects of national policy. 
C) The PSC and the National Party Congress are strongly symbiotic,with leaders of each body meeting privately to negotiate over any major policy change that will strongly affect the country. 
D) Neither the PSC nor the National Party Congress exerts much control over policy making,but the National Party Congress does at least generate legislation that becomes a part of the national debate. 
A) The PSC has near total control over national policy making;the National Party Congress does little more than ratify policies already decided upon,though it does allow for some expression of dissenting opinions. 
B) The PSC has full policy-making control over matters of national security and economy,but the National Party Congress is granted legislative (and thus policy)power over most other aspects of national policy. 
C) The PSC and the National Party Congress are strongly symbiotic,with leaders of each body meeting privately to negotiate over any major policy change that will strongly affect the country. 
D) Neither the PSC nor the National Party Congress exerts much control over policy making,but the National Party Congress does at least generate legislation that becomes a part of the national debate.

Question 19

The Red Guard was composed of

Accepted Answer

A) Maoist student radicals. 
B) the initial leaders of the Chinese Revolution in 1949. 
C) the founders of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1920s. 
D) the Soviet faction of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1950s. 
A) Maoist student radicals. 
B) the initial leaders of the Chinese Revolution in 1949. 
C) the founders of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1920s. 
D) the Soviet faction of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1950s.

Question 20

Which of the following represents a core component of Confucianism?

Accepted Answer

A) meritocracy 
B) elevation of the people's will 
C) elimination of hierarchy 
D) equality of wealth 
A) meritocracy 
B) elevation of the people's will 
C) elimination of hierarchy 
D) equality of wealth

Exam 16: China

What did Mao intend to accomplish with the Great Leap Forward,and what was its actual result? How did Mao respond to the results of the Great Leap Forward?

Mao and the Chinese Communist Party's circuitous 1930s retreat westward into China's hinterland was known as the

The iron rice bowl refers to

Which of the following statements about the provinces of Xinjiang and Tibet is accurate?

Falun Gong refers to

China's "floating population" refers to

Which of the following could be considered a component of the "Beijing consensus"?

Coastal capitalist enclaves established during the late 1970s as part of reform and opening were known as

Which of the following factors has exacerbated China's serious environmental problems?

Mao's late-1960s political campaign in which student radicals attacked authority figures such as party-state officials and intellectuals was the

Discuss the relationship between the Chinese state and the Chinese Communist Party.Can they be separated and assessed as separate institutions?

How has the political culture in China changed from pre-communist times to the present day? How has China blended Confucian and Maoist (communist)ideology? What obstacles exist for studying political culture in China?

Deng Xiaoping introduced the "household responsibility system," which referred to

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution primarily targeted

China's legislature is known as the

Which of the following statements about China's political culture is accurate?

Briefly discuss China's separatist challenges in both Tibet and Xinjiang.How might China's experiences with Hong Kong and Taiwan have influenced its policies toward these two regions?

How does the National Party Congress's role in policy making compare to the policy-making role of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC)?

The Red Guard was composed of

Which of the following represents a core component of Confucianism?

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