H12 Chapter 14 questions
- 1. History 12 Readings and Questions from: Global Forces of the Twentieth Century: Chapter 14: The People’s Republic China After 1945 1949-2002Pages 254-273 International Interest in China 1. How did the Japanese occupation of China affect the fortunes of the Goumindang? 2. Why was the Goumindang unable to maintain support in the countryside? What was Mao’s revolutionary goal for China? Diplomatic Recognition 3. Explain the Soviet position on China in the 1940s, which resulted in a mutual defence treaty in 1950. Domestic Issues 4. How did Mao gain control in the rural and urban areas? What was the affect of the Korean War on the early part of Mao’s reign? Agrarian Reform 5. Explain how Mao reorganized agriculture. Compare this reorganization to Stalin’s collectivization of agriculture, what are the strengths and weaknesses of each system? 6. What was the difference between the Soviet Five year plans and the Chinese Five year plans? Industry 7. How did Mao’s initial attempts to improve industry in China affect the development of cities in China? 8. Which is most effective, central control or decentralized control? Explain your answer. The Great Leap Forward 9. What was the Great Leap Forward? Evaluate its effectiveness. Foreign Policy 10. Explain how the Soviets readjusted their relationship with China after the Communist Revolution of 1949. What caused the split between China and the USSR? 11. On what was China’s new foreign policy based? The Cultural Revolution 12. What was the purpose of the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976? Evaluate its effects on China. Deng Xiaoping 13. Describe the impact of industrialization on Chinese society. Explain the Soviet influence on China’s industrialization policy. 14. Evaluate Mao’s leadership of China from 1949-1976. 15. Describe how Deng Xiaoping revolutionized China’s economy. Demands for Democracy 16. Why were the student demonstrations in 1987 and 1989 put down? 17. What place does individual freedom have in a nation such as China, which contains a quarter of the world’s population? New Leadership 18. Describe the state of China’s economy in 2002. 19. What solution did the Sixteenth Congress propose to overcome these problems?
- 2. Case Study: Hong Kong 20. Why did the British agree to turn Hog Kong over to China in 1997? Were there alternatives? If so what were they? 21. How have the businesses of Hong Kong reacted to the reunification with China? 22. Why will China permit Hong Kong to keep its capitalist system for at least 50 years? 23. What is the relationship of Hong Kong to Taiwan in the eyes of the Chinese government? 24. What might happen should the people of Hong Kong proclaim independence under the doctrine of self-determination? Case Study: Jiang Qing’s Biography 25. Explain Jiang Qing’s role in the development of Communism in China. Did she contribute in a positive way? Explain Case Study: Deng Ziaoping’s Biography 26. What charges against Deng Ziaoping led to his re-education in a tractor factory? Chapter 14: Vocabulary 1. Land Reform 2. Socialist Utopia 3. The Great Leap Forward 4. Decentralization 5. Agrarian Revolution 6. Red Book 7. Cultural Revolution 8. Gang of Four 9. Red Guard 10. Jiang Qing 11. Deng Xiaoping 12. Politburo 13. Zhao Ziyang 14. Li Ping 15. Hu Yaobang 16. Tian-anmen Square massacre 17. Bureaucratic Capitalism 18. Jiang Zemin 19. Three Represents 20. Sixteenth Congress 21. Three Gorges Dam 22. Zhou Enlai