Question 1

The Chinese leader responsible for initiating China's post-Mao program of reform and opening was

Accepted Answer

A)  Hu Jintao. 
B)  Deng Xiaoping. 
C)  Wen Jiabao. 
D)  Xi Jinping. 
A)  Hu Jintao. 
B)  Deng Xiaoping. 
C)  Wen Jiabao. 
D)  Xi Jinping.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese paternalism has weakened substantially in recent decades as women have regularly accepted top CCP leadership posts. 
B)  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. 
C)  Chinese leaders today promote Confucian values as a means of increasing governmental legitimacy,even though Mao opposed Confucianism. 
D)  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. 
A)  Chinese paternalism has weakened substantially in recent decades as women have regularly accepted top CCP leadership posts. 
B)  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. 
C)  Chinese leaders today promote Confucian values as a means of increasing governmental legitimacy,even though Mao opposed Confucianism. 
D)  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.

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

Question 5

Falun Gong refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the overseas Chinese community. 
B)  China's controversial one-child policy. 
C)  wealthy private entrepreneurs. 
D)  a government-banned Chinese meditation sect. 
A)  the overseas Chinese community. 
B)  China's controversial one-child policy. 
C)  wealthy private entrepreneurs. 
D)  a government-banned Chinese meditation sect.

Question 6

What is the relationship between the National People's Congress (NPC) and the daily executive government of China?

Accepted Answer

A)  The NPC formally appoints members of the State Council,which runs the daily executive work of the Chinese government. 
B)  The NPC approves the major executive decisions of the State Council with a majority vote. 
C)  The NPC chooses the premier of the State Council,who will largely guide its policy,with a majority vote. 
D)  The NPC serves as the core policy organ of the Central Committee of the CCP,which develops and implements all executive policy. 
A)  The NPC formally appoints members of the State Council,which runs the daily executive work of the Chinese government. 
B)  The NPC approves the major executive decisions of the State Council with a majority vote. 
C)  The NPC chooses the premier of the State Council,who will largely guide its policy,with a majority vote. 
D)  The NPC serves as the core policy organ of the Central Committee of the CCP,which develops and implements all executive policy.

Question 7

Deng Xiaoping introduced the "household responsibility system," which referred to

Accepted Answer

A)  privatizing farming. 
B)  expanding the welfare state. 
C)  imposing a strict birth control policy. 
D)  expanding urban housing. 
A)  privatizing farming. 
B)  expanding the welfare state. 
C)  imposing a strict birth control policy. 
D)  expanding urban housing.

Question 8

What did Mao intend to accomplish with the Great Leap Forward,and what was its actual result? How did Mao respond to the results of the Great Leap Forward?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will clearly both explain

Question 9

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

Question 10

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)  The party faces serious political opposition from several other popular parties. 
C)  Party membership is formally required for ascension to top posts. 
D)  Top party leaders are subject to election by popular vote restricted to party members. 
A)  Term limits are imposed on top leaders. 
B)  The party faces serious political opposition from several other popular parties. 
C)  Party membership is formally required for ascension to top posts. 
D)  Top party leaders are subject to election by popular vote restricted to party members.

The Chinese leader responsible for initiating China's post-Mao program of reform and opening was

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

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

Falun Gong refers to

What is the relationship between the National People's Congress (NPC) and the daily executive government of China?

Deng Xiaoping introduced the "household responsibility system," which referred to

What did Mao intend to accomplish with the Great Leap Forward,and what was its actual result? How did Mao respond to the results of the Great Leap Forward?

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

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

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Exam 8: China

The Chinese leader responsible for initiating China's post-Mao program of reform and opening was

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

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

Falun Gong refers to

What is the relationship between the National People's Congress (NPC) and the daily executive government of China?

Deng Xiaoping introduced the "household responsibility system," which referred to

What did Mao intend to accomplish with the Great Leap Forward,and what was its actual result? How did Mao respond to the results of the Great Leap Forward?

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

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

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