Lesson 3

3 Education and health Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 16

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The 20 questions

  1. What was the main educational reform priority under Mao?

    • Classical literature
    • Private tutoring
    • University fees
    • Expanding literacy

  2. What was the name of the Latin alphabet system introduced for Chinese?

    • Pinyin
    • Mandarin script
    • Wade-Giles
    • Hanzi system

  3. What was the name given to trained rural health workers in Chinese villages?

    • State physician
    • Red guard
    • Barefoot doctor
    • Commune nurse

  4. Which method was widely used to raise reading levels in the 1950s?

    • Compulsory degrees
    • Overseas schooling
    • Private academies
    • Mass literacy campaigns

  5. What was the primary political aim of the Maoist education system?

    • Capitalist enterprise
    • Religious freedom
    • Individual ambition
    • Socialist construction

  6. Which key health indicator improved significantly in rural areas under Mao?

    • Life expectancy drop
    • Infant mortality
    • Surgical precision
    • Chronic disease rise

  7. What system provided healthcare specifically to urban state enterprise workers?

    • Private clinics
    • Labour insurance
    • Commune medicine
    • Village cooperatives

  8. What was the main rural healthcare delivery model within communes?

    • Cooperative medical services
    • Urban hospitals
    • Foreign aid
    • Private insurance

  9. A village gets a worker trained to treat common illnesses and deliver babies. Who is this?

    • Barefoot doctor
    • Army medic
    • Hospital surgeon
    • Missionary nurse

  10. A child learns to read using a romanised script. Which system is this?

    • Calligraphy
    • Red Guard script
    • Pinyin
    • Soviet alphabet

  11. What major national event caused the widespread collapse of schooling after 1966?

    • Cultural Revolution
    • Hundred Flowers Campaign
    • First Five-Year Plan
    • Great Leap Forward

  12. What was the main political purpose of linking education to the state in the 1950s?

    • Military draft
    • Socialist loyalty
    • Economic profit
    • Religious piety

  13. Which specific reform led to a significant fall in rural infant mortality?

    • Urban housing
    • Rural healthcare
    • Railway links
    • Factory quotas

  14. Schools teach classes on socialist ideas. Which area of education is this?

    • Commercial law
    • Maritime navigation
    • Political education
    • Foreign diplomacy

  15. What was the primary aim of educating workers and peasants under communist rule?

    • Private enterprise
    • Skilled labour
    • Foreign trade
    • Capitalist growth

  16. Which system organised healthcare in communes?

    • Foreign-run missions
    • Private fee-paying clinics
    • Cooperative medical systems
    • Guomindang military hospitals

  17. Which event severely disrupted educational and health gains during the late 1960s?

    • Cultural Revolution
    • Long March
    • Hundred Flowers
    • Great Leap Forward

  18. How did rural healthcare develop overall during the Maoist period?

    • Remaining unchanged
    • Totally eliminated
    • Access improved
    • Completely privatised

  19. What dual purpose did literacy campaigns serve for the communist state?

    • Establish monarchy
    • Spread ideology
    • Promote capitalism
    • Encourage emigration

  20. Why did formal education largely collapse across China after 1966?

    • Lack of pupils
    • Schools politicised
    • Severe droughts
    • Foreign invasion

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