1.Since 1949, Beijing has been the seat of government for ________ and Taiwan has been the home to ________.
the Chinese Communist Party; the Nationalists
the Nationalists; the Chinese Communist Party
capitalist leaders; communist intellectuals
Jiang Jieshi; Mao Zedong
2.What was the most prominent result of the Great Leap Forward?
China caught up and surpassed the Soviet Union in industrial output.
Tens of millions of people in China starved to death.
There was a falling out between China and the Soviet Union.
Mao Zedong solidified his grip on power over the Chinese government.
3.Use the image below to answer the question that follows.
The Chinese propaganda above showed the relationship between
communism and capitalism
communism and nationalism
war and the environment
industry and agriculture
4.In modern Chinese history, the big push to rid China of all remaining obstacles to a harmonious, classless society, initiated by Mao Zedong in his last ten years, is known as the
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
First Five Year Plan and Second Five Year Plan
5.
How did Deng Xiaoping demonstrate flexibility in leadership from strict communist ideology?
He opened up the special economic zones.
He used the military to break up the protests in Tiananmen Square.
He refused to criticize the leadership of Mao Zedong.
He defended the Gang of Four from public criticism.
6.How did the Chinese government change the one-child policy in 2015?
It completely abolished it.
It changed it to the four-child policy.
It introduced a waiver system.
It increased the fine for violating it.
7.Which of the following accurately describes the impact of China's special economic zones?
An increase in Chinese self-sufficiency
A significant decrease in political freedoms
An extraordinary increase in economic output and trade
The introduction of some elements of democracy
8.
The Dalai Lama is a major player in what ongoing international controversy with China?
The security of Hong Kong's separate democratic government
The independence of Tibet
The status of Taiwan as part of China or an independent country
The militarization of small islands in the South China Sea
9.In which areas of the world did proxy wars occur?
Asia
Europe and Africa
The Americas
All of the above
10.Use the table of American military deaths during the Vietnam War to answer the question that follows:
United States Military Deaths by Country Fatality Occurred
Country of Casualty Number of Records
Cambodia 520
Laos 733
North Vietnam 1,124
Communist China 10
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) 55,629
Thailand 177
Total 58,193
Based on the data above, American involvement in the Vietnam War was
strictly as advisors to the South Vietnamese military
successful in its strategic goals
contained to Vietnam
spilled over into neighboring countries
11.Use the graph below of the Korean War to answer the question that follows.
Which of the following statements about the Korean War is supported by the information above?
The Korean people suffered the most from the war.
Overall, more civilians were killed than soldiers.
The United States suffered much more relative to the other countries involved.
American and Chinese civilians did not care about the war.
12.What militarily much more powerful country fought an unsuccessful war in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989?
France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
13.The containment policy of the United States was dedicated to containing which of the following most precisely?
Authoritarianism
Capitalism
Communism
National Socialism
14.What do the conflicts in Turkey, Greece, Korea, and Vietnam all have in common?
They ended with neither side winning decisively.
They were fundamentally about colonialism.
The United States intervened militarily and suffered thousands of soldier deaths.
The United States provided support to anti-communists.
15.What was the goal of the event known as the Bay of Pigs incident in 1961?
Pushing out the remaining capitalists from Cuba
Overthrowing the communist government
Assassinating Fidel Castro
Collecting intelligence on American CIA operations
16.Based on your knowledge of the American military and the graph below, answer the question that follows.
The steady decline in defense spending between 1987 and 1999 would best be explained by
the First Gulf War
the end of the Vietnam War
the end of the Korean War
the end of the Cold War