Question 1

Joseph Stalin

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A)  inaugurated a benevolent stage of governmental policy with his Stalingrad speech in 1946. 
B)  continued his reliance on the terror apparatus, including the holding of about 9,000,000 Soviet citizens in Siberian concentration camps. 
C)  named his protégé, Andrei Zhdanov, as his successor. 
D)  denounced Lenin at the Thirtieth Party Congress. 
E)  pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West in 1948. 
A)  inaugurated a benevolent stage of governmental policy with his Stalingrad speech in 1946. 
B)  continued his reliance on the terror apparatus, including the holding of about 9,000,000 Soviet citizens in Siberian concentration camps. 
C)  named his protégé, Andrei Zhdanov, as his successor. 
D)  denounced Lenin at the Thirtieth Party Congress. 
E)  pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West in 1948.

Question 2

The initial program of land collectivization in Communist China was

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A)  modeled after that created in India after 1947. 
B)  instituted before the first Five-Year industrial plan was begun. 
C)  done in a much less confrontational manner than Stalin had used in the Soviet Union. 
D)  able to achieve the increases in agricultural output that Mao had expected. 
E)  a highly successful attempt to increase China's agricultural production. 
A)  modeled after that created in India after 1947. 
B)  instituted before the first Five-Year industrial plan was begun. 
C)  done in a much less confrontational manner than Stalin had used in the Soviet Union. 
D)  able to achieve the increases in agricultural output that Mao had expected. 
E)  a highly successful attempt to increase China's agricultural production.

Question 3

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

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Mao Zedong's "New Democracy" was a conce

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-de-Stalinization

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De-Stalinization refers to the process o

Question 5

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

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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 6

Under the new program of the "four modernizations" that began after Deng's political rehabilitation,

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A)  each peasant was required to produce enough food for ten people. 
B)  limited private capitalism was permitted to return to China. 
C)  socialism was abandoned in China. 
D)  Chinese society became much more isolated. 
E)  China became much more democratic. 
A)  each peasant was required to produce enough food for ten people. 
B)  limited private capitalism was permitted to return to China. 
C)  socialism was abandoned in China. 
D)  Chinese society became much more isolated. 
E)  China became much more democratic.

Question 7

Which of the following is part of China's new educational policies?

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A)  Mao's Little Red Book is still the mainstay of Chinese education. 
B)  Foreign models, and the knowledge gained abroad, are now practiced. 
C)  Westernized educational paradigms are discouraged. 
D)  Scientific and mathematical courses of study are no longer considered significant. 
E)  The Confucian examination system has been restored in its entirety. 
A)  Mao's Little Red Book is still the mainstay of Chinese education. 
B)  Foreign models, and the knowledge gained abroad, are now practiced. 
C)  Westernized educational paradigms are discouraged. 
D)  Scientific and mathematical courses of study are no longer considered significant. 
E)  The Confucian examination system has been restored in its entirety.

Question 8

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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A)  enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. 
B)  attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." 
C)  created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools which stressed cogent thought and scientific training. 
D)  fostered literacy in rural China. 
E)  was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China. 
A)  enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. 
B)  attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." 
C)  created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools which stressed cogent thought and scientific training. 
D)  fostered literacy in rural China. 
E)  was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China.

Question 9

In responding to recent social and political challenges,the Chinese Communist Party has,as an antidote,the philosophy of

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A)  Deng Xiaoping. 
B)  Marx and Lenin. 
C)  Mao Zedong. 
D)  Confucius. 
E)  Sun Yat-sen. 
A)  Deng Xiaoping. 
B)  Marx and Lenin. 
C)  Mao Zedong. 
D)  Confucius. 
E)  Sun Yat-sen.

Question 10

In the early 1970s,

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A)  Ho Chi Minh was elected mayor of Saigon and, two years later, of Hong Kong. 
B)  Yuri Andropov made major changes in Soviet industrial management by giving top positions in the oil and transport industries to executives from Japan and the West. 
C)  Richard Nixon praised Mao Zedong's "mass line" system as not only effective but "as American as apple pie." 
D)  Stalin's reputation rose somewhat under Brezhnev's rule. 
E)  Lyndon Johnson ended the Vietnam War. 
A)  Ho Chi Minh was elected mayor of Saigon and, two years later, of Hong Kong. 
B)  Yuri Andropov made major changes in Soviet industrial management by giving top positions in the oil and transport industries to executives from Japan and the West. 
C)  Richard Nixon praised Mao Zedong's "mass line" system as not only effective but "as American as apple pie." 
D)  Stalin's reputation rose somewhat under Brezhnev's rule. 
E)  Lyndon Johnson ended the Vietnam War.

Question 11

What strategies were used by leaders of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China as they sought to build Communist societies in their countries? In what ways were the strategies different,and in what ways were they similar? To what degree were they successful? How has the Chinese Communist Party,to date,been able to retain power while that of the Soviet Union lost control of the state apparatus? Show why.

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The leaders of the Soviet Union and the

Question 12

"Mao Zedong was merely a traditional Chinese emperor." Discuss,pro and con.

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Pro: Mao Zedong can be seen as a traditi

Question 13

Because of the ideology of the class struggle of the proletariat,the new elite in the Soviet world was made up exclusively of peasants.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-the "four olds"

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The "Four Olds" refer to a concept that

Question 15

In East Germany,

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A)  Communist repression was nonexistent. 
B)  huge influxes of people from the West occurred in the 1980s. 
C)  the Christian Democrats achieved little electoral success in 1990. 
D)  the fall of communism resulted in political reunification with West Germany in 1990. 
E)  there was great fear and loathing in Germany at the prospect of German unification. 
A)  Communist repression was nonexistent. 
B)  huge influxes of people from the West occurred in the 1980s. 
C)  the Christian Democrats achieved little electoral success in 1990. 
D)  the fall of communism resulted in political reunification with West Germany in 1990. 
E)  there was great fear and loathing in Germany at the prospect of German unification.

Question 16

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 17

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

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Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de

Question 18

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so,in what ways? If not,why not?

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolutio

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-"Cornman"

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The term "Cornman" does not have a widel

Question 20

Nikita Khrushchev

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A)  was determined to follow in Stalin's path, avoiding even the appearance of innovation. 
B)  was known as "old stone butt" by Western leaders. 
C)  was mocked as "Cottonman" by many Russians. 
D)  encouraged more freedom for writers. 
E)  praised Stalin at the Thirty-First Party Congress. 
A)  was determined to follow in Stalin's path, avoiding even the appearance of innovation. 
B)  was known as "old stone butt" by Western leaders. 
C)  was mocked as "Cottonman" by many Russians. 
D)  encouraged more freedom for writers. 
E)  praised Stalin at the Thirty-First Party Congress.

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Joseph Stalin

The initial program of land collectivization in Communist China was

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

Identify the following terms. -de-Stalinization

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

Under the new program of the "four modernizations" that began after Deng's political rehabilitation,

Which of the following is part of China's new educational policies?

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

In responding to recent social and political challenges,the Chinese Communist Party has,as an antidote,the philosophy of

In the early 1970s,

"Mao Zedong was merely a traditional Chinese emperor." Discuss,pro and con.

Because of the ideology of the class struggle of the proletariat,the new elite in the Soviet world was made up exclusively of peasants.

Identify the following terms. -the "four olds"

In East Germany,

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

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

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so,in what ways? If not,why not?

Identify the following terms. -"Cornman"

Nikita Khrushchev

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

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

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