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1. Who created the Chinese Nationalist Party in the early twentieth century?
2. There are two accepted English forms of the three-letter abbreviation for the Chinese Nationalist Party. What is the three-letter abbreviation (in either of the two forms)?
3. To where did the Nationalists flee when they lost the Civil War?
4. Who undertook the famed 'Long March' to escape persecution in the 1930s?
5. During the Chinese Civil War, US foreign policy was especially volatile, and the United States insisted on supporting the Nationalists long after the cause was obviously hopeless. What major world occurrence after World War Two was causing this tension in US foreign policy?
6. Sun Yat-sen dreamt of uniting the highly divided China, which was especially contentious in the north, where different areas were ruled by 'warlords' and their own ambitions to unite China. When the Nationalist Party came into power in the south, Sun Yat-Sen dreamed up what campaign to united the warlords with the Nationalist government?
7. This student of Sun Yat-Sen became the head of the Nationalist Party upon Sun Yat-Sen's death. Who was he?
8. This man became the most powerful leader of the Communist Party due largely to his actions during the Long March of the late 1930s. By the time the march ended, he was well on his way to a life of great political power. Who was he?
9. During World War II, a large group of Chinese were in hiding due to persecution, but actually became experts in guerilla warfare and were most responsible for holding back the Japanese. Who were they?
10. The CCP was supported by what major world power during the Chinese Civil War?
11. Mao Zedong attempted to imitate the Soviet 'Five-Year Plan' to bring China rapidly into the industrial market. This movement failed, despite his grandiose title for it. What did Mao call this movement?
12. Sun Yat-Sen's basic and early underlying ideology for the Nationalist Party was based on what?
13. What was the name of the Communist Army during the late years of the Civil War in China?
14. Mao Zedong formally announced the founding of the new government of China (and therefore the end of the Civil War) in front of the Forbidden City in what year?
15. What event sparked fighting between the Nationalist Chinese government troops and the occupying troops of the Japanese in July of 1937?
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