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2. Which statement about the Long March of the Communists in 1934 is not true?
a. Nationalist forces attacked the Communists.
b. Most Communists survived the journey.
c. The journey covered more than 6,000 miles (9,700 km).
d. The Communists suffered from hunger and disease.
3. Some way stations along the Silk Road _____.
a. became modern cities
b. belonged to nomadic herders
c. had high population density
4. China has used Hong Kong as _____.
a. a Special Economic Zone
b. an ally in the struggle against Taiwan
c. an exchange point for trade with the West
d. a tourist destination
5. Mandarin, the language was declared the official language of China in 1956, was spoken _____.
a. only by government leaders
b. only in eastern China
c. by Han Chinese
d. by all ethnic minorities
6. The leader who emerged in the early 1900s to lead the Chinese people as the nation’s first president _____.
a. formed an alliance with Japan
b. favored Western ideas of government
c. favored the ideas of Karl Marx
d. agreed that spheres of influence were necessary
7. The Chinese government changed its one-child policy _____.
a. when overcrowding ended
b. before Mao’s death
c. when population growth stopped
d. after worldwide criticism
8. The loess that farmers use to grow crops is deposited as silt in the fields by _____.
a. drought
b. ship
c. floods
d. wind