Question 1

In which of the following ways are the internal workings of the Chinese Communist Party similar to those of governments of advanced democracies?

Accepted Answer

A) Term limits are imposed on top leaders. 
B) Party membership is formally required for ascension to top posts. 
C) The party faces serious political opposition from several other popular parties. 
D) The party has ceased to harass or detain members of public groups that it sees as a threat. 
E) Top party leaders are subject to election by popular vote restricted to party members. 
A) Term limits are imposed on top leaders. 
B) Party membership is formally required for ascension to top posts. 
C) The party faces serious political opposition from several other popular parties. 
D) The party has ceased to harass or detain members of public groups that it sees as a threat. 
E) Top party leaders are subject to election by popular vote restricted to party members.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) The PSC has near total control over national policymaking; 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 policymaking 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 is largely a rubber stamp for legislation generated by the National Party Congress. 
D) 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. 
E) Neither the PSC nor the National Party Congress exerts much control over policymaking, 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 policymaking; 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 policymaking 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 is largely a rubber stamp for legislation generated by the National Party Congress. 
D) 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. 
E) Neither the PSC nor the National Party Congress exerts much control over policymaking, but the National Party Congress does at least generate legislation that becomes a part of the national debate.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) 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. 
B) Despite communist leadership attempts to restrict nationalist sentiment, nationalism remains a cornerstone of Chinese political culture. 
C) 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. 
D) Chinese leaders today promote Confucian values as a means of increasing governmental legitimacy, even though Mao opposed Confucianism. 
E) Chinese paternalism has weakened substantially in recent decades as women have regularly accepted top CCP leadership posts. 
A) 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. 
B) Despite communist leadership attempts to restrict nationalist sentiment, nationalism remains a cornerstone of Chinese political culture. 
C) 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. 
D) Chinese leaders today promote Confucian values as a means of increasing governmental legitimacy, even though Mao opposed Confucianism. 
E) Chinese paternalism has weakened substantially in recent decades as women have regularly accepted top CCP leadership posts.

Question 4

The Chinese Communists' disastrous attempt in the late 1950s to depart from the Soviet model by rapidly establishing locally directed communes was known as:

Accepted Answer

A) the Cultural Revolution. 
B) the Hundred Flowers Campaign. 
C) reform and opening. 
D) the Great Leap Forward. 
E) the household responsibility system. 
A) the Cultural Revolution. 
B) the Hundred Flowers Campaign. 
C) reform and opening. 
D) the Great Leap Forward. 
E) the household responsibility system.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

China's legislature is known as the:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the "Three Represents" policy?

Accepted Answer

A) harmonizing the diplomatic relations of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China 
B) co-optation of wealthy entrepreneurs into the Chinese Communist Party 
C) expanding civil society by funneling state money into private or nonprofit organizations not affiliated with the Communist Party 
D) broadening the scope of the special economic zones to include major industrial centers like Beijing 
E) extending rudimentary civil rights and voting opportunities to ethnic minorities like Tibetans, Mongolians, and Uighurs 
A) harmonizing the diplomatic relations of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China 
B) co-optation of wealthy entrepreneurs into the Chinese Communist Party 
C) expanding civil society by funneling state money into private or nonprofit organizations not affiliated with the Communist Party 
D) broadening the scope of the special economic zones to include major industrial centers like Beijing 
E) extending rudimentary civil rights and voting opportunities to ethnic minorities like Tibetans, Mongolians, and Uighurs

Question 9

China's "floating population" refers to:

Accepted Answer

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

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

In which of the following ways are the internal workings of the Chinese Communist Party similar to those of governments of advanced democracies?

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

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

The Chinese Communists' disastrous attempt in the late 1950s to depart from the Soviet model by rapidly establishing locally directed communes was known as:

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

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

China's legislature is known as the:

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the "Three Represents" policy?

China's "floating population" refers to:

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

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Exam 8: China

In which of the following ways are the internal workings of the Chinese Communist Party similar to those of governments of advanced democracies?

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

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

The Chinese Communists' disastrous attempt in the late 1950s to depart from the Soviet model by rapidly establishing locally directed communes was known as:

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

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

China's legislature is known as the:

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the "Three Represents" policy?

China's "floating population" refers to:

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

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