In China today, what often happens to people who speak out in opposition to the Chinese Communist Party?
a. Opposition to the government is generally tolerated.
b. Political dissenters are often excommunicated to Taiwan.
c. Political dissenters are often sent to labor camps.
d. People with progressive ideals easily earn party membership.
Q. 2In 2002-2003, in the space of just four months, virtually the entire leadership of China was changed, which brought in what is referred to as
a. the Fourth Generation.
b. the Great Leap Forward.
c. the Long March.
d. the Guomindang.
Q. 3The fifth modernization refers to China's
a. movement toward global domination.
b. movement toward democracy.
c. movement toward a partnership with Japan.
d. movement toward a partnership with the United States.
Q. 4In 1989 more than a million students occupied ________________ to stage peaceful, pro-democracy protests, but when the government sent in the army to break up the protest about 1,500 people died as a result.
a. Freedom Square
b. Tiananmen Square
c. Trafalgar Square
d. Tahrir Square
Q. 5When Deng Xiaoping's instituted economic reforms that included a mix of capitalism and socialism the economy experienced
a. high rates of inflation and increased unemployment in manufacturing sectors.
b. decreased opportunities for export and an overall reduction in trade.
c. stagnation that resulted in famine and limited production.
d. rapid growth and a consumer boom that threatened to run out of control.
Q. 6Deng Xiaoping's policy of Four Modernizations was focused on
a. reforming the party, the bureaucracy, the premier, and the military.
b. developing nuclear weapons, establishing the world's largest military, creating a military alliance with the Soviet Union, and assisting communist rebellions.
c. enhancing Chinese industry, agriculture, national defense, science and technology.
d. debating the writings of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.