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Which of the following countries was an arena for a hot war between Soviet-backed communist forces and U.S.-backed resistance forces?


A) Japan
B) Cambodia
C) Afghanistan
D) Yugoslavia

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following was a feature common in both Soviet and Chinese policies toward women?


A) They defined women's place firmly in the home.
B) They directly attacked male domination within the family.
C) They were largely state-directed.
D) They originated in grassroots movements.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following describes relations among those countries controlled by communist parties?


A) Peaceful and open cooperation strengthened the ties of friendship.
B) Divisive conflict undermined any sense of communist solidarity.
C) They were a monolithic force firmly under Soviet control.
D) They united in common opposition to global capitalism.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What does the poster in Source 21.3 suggest about how the Chinese state under the leadership of Mao Zedong sought to achieve gender equality?


A) By encouraging women to be good wives and wise mothers
B) By expanding educational opportunities for women
C) By placing women in top leadership positions
D) By having women engage in the same work as men

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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What were the key initiatives undertaken by the Chinese government under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping?

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.


A) Russian Revolution (1917)
B) Bolsheviks
C) Lenin
D) Guomindang
E) Mao Zedong
F) Chinese Revolution
G) Stalin
H) building socialism
I) Zhenotdel
J) collectivization
K) Cultural Revolution
L) Great Purges/Terror
M) Anna Dubova
N) Cuban Revolution
O) Cuban missile crisis
P) Nikita Khrushchev
Q) Deng Xiaoping
R) perestroika
S) glasnost
T) Mikhail Gorbachev

U) E) and M)
V) A) and Q)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Bold economic program launched in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev with the intention of freeing up Soviet industry and businesses.


A) Russian Revolution (1917)
B) Bolsheviks
C) Lenin
D) Guomindang
E) Mao Zedong
F) Chinese Revolution
G) Stalin
H) building socialism
I) Zhenotdel
J) collectivization
K) Cultural Revolution
L) Great Purges/Terror
M) Anna Dubova
N) Cuban Revolution
O) Cuban missile crisis
P) Nikita Khrushchev
Q) Deng Xiaoping
R) perestroika
S) glasnost
T) Mikhail Gorbachev

U) L) and P)
V) C) and E)

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Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution?


A) The class struggle between the urban poor and the impoverished peasantry
B) The inability of the newly established soviets to speak for ordinary people
C) The popularity of the Romanov dynasty
D) The pressures of World War I

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following events in China was most similar to the search for "enemies of the people" in the Soviet Terror of the late 1930s?


A) The Great Leap Forward
B) The Cultural Revolution
C) The Tiananmen Incident
D) The "speak bitterness meetings"

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Long process in the period 1912-1949 that began with the overthrow of the Chinese imperial system and ended with the triumph of the Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong.


A) Russian Revolution (1917)
B) Bolsheviks
C) Lenin
D) Guomindang
E) Mao Zedong
F) Chinese Revolution
G) Stalin
H) building socialism
I) Zhenotdel
J) collectivization
K) Cultural Revolution
L) Great Purges/Terror
M) Anna Dubova
N) Cuban Revolution
O) Cuban missile crisis
P) Nikita Khrushchev
Q) Deng Xiaoping
R) perestroika
S) glasnost
T) Mikhail Gorbachev

U) M) and Q)
V) J) and K)

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In what respect did the communist movements in the twentieth century depart from Marxist theory?


A) They occurred in societies with democratic political systems.
B) They occurred in societies with capitalist economies.
C) They occurred in highly industrialized societies.
D) They occurred in largely agrarian societies.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following promises made by the Bolsheviks resonated with the majority of the Russian population in 1917?


A) Victory in war
B) Worker control of factories
C) Programs aimed at Russification
D) Abdication of the tsar

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Compare and contrast the Soviet Terror of the late 1930s and the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s.

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Personal Reflection: Do you think that the communist legacy was only negative?

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Which of the following was a feature of most communist states?


A) Market economies operating free of state control
B) Corporate control of the arts, education, and the media
C) Civil societies that functioned independently
D) Mass organizations controlled by the Communist Party

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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In contrast to China, the collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union


A) was marked by extensive violence and the execution or deportation of wealthier peasants.
B) featured "speak bitterness meetings" at which peasants confronted and humiliated landlords.
C) was centered on huge people's communes created during the Great Leap Forward.
D) was impeded by the age-old deference that peasants traditionally had rendered to their social superiors.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following contributed to American global influence in the decades following World War II?


A) The absorption of European colonies within the American sphere of influence
B) The ideological differences and political rivalry among European states
C) The failure of other countries to break the American monopoly on oil
D) A productive economy in a country untouched by the destruction of war

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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What effect did the Soviet policy of glasnost have on the communist countries in Eastern Europe?


A) It deepened widespread feelings of political apathy and public cynicism.
B) It sparked demonstrations that toppled the communist states in Eastern Europe.
C) It granted Eastern European states greater autonomy from Soviet control.
D) It suppressed anticommunist movements and confirmed communism as the dominant ideology.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What was the end result of Mao's two great campaigns-the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution?


A) The replacement of the Communist Party as the governing body in the country by the military
B) The death and ruin of tens of millions, and the widespread discrediting of communism
C) China's parity with the United States in terms of industrial production
D) The rejection of Karl Marx's ideas in favor of free market capitalism

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Russian revolutionary party led by Vladimir Lenin and later renamed the Communist Party.


A) Russian Revolution (1917)
B) Bolsheviks
C) Lenin
D) Guomindang
E) Mao Zedong
F) Chinese Revolution
G) Stalin
H) building socialism
I) Zhenotdel
J) collectivization
K) Cultural Revolution
L) Great Purges/Terror
M) Anna Dubova
N) Cuban Revolution
O) Cuban missile crisis
P) Nikita Khrushchev
Q) Deng Xiaoping
R) perestroika
S) glasnost
T) Mikhail Gorbachev

U) O) and T)
V) P) and Q)

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