Which is the correct order of major events in the history of
twentieth-century communism?
Long March in China, Korean War, China's Cultural Revolution
Which of the following statements best describes the establishment of
communist rule in China?
It was a decades-long violent struggle.
Who was the communist leader who led his party to victory in 1949?
Mao Zedong
In the revolutionary period, which of the following sectors of the
Chinese population provided essential support for Chinese communists?
Peasants
What did "building socialism" mean to communist party leaders?
Modernization and industrialization
Which of the following statements is true of early communist China?
Its educational system was much less developed than that of the USSR.
What is collectivization?
The creation of communal farms to replace family-owned enterprises
China's effort to develop rapidly and create a more truly communist
society in the late 1950s was known as
the Great Leap Forward.
Which of the following was a result of urbanization in both China and
the Soviet Union?
The growth of a privileged bureaucratic and technological elite
What was the Iron Curtain?
A heavily fortified border between eastern and western Europe
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
The Soviet government removed the missiles it had placed in Cuba in
return for a U.S. promise not to invade the island.
Which of the following states was a consistent U.S. ally in the Cold War?
France
At the end of World War II, which state had the world's most productive economy?
The United States
Why has 1989 been dubbed a "miracle year"?
Popular movements toppled communist governments throughout Eastern Europe.
Among the changes in China after Deng Xiaoping took control in 1976 was
the reappearance of previously banned plays, operas, films, and western books.
Which of the following events is associated with Tiananmen Square?
The mass slaughter of pro-democracy demonstrators in China
Which of the following was an effect of Gorbachev's reforms?
The collapse of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev's reform program was known as
perestroika.
Which of these states was under communist rule at some point in the
twentieth century?
Afghanistan
What was the end result of Mao's two great campaigns, the "Great
Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution"?
The death and ruin of tens of millions and the widespread discrediting
of communism
In the 1950s, an intense wave of fear of communists and their political
repression in the United States was known as
McCarthyism.
Which earlier revolution was a model for the revolutions in both Russia
and China?
French Revolution
The revolutionary leader of Russia's Bolshevik Party was
Vladimir Lenin.
Which of the following did the Bolsheviks promise to Russia?
Land for peasants
After World War II, Stalin installed communist governments in which of
the following states?
Czechoslovakia
