History of Chinese Communism 1949 Onwards Quiz

Answer: U.S.S.R.

The U.S.S.R. supported the Communist Party of China, or CPC, during their battle with the Guomindang, or the Nationalist party.

Answer: 1957

In 1957, after China's first Five-Year Plan, Mao Zedong began the Great Leap Forward, establishing special communes in the countryside through the usage of collective labor and mass mobilization.

Answer: 1964

China's nuclear program began in 1964. It is now said to have an arsenal of approxiamately 400 nuclear weapons.

Answer: The Red Guards

The Red Guards would pass out leaflets explaining their actions to develop and strengthen socialism, and post the names of suspected "counter-revolutionaries" on bulletin boards. They assembled in large groups, held "great debates," and wrote educational plays. Violence sometimes broke out, though, and many Chinese people suffered due to the Red Guards.

Answer: Zhou Enlai

The Premier, sometimes referred to as the "Prime Minister", is the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and head of Central People's Government. Zhou Enlai became the first Premier with the establishment of the new Communist government in 1949.

Answer: Hu Yaobang

During his reign, Hu tried to rehabilitate the people who were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. Many Chinese people think that this was his most important achievement. When he passed away due to a heart attack, funeral arrangements were slow, making many people dissatisfied. Public mourning began on the streets of Beijing and elsewhere. These events began the large-scale student protests that spread across China.

Answer: Deng Xiaoping

After deliberating among Communist party leaders, the use of military force to resolve the crisis was ordered. Soldiers and tanks from the 27th and 38th Armies of the People's Liberation Army were sent to take control of the city. Deng Xiaoping was the Chief of the Military at that time, and he was widely blamed for the deaths in Tianenmen Square.

Answer: Imprisonment in an isolation cell

Liu was confined under terrible conditions in an isolation cell in Kaifeng, which led to his death from "medical neglect" (untreated diabetes and pneumonia) in 1969.

Answer: Maoism

Unlike the earlier forms of Marxism-Leninism in which the urban proletariat was seen as the main source of revolution, and the countryside was largely ignored, Maoism focused on the peasantry as a revolutionary force which, he said, could be mobilized by a Communist Party with their knowledge and leadership. This eventually brought the Communist Party of China to power.

Answer: 1997

Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain to China at the stroke of midnight on 1 July 1997. It became a Special Administrative Region of China, which means it was given a high degree of autonomy, a separate political system, and a capitalist economy under the principle of "one country, two systems".