Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"rural responsibility system"

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The "rural responsibility system," also

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Hungary's "communism with a capitalist face-lift"

Accepted Answer

Hungary's "communism with a capitalist f

Question 3

Early in 1990, Gorbachev struck out Article 6 of the Soviet constitution, thereby

Accepted Answer

A) allowing women to divorce their husbands. 
B) abolishing communism as an economic system. 
C) installing Boris Yeltsin as his vice president. 
D) legalizing the formation of political parties other than just the Communist Party. 
E) organizing an armed coup d'etat against the Soviet parliament. 
A) allowing women to divorce their husbands. 
B) abolishing communism as an economic system. 
C) installing Boris Yeltsin as his vice president. 
D) legalizing the formation of political parties other than just the Communist Party. 
E) organizing an armed coup d'etat against the Soviet parliament.

Question 4

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

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A) Tibet and Xinjiang. 
B) Shanghai and Nanjing. 
C) Shandung and Beijing. 
D) Peking and Hunan. 
E) Mongolia and Manchuria. 
A) Tibet and Xinjiang. 
B) Shanghai and Nanjing. 
C) Shandung and Beijing. 
D) Peking and Hunan. 
E) Mongolia and Manchuria.

Question 5

Which was NOT one of the Four Modernizations?​

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A) Industry 
B) Agriculture 
C) Education 
D) National Defense 
E) Technology 
A) Industry 
B) Agriculture 
C) Education 
D) National Defense 
E) Technology

Question 6

What were the chief characteristics of the rule of Leonid Brezhnev and his immediate successors from 1964 to 1985? Was there any forewarning in the early 1980s of the advent of perestroika ? What were the key components of perestroika , which Mikhail Gorbachev espoused during the 1980s? Why did it fail?

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The rule of Leonid Brezhnev and his imme

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Mao Zedong's "New Democracy"

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong's "New Democracy" refers to a

Question 8

The new policies advanced by Deng

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A) were largely counterproductive, as employment and food production went down in the 1980s. 
B) roughly doubled China's per capita income during the 1980s 
C) combined economic collectivization and retaining political power in Communist hands. 
D) re-enforced the economic policies of Mao Zedong. 
E) "followed the socialist path." 
A) were largely counterproductive, as employment and food production went down in the 1980s. 
B) roughly doubled China's per capita income during the 1980s 
C) combined economic collectivization and retaining political power in Communist hands. 
D) re-enforced the economic policies of Mao Zedong. 
E) "followed the socialist path."

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de-Khrushchevization"

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Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolutio

Question 11

A factor that was not an element of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies was that

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A) he wanted to establish an entirely free-market capitalist economy. 
B) rigid, centralized planning had to be abandoned. 
C) high technology development was insufficient. 
D) Soviet living standards were considered much too low. 
E) there was a need to restructure the economic system. 
A) he wanted to establish an entirely free-market capitalist economy. 
B) rigid, centralized planning had to be abandoned. 
C) high technology development was insufficient. 
D) Soviet living standards were considered much too low. 
E) there was a need to restructure the economic system.

Question 12

The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at

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A) two million. 
B) five million. 
C) ten million. 
D) twenty million. 
E) fifty million. 
A) two million. 
B) five million. 
C) ten million. 
D) twenty million. 
E) fifty million.

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Czechoslovakia's Charter 77 and Václav Havel

Accepted Answer

Charter 77 was a civic initiative in the

Question 14

In May, 1989, the Chinese Communist rulers suppressed the "fifth modernization" by their action at

Accepted Answer

A) Hong Kong. 
B) the Forbidden City. 
C) Shanghai. 
D) Tiananmen Square. 
E) Democracy Wall. 
A) Hong Kong. 
B) the Forbidden City. 
C) Shanghai. 
D) Tiananmen Square. 
E) Democracy Wall.

Question 15

China's Four Modernizations included industry, technology, national defense, and democracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which nation's Supreme Council unilaterally declared its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990?

Accepted Answer

A) Estonia 
B) Latvia 
C) Lithuania 
D) Moldavia 
E) Finland 
A) Estonia 
B) Latvia 
C) Lithuania 
D) Moldavia 
E) Finland

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"people's communes"

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People's communes were large-scale colle

Question 18

Mikhail Gorbachev

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A) was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation. 
B) was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter. 
C) had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978. 
D) had spent many years in the gulag. 
E) had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev. 
A) was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation. 
B) was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter. 
C) had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978. 
D) had spent many years in the gulag. 
E) had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev.

Question 19

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

Accepted Answer

A) became much more belligerent than they had been before he replaced Malenkov. 
B) increased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners. 
C) were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance. 
D) diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by promising them complete independence in 1973. 
E) placed less emphasis on the consumer aspects of the economy. 
A) became much more belligerent than they had been before he replaced Malenkov. 
B) increased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners. 
C) were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance. 
D) diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by promising them complete independence in 1973. 
E) placed less emphasis on the consumer aspects of the economy.

Question 20

What were Mao Zedong's chief goals for China, and what policies did he institute to try to achieve them? What significant political, economic, and social changes have taken place in China since the death of Mao Zedong? How successful have they been at improving the quality of life in China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong's chief goals for China were

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "rural responsibility system"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Hungary's "communism with a capitalist face-lift"

Early in 1990, Gorbachev struck out Article 6 of the Soviet constitution, thereby

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

Which was NOT one of the Four Modernizations?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mao Zedong's "New Democracy"

The new policies advanced by Deng

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de-Khrushchevization"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

A factor that was not an element of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies was that

The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Czechoslovakia's Charter 77 and Václav Havel

In May, 1989, the Chinese Communist rulers suppressed the "fifth modernization" by their action at

China's Four Modernizations included industry, technology, national defense, and democracy.

Which nation's Supreme Council unilaterally declared its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "people's communes"

Mikhail Gorbachev

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

What were Mao Zedong's chief goals for China, and what policies did he institute to try to achieve them? What significant political, economic, and social changes have taken place in China since the death of Mao Zedong? How successful have they been at improving the quality of life in China?

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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Exam 14: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "rural responsibility system"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Hungary's "communism with a capitalist face-lift"

Early in 1990, Gorbachev struck out Article 6 of the Soviet constitution, thereby

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

Which was NOT one of the Four Modernizations?​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mao Zedong's "New Democracy"

The new policies advanced by Deng

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de-Khrushchevization"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

A factor that was not an element of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies was that

The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Czechoslovakia's Charter 77 and Václav Havel

In May, 1989, the Chinese Communist rulers suppressed the "fifth modernization" by their action at

China's Four Modernizations included industry, technology, national defense, and democracy.

Which nation's Supreme Council unilaterally declared its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "people's communes"

Mikhail Gorbachev

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

What were Mao Zedong's chief goals for China, and what policies did he institute to try to achieve them? What significant political, economic, and social changes have taken place in China since the death of Mao Zedong? How successful have they been at improving the quality of life in China?

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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Which was NOT one of the Four Modernizations?