2P.2.1 PRC growth and the transformation of the state, 1962–1997 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 26

The 20 questions

1. Which leader introduced pragmatic economic reforms alongside Deng Xiaoping after the Great Leap Forward?

   • Lin Biao
   • Mao Zedong
   • Jiang Qing
   • Liu Shaoqi

2. Which radical faction, including Jiang Qing, dominated CCP politics during the Cultural Revolution?

   • Right Opposition
   • Gang of Four
   • Long Marchers
   • Warlord Clique

3. Which student mass movement targeted the 'four olds' during the Cultural Revolution?

   • The Red Army
   • The Red Guards
   • The Barefoot Doctors
   • The Boxers

4. Which figure, who had been Mao's designated successor, died in a plane crash in 1971 after a failed plot?

   • Hua Guofeng
   • Lin Biao
   • Zhou Enlai
   • Liu Shaoqi

5. Where did armed border clashes occur between Chinese and Soviet forces in 1969?

   • Taiwan Strait
   • Himalayan border
   • Zhenbao Island
   • Yalu River

6. What term describes the table tennis exchanges that helped reopen US-China diplomatic relations in 1971?

   • Shuttle diplomacy
   • Panda diplomacy
   • Dollar diplomacy
   • Ping-pong diplomacy

7. Which organisation replaced Taiwan with the PRC as China's representative in 1971?

   • League of Nations
   • International Monetary Fund
   • United Nations
   • World Bank

8. Who was the Chinese leader who succeeded Mao in 1976 and was briefly in charge before Deng consolidated power?

   • Peng Dehuai
   • Hua Guofeng
   • Lin Biao
   • Jiang Qing

9. Which radical political group was arrested in October 1976 following Mao Zedong's death?

   • Cultural Committee
   • Gang of Four
   • Red Guard Leaders
   • Shanghai Radicals

10. Which reform programme targeted agriculture, industry, defence, and science and technology in China?

    • Great Leap Forward
    • Cultural Revolution
    • Five-Year Plan
    • Four Modernisations

11. Which agricultural policy allowed Chinese peasants to lease land and sell surplus produce for profit?

    • State farm collective
    • Grain requisitioning system
    • Household responsibility system
    • Communal farming system

12. Which areas were established in China in 1980 to encourage foreign investment?

    • Township Enterprises
    • People's Communes
    • State-Owned Enterprises
    • Special Economic Zones

13. Which 1989 Beijing protest movement ended in a violent military crackdown in June?

    • May Fourth Movement
    • Tiananmen Square protests
    • Cultural Revolution
    • Democracy Wall movement

14. Which principles defined Deng Xiaoping's insistence on absolute CCP political control?

    • Four Cardinal Principles
    • Three People's Principles
    • Four Modernisations
    • Two Whatevers

15. Which territory was returned to Chinese sovereignty by the British in July 1997?

    • Hong Kong
    • Tibet
    • Taiwan
    • Macau

16. Which international financial organisation did China join in 1980 to integrate globally?

    • World Bank
    • OECD
    • World Trade Organization
    • European Union

17. What economic strategy did Deng Xiaoping launch in 1978 to modernise China?

    • Reform and Opening
    • Cultural Revolution
    • Collectivisation
    • Great Leap Forward

18. Which political faction was arrested in 1976, ending the struggle after Mao's death?

    • Rightist Opportunists
    • Gang of Four
    • Capitalist Roaders
    • Red Guards

19. What name was given to Deng Xiaoping's target areas for economic modernisation from 1978?

    • Three Anti-Campaign
    • Four Cleanups
    • Five-Year Plans
    • Four Modernisations

20. Which mass student paramilitary movement was mobilised by Mao during the Cultural Revolution?

    • Gang of Four
    • Red Guards
    • Boxers
    • People's Liberation Army

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