Exercises on Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong was the main personality behind one of the main events of the 20th century. We're talking about/from:

a) Korean War

b) War in Indochina

c) Vietnam War

d) Chinese Revolution

e) Mukden Incident

In the 1920s, Mao Zedong was already one of the greats of the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP. It was in this period that the rivalry between the CCP and the Kuomintang started, starting a civil war that lasted until the 1940s. The main reason for the beginning of the civil war in China was:

a) the coup led by the CCP against the Kuomintang in Shanghai in 1925.

b) the official alliance between Mao Zedong and Josef Stalin.

c) Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek's fear of the CCP's growth.

d) a terrorist attack carried out by CCP members in Jiangxi Province in 1927.

e) the Japanese invasion after the Mukden Incident.

In 1934, CCP forces were forced to flee Jiangxi in order to survive. This event became known as:

a) Marco Polo Bridge Incident

b) Big March

c) Mukden Incident

d) Trail of Tears

e) Great Escape from Jiangxi

One of the most remarkable events in Mao Zedong's life was his central role in bringing about the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). This event was responsible for the persecution of thousands of people for ideological reasons. It is estimated that up to two million people died as a result of the Cultural Revolution. This event is related to:

a) the influence of the USSR in China.

b) the destabilization of the country caused by US agents.

c) the coup attempt carried out by dissidents of the CCP due to the economic crisis that hit China in the 1960s.

d) the protests that took place in the country due to China's involvement in the Vietnam War.

e) the CCP's internal power struggles and the criticism that Mao had been suffering for the failure of the Great Leap.

LETTER D

Mao Zedong had led the Chinese Communist Party since the 1930s and was the leader of the Chinese Communists in the struggle against the Kuomintang nationalists and the Japanese invaders. After the Japanese were defeated in 1945, Mao Zedong continued to lead the Communists in the fight against the Kuomintang. The defeat of the Kuomintang in 1949 led to the formation of the People's Republic of China. This event became known as the Chinese Revolution.

LETER C

The Chinese Civil War was caused by the belligerence of Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang from 1925. The Kuomintang alliance with the CCP ended up going down the drain because Chiang Kai- Shek feared the rise of Communists within his party. So he ordered the persecution of the communists, which turned into a war of the Kuomintang against the CCP.

LETER B

The flight of CCP members stationed in Jiangxi took place in 1934 and was motivated by their weakening in the face of the might of Kuomintang forces. Mao Tse-Tung was responsible for leading this escape, which became known as the Great March. During the march of more than 10 thousand kilometers, about 90% of the communist forces that started the march perished.

LETTER E

The Cultural Revolution was a program of ideological persecution led by Mao Zedong and his wife. This program aimed to persecute all those who did not fit the ideological dictates established by Mao himself. It was motivated by the disputes within the CCP and the criticism that Mao Zedong suffered due to the failure of his project known as the Great Leap.