AP World History Unit 8.2

Which was a significant social change Mao Zedong brought to China after 1949?

Eliminating wealthy landowners

Which of these factors played a major role in preventing a war between the Soviet Union and the United States?

Fear of a nuclear war between the two nations

Which statement is supported by the data in the chart above?

Over time, the Chinese increased production of all reported commodities

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to

Defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression

Which of Mao's policies are most responsible for the information on the chart?

Five-Year Plan

What should one consider when evaluating the point of view of this data?

Mao had an incentive to overstate gains for propaganda and political reasons

Which was a reason for the collapse of Communist command economies at the end of the twentieth century?

Central planners failed to predict national needs as efficiently as a free market system

Which was a long term effect of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?

Pressures increased for changes within the Soviet Union

what was the goal of the 5-year plan

develop heavy industries such as steel and coal in china

who supported mao

soviet union

what happened in end of chinese civil war

Mao gained complete control of china and created the communist government People's republic of china

what did the red guards tell mao

about people accused of being ant-mao or communism

why was mao zedghons plans more successfull than Kuomintang

he promised he will redistribute land among the peasants

other name for nationalist part

Kuomintang

who became leader of Kuomintang after suns death

Chiang Kai-Shek

who managed communes

leaders who assigned tasks to the members

what plan did mao launch

5-years plan part of great leap forward aiming to turn china into an industrial power

what was cultural revolution

attempt made by mao to push china to the ideal communist society and elimiate all "bad" influences

how was mao's 5 year plan a disaster

people faced starvation and economic crisis due to poor planning and high cost of foreign machinery and equipment

what is communes

comprised of about 5000 households where peasents would share animals and food grains

what happened after fall of qing dynasty

warlords took control in many regions

what party did mao make

people's republic of china

who formed the national government

Dr Sun Yat-Sen

how did the government in china control the national economy

through the Great Leap Forward

who was chinese communist leader

Mao Zedong

what led chinese warlords to unite with Kuomintang to defeat the japan

japn's invasion of manchuria

what happened to nationalists in china

droved away by mao and were under Chiang-Kai-Shek

what is the Great Leap Forward

using repressive policies with negative consequences

what did mao do to achieve his agricultural goals

formed people's communes

who was the provisional president of this new state

Dr Sun Yat-Sen

what was the goal of the red guards

harass the bourgeois elite

which was the last chinese dynasty

Qing

who was the paramilitary group

group of highschoolers who called themselves the Red Guards

what did china adopt

totalitrian form of communism

dispute between china and su

border disputes and mao's disagreement of reforms in su

what did the doctor Sun want

politically modernize and westernize china by giving people the right to democratically elect their leaders

who ruled russia

czar

what did the revolutionaries establish

new democratic government called the Republic of China

what bad thing did leaders of communes do to the peasents

forced peasents to carry out industrial work rather than tending for the land and food production suffered

who is Chiang-Kai-Shek

nationalist chinese leader who was moved to Taiwan

who ruled both china and su

powerful families

what happened by the end of Cultural Revolution

education of millions were interrupted and many cultural and historical items

what did vietnam do after ww2

declare independence from both japanese and french

what books did the red guard carry

mao' zedgong teachings called the Little Red Book

what did many working class people thing of selassie as he could not manage land reforms

frustrated and believed that selassie was a puppet of the western powers

which country claimed as a colony of france

Vietnam

who occupied ethiopia

Italy

who occupied vietnam during ww2

japan

who ordered the assasination of ethiopian mebers and installed a socialist government in ethiopia with assistance from su

Mengistsu Haile Mariam

who rose to power in north vietnam

communists and Ho Chi Minh

what did selassie do

returned to power and aligned ethiopia with the united states and other western powers

what plan did the vietnamese peasants approve of

communists who proposed redistribuitng land between large farm owners and peaants

what did the shah do with privately owned lands

bought it from landlords and sold it at a lower prise to peasants and allowed working class to become homeownres

what did iranian nationalists think about the shah

that he was a puppet of western coutnries

what did shah do

create progressve policies known as White Revolution

who was the banished ethiopian leader

Haile Selassie

what happened to the shah

overthrown and iran selected a new prime minister but quickly became reinstalled

what was selassie's shortcomings

could not effectively manage successful land reforms in ethiopia

who was the leader of iran

shah muhammad reza pahlavi

what happened to kerala

indian government took contorl because of communist policies

what happened in kerala during indian independence

popular land reforsm were created to help the working class such as laws to establish minimum wages and ability for tenants to purchase land from their owner