Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-"taking the capitalist road"

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The term "taking the capitalist road" re

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-the missing "fifth modernization"

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The term "fifth modernization" refers to

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the

Question 5

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?

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Mao Zedong's chief goals for China were

Question 6

In its struggle to free itself from Communist rule and reestablish an independent political structure,Czechoslovakia experienced

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A)  the crushing of reform by Soviet troops in 1968. 
B)  a high level of tolerance for dissident protest in the 1970s. 
C)  a political and economic union with Hungary. 
D)  massive political and economic reforms after 1968. 
E)  the return of the Sudetenland from East Germany. 
A)  the crushing of reform by Soviet troops in 1968. 
B)  a high level of tolerance for dissident protest in the 1970s. 
C)  a political and economic union with Hungary. 
D)  massive political and economic reforms after 1968. 
E)  the return of the Sudetenland from East Germany.

Question 7

The "fifth modernization" referred to in post-Mao China was

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A)  land reform. 
B)  national defense. 
C)  democracy. 
D)  industry. 
E)  technology. 
A)  land reform. 
B)  national defense. 
C)  democracy. 
D)  industry. 
E)  technology.

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Ai Wei-wei

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The answer of Identify the following terms.
-Ai Wei-wei...

Question 9

In the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,Mao Zedong was following his belief in "uninterrupted revolution."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Bai Hua's Bitter Love and MoYan's The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

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The terms you've provided are titles of

Question 11

Chernobyl was the Russian word for "openness."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A leading Soviet writer of the 1950s and winner of the Nobel Prize was

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A)  Vaclav Havel. 
B)  Gennady Zhuganov. 
C)  Leo Tolstoy. 
D)  Boris Pasternak. 
E)  Gunter Grass. 
A)  Vaclav Havel. 
B)  Gennady Zhuganov. 
C)  Leo Tolstoy. 
D)  Boris Pasternak. 
E)  Gunter Grass.

Question 13

How have six decades of Communist rule affected the concept of the family in China? How does the current state of the family in China compare with the family in other parts of the world?

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Six decades of Communist rule in China h

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Confucianism and the CCP

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Confucianism is an ancient Chinese ethic

Question 15

In 2010,more of these were sold in China than in the United States.

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A)  Computers 
B)  Color televisions 
C)  Single-family homes 
D)  Washing machines 
E)  Automobiles 
A)  Computers 
B)  Color televisions 
C)  Single-family homes 
D)  Washing machines 
E)  Automobiles

Question 16

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

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A)  was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B)  moved slowly at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C)  gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D)  was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E)  was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror." 
A)  was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B)  moved slowly at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C)  gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D)  was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E)  was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror."

Question 17

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 18

During the late 1960s and the 1970s,

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A)  annual economic growth in the Soviet Union was between eight and eleven percent. 
B)  freedom of statement became much more common in the Soviet Union, shown by the awarding of literary prizes and pensions to Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 
C)  even Soviet airplane crashes and governmental scandals received tasteless and extensive press coverage under Brezhnev's "open society" policies. 
D)  the problems of economic stagnation and political and administrative gerontocracy were effectively ignored under Brezhnev. 
E)  the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution improved education and economic growth in China. 
A)  annual economic growth in the Soviet Union was between eight and eleven percent. 
B)  freedom of statement became much more common in the Soviet Union, shown by the awarding of literary prizes and pensions to Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 
C)  even Soviet airplane crashes and governmental scandals received tasteless and extensive press coverage under Brezhnev's "open society" policies. 
D)  the problems of economic stagnation and political and administrative gerontocracy were effectively ignored under Brezhnev. 
E)  the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution improved education and economic growth in China.

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko

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Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko w

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-"double shift"

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The term "double shift" can refer to dif

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Identify the following terms. -"taking the capitalist road"

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

Identify the following terms. -the missing "fifth modernization"

Identify the following terms. -Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago

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?

In its struggle to free itself from Communist rule and reestablish an independent political structure,Czechoslovakia experienced

The "fifth modernization" referred to in post-Mao China was

Identify the following terms. -Ai Wei-wei

In the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,Mao Zedong was following his belief in "uninterrupted revolution."

Identify the following terms. -Bai Hua's Bitter Love and MoYan's The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

Chernobyl was the Russian word for "openness."

A leading Soviet writer of the 1950s and winner of the Nobel Prize was

How have six decades of Communist rule affected the concept of the family in China? How does the current state of the family in China compare with the family in other parts of the world?

Identify the following terms. -Confucianism and the CCP

In 2010,more of these were sold in China than in the United States.

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

The new policies advanced by Deng

During the late 1960s and the 1970s,

Identify the following terms. -Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko

Identify the following terms. -"double shift"

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