Lesson 1
1 Reasons for the Cultural Revolution Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 16
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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When did the Cultural Revolution begin?
- 1971
- 1958
- 1966
- 1962
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What was the name of the 1963 campaign to purify Chinese communism?
- Hundred Flowers Campaign
- Great Leap Forward
- Cultural Revolution
- Socialist Education Movement
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Which leader had been pushing economic reform that Mao disliked?
- Hua Guofeng
- Zhu De
- Liu Shaoqi
- Lin Biao
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What did Mao fear the Chinese Communist Party was becoming in the 1960s?
- Capitalist
- Democratic
- Imperialist
- Revisionist
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Which radical figure, and wife of Mao, promoted revolutionary culture?
- Soong Ching-ling
- Wang Guangmei
- Jiang Qing
- Deng Yingchao
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What were the main targets of the radical campaign at the start of the Cultural Revolution called?
- Four Principles
- Four Pests
- Four Modernisations
- Four Olds
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What was a main purpose of the mass rallies held in Beijing in 1966?
- Increasing grain output
- Disbanding the army
- Mobilising Red Guards
- Signing foreign treaties
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What was the central ideological aim of launching the Cultural Revolution?
- Expanding higher education
- Strengthening party bureaucracy
- Increasing industrial exports
- Renewing revolutionary spirit
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What was the common consequence for Politburo leaders who disagreed with Mao in 1965?
- Exiled abroad
- Purged
- Retired quietly
- Promoted
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Which party trend did Mao believe was confirmed by officials living privileged lives in 1965?
- Collectivism
- Imperialism
- Revisionism
- Feudalism
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Which major institutions were closed down across China from 1966 for political purposes?
- State banks
- Schools and universities
- Collective farms
- Steel factories
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Which key military figure provided crucial support to Mao against his political rivals?
- Zhu De
- Peng Dehuai
- Lin Biao
- Liu Bocheng
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In Mao's view, what action was necessary for purifying communism?
- Promoting traditional arts
- Attacking suspected revisionists
- Expanding party bureaucracy
- Increasing foreign trade
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Who did Mao call upon to challenge authority during the 1966 urban mobilization?
- Peasants
- Factory managers
- Party elders
- Youth
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What did the targeting of cadres' families after 1966 demonstrate?
- Judicial reform
- Radical attacks
- Educational expansion
- Economic planning
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What was a primary aim of attacking the education system in 1966?
- Promoting classical literature
- Improving technical skills
- Increasing literacy rates
- Removing bourgeois influence
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Why did Mao view the economic reforms of Liu and Deng as a threat?
- Foreign invasions
- Military coups
- Capitalist methods
- Industrial strikes
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What key motivation drove Mao to launch the Cultural Revolution?
- Demographic decline
- Climatic disasters
- Economic bankruptcy
- Fears of revisionism
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Which movement prepared the ideological ground for the Cultural Revolution?
- Five-Year Plan
- Hundred Flowers
- Great Leap
- Socialist Education
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Why did Mao choose to mobilise young people during the Cultural Revolution?
- Outside party machinery
- Mandatory schooling rules
- Military conscription laws
- Industrial labour quotas
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