Question 1

The so-called "virgin lands" were located in Ukraine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Falun Gong

Accepted Answer

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is

Question 3

"Science and Democracy" was the battle cry of which rebellious group?

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A)  The Red Guard 
B)  University instructors 
C)  Opponents of Hu Jintao 
D)  Protesters at Tiananmen Square 
E)  Supporters of Xi Jinping 
A)  The Red Guard 
B)  University instructors 
C)  Opponents of Hu Jintao 
D)  Protesters at Tiananmen Square 
E)  Supporters of Xi Jinping

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Lech Walesa and Solidarity

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Lech Walesa...

Question 5

Evaluate the changes Communism brought to the lives of women in Russia and China. In which country would you rather have lived during these revolutions as a woman and why?

Accepted Answer

Communism brought significant changes to

Question 6

Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and their Eastern European "satellites" change significantly after the death of Joseph Stalin? If so, in what ways, and why? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the relationships between the gover

Question 7

"Black cat, white cat, what does it matter so long as it catches the mice?" was said by

Accepted Answer

A)  Mao Zedong. 
B)  Confucius. 
C)  Nikita Khrushchev. 
D)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
E)  Deng Xiaoping. 
A)  Mao Zedong. 
B)  Confucius. 
C)  Nikita Khrushchev. 
D)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
E)  Deng Xiaoping.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
rural responsibility system

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
rural responsibility...

Question 9

What has occurred in Chinese life since the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Female foot binding has regained popular support. 
B)  Under Mao, the government made an effort to strengthen the role of the family. 
C)  Individual economic achievement was encouraged during the Cultural Revolution. 
D)  In the post-Mao era, there has been an emphasis on idealistic utopianism. 
E)  Today, many Chinese people, especially the young, are engaging in efforts to Westernize their dress and appearance. 
A)  Female foot binding has regained popular support. 
B)  Under Mao, the government made an effort to strengthen the role of the family. 
C)  Individual economic achievement was encouraged during the Cultural Revolution. 
D)  In the post-Mao era, there has been an emphasis on idealistic utopianism. 
E)  Today, many Chinese people, especially the young, are engaging in efforts to Westernize their dress and appearance.

Question 10

The "rural responsibility system" called for the formation of agricultural collectives that

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A)  were held liable to collect their respective village's tax payments. 
B)  leased farmland on contract to peasant families. 
C)  forced peasant families to pay a quota in the form of rent to a village magistrate. 
D)  all Chinese farmers took responsibility for at harvest time. 
E)  was instituted by Mao after his initial agricultural reform failure during the Great Leap Forward. 
A)  were held liable to collect their respective village's tax payments. 
B)  leased farmland on contract to peasant families. 
C)  forced peasant families to pay a quota in the form of rent to a village magistrate. 
D)  all Chinese farmers took responsibility for at harvest time. 
E)  was instituted by Mao after his initial agricultural reform failure during the Great Leap Forward.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"When I die, the imperialists will strangle all of you like a litter of kittens."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"When I...

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Boris Yeltsin

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Boris Yeltsin...

Question 13

As a result of the excesses of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution's Red Guard, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the "Gang of Four" were arrested and put on trial. 
B)  the radicals lost power. 
C)  Deng Xiaoping attained preeminent authority. 
D)  Mao and all his deeds disappeared from Chinese history books. 
E)  the "Four Modernizations" were instituted. 
A)  the "Gang of Four" were arrested and put on trial. 
B)  the radicals lost power. 
C)  Deng Xiaoping attained preeminent authority. 
D)  Mao and all his deeds disappeared from Chinese history books. 
E)  the "Four Modernizations" were instituted.

Question 14

In what ways were Stalin's and Mao's impact on their societies similar, and how were they different? Did the goals and policies of their successors differ from theirs? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Stalin and Mao both had a significant im

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Who wrote Doctor Zhivago ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ivan Denisovich 
B)  Yuri Andropov 
C)  Boris Pasternak 
D)  Konstantin Chernenko 
E)  Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
A)  Ivan Denisovich 
B)  Yuri Andropov 
C)  Boris Pasternak 
D)  Konstantin Chernenko 
E)  Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Kazakhstan

Accepted Answer

Kazakhstan is a country located in Centr

Question 18

Today, China's population has surpassed ____ billion people.

Accepted Answer

A)  6 
B)  4 
C)  3 
D)  2 
E)  1 
A)  6 
B)  4 
C)  3 
D)  2 
E)  1

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Khrushchev and de-Stalinization

Accepted Answer

The term "Khrushchev" refers to Nikita K

Question 20

During his rule, Mao's successor Deng Xiaoping was able to

Accepted Answer

A)  launch the Great Cultural Revolution. 
B)  establish an essentially capitalist economy. 
C)  reunify mainland China with Taiwan. 
D)  make great strides in ending the chronic problems of poverty and underdevelopment. 
E)  implement new free speech initiatives, including protections for criticizing the government. 
A)  launch the Great Cultural Revolution. 
B)  establish an essentially capitalist economy. 
C)  reunify mainland China with Taiwan. 
D)  make great strides in ending the chronic problems of poverty and underdevelopment. 
E)  implement new free speech initiatives, including protections for criticizing the government.

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

The so-called "virgin lands" were located in Ukraine.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Falun Gong

"Science and Democracy" was the battle cry of which rebellious group?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Lech Walesa and Solidarity

Evaluate the changes Communism brought to the lives of women in Russia and China. In which country would you rather have lived during these revolutions as a woman and why?

Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and their Eastern European "satellites" change significantly after the death of Joseph Stalin? If so, in what ways, and why? If not, why not?

"Black cat, white cat, what does it matter so long as it catches the mice?" was said by

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). rural responsibility system

What has occurred in Chinese life since the Revolution?

The "rural responsibility system" called for the formation of agricultural collectives that

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "When I die, the imperialists will strangle all of you like a litter of kittens."

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Boris Yeltsin

As a result of the excesses of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution's Red Guard, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

In what ways were Stalin's and Mao's impact on their societies similar, and how were they different? Did the goals and policies of their successors differ from theirs? Explain.

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

Who wrote Doctor Zhivago ?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Kazakhstan

Today, China's population has surpassed ____ billion people.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Khrushchev and de-Stalinization

During his rule, Mao's successor Deng Xiaoping was able to

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