2P.1.1 Emergence of the People's Republic of China, 1936–1962 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 26

The 20 questions

1. Which December 1936 incident forced Jiang Jieshi to form a united front with the Communists?

   • Beijing Revolt
   • Manchurian Mutiny
   • Shanghai Coup
   • Xi'an Incident

2. Which 1934–1935 military retreat established Mao Zedong as the dominant leader of the CCP?

   • The Autumn Harvest
   • The Northern Expedition
   • The Long March
   • The Great Leap

3. To which island did Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalist government flee in 1949?

   • Taiwan
   • Macao
   • Hong Kong
   • Hainan

4. On which date was the People's Republic of China proclaimed in Beijing?

   • 4 July 1946
   • 1 May 1945
   • 1 October 1949
   • 15 August 1936

5. What was the main target of the CCP's 1950 Agrarian Reform Law?

   • Urban industrialists
   • Foreign merchants
   • Factory workers
   • Landlords

6. In which 1950–1953 conflict did Chinese forces directly fight United Nations troops?

   • First Indochina War
   • The Sino-Indian War
   • The Korean War
   • The Vietnam War

7. Which 1956–1957 campaign encouraged open criticism of the Communist Party before being halted?

   • Socialist Education Movement
   • Four Cleanups Campaign
   • Hundred Flowers Campaign
   • Anti-Rightist Campaign

8. Which country provided technical assistance and loans for China's First Five-Year Plan?

   • East Germany
   • The Soviet Union
   • Great Britain
   • The United States

9. Which economic campaign launched in 1958 aimed at rapid industrialisation but caused severe famine?

   • First Five-Year Plan
   • Great Leap Forward
   • Socialist High Tide
   • Cultural Revolution

10. Which marshal was purged in 1959 after criticising the Great Leap Forward?

    • Zhou Enlai
    • Peng Dehuai
    • Deng Xiaoping
    • Lin Biao

11. Which Soviet leader's policies caused a breakdown in relations with Mao from the late 1950s?

    • Joseph Stalin
    • Leonid Brezhnev
    • Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Nikita Khrushchev

12. Which region was invaded and occupied by the People's Liberation Army in 1950?

    • Tibet
    • Xinjiang
    • Manchuria
    • Inner Mongolia

13. Which official state role did Mao Zedong step down from in 1959?

    • Head of the PLA
    • Premier of China
    • CCP Chairman
    • Chairman of the PRC

14. Which principle, central to the organisation of the Chinese Communist Party, combined discussion with obedience to decisions?

    • Democratic centralism
    • Corporatism
    • Laissez-faire liberalism
    • Federal parliamentarianism

15. Which 1942–1944 Yan'an campaign was used to enforce ideological unity within the CCP?

    • Rectification Campaign
    • Futian Incident
    • Hundred Flowers Campaign
    • Red Terror

16. Which key policy secured widespread peasant support for the CCP during the Chinese Civil War?

    • The Hundred Flowers
    • Urban industrialisation
    • Collectivisation
    • Land reform

17. Which 1951–1952 urban campaigns targeted corruption, waste, and bourgeois business owners in China?

    • Great Leap Forward
    • Cultural Revolution
    • Three-Anti and Five-Anti
    • Futian Incident

18. What political system was established in China following the creation of the PRC in 1949?

    • Military junta
    • Multi-party democracy
    • One-party state
    • Constitutional monarchy

19. What major disaster resulted from the economic policies of the Great Leap Forward?

    • Civil war
    • Foreign invasion
    • Widespread famine
    • Hyperinflation

20. Which military organisation played a central role in consolidating CCP control in early PRC history?

    • National Revolutionary Army
    • People's Liberation Army
    • Red Guards
    • Boxer Movement

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