Early 20th Century
Republic of China Era
1930s and 40s
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Mao
100
What was the name of the Chinese dynasty that fell in 1912, marking the end of over 2,000 years of imperial rule in China?
Qing
100
What organization was the official the ruling party of China until 1949.
The Kuomintang (KMT), or Chinese Nationalist Party
100
What was the name of the 6,000-mile retreat undertaken by the Red Army in 1934-1935 to escape the Nationalist forces?
The Long March
100
What famous mountain range is in China?
Himalayas.
100
What theory did Mao follow?
Marxism
200
Who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution that ultimately overthrew the last Dynasty?
Sun Yat-sen
200
What was the period in the 1910s and 1920s when China was fragmented and controlled by regional military leaders known as?
The Warlord Period
200
Why did the Communists and Nationalists form an alliance in the late 1930s?
To fight against Japan
200
What did Mao say to his dentist when he was told he should brush his teeth?
"Tigers don't brush their teeth."
200
Instead of the industrial workers, on which group did Mao base his version of communism?
The Peasants
300
What was the name of the uprising in 1900 where Chinese, including the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, rebelled against foreign influence and missionaries?
Boxer Rebellion
300
Who controlled in the decades after the dynasty collapsed?
Warlords
300
What year did the Chinese Civil War end, leading to the establishment of the People's Republic of China?
1949
300
Who is pictured here?
Mao and Richard Nixon
300
What was Mao's official title?
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
400
In which city is the Forbidden City?
Beijing
400
Mao's 1928 "Land Law" aimed to mobilize the peasants into revolutionaries was later followed by the ____________________ in 1950.
Agrarian Reform Law
400
The communists were nearly at the point of elimination when, at the ________________________ the CCP leadership decided to endorse Mao and his advocacy of guerilla warfare.
Zunyi Conference
400
The Beatles song "Revolution" has a line about Mao. It is the first line in this stanza. What is the lyric?
But if_________________________________
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
400
Besides Mao, who was another member of the Communist Party leadership?
Liu Shaoqi / Lin Biao / Zhou Enlai / Deng Xiaoping / Peng Dehuai.....
500
This company sold opium in China.
The British East India Company
500
In what year was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) founded?
1921
500
What city was the site of a massacre in 1937-1938, where Japanese forces killed hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and soldiers?
Nanjing
500
Which US athletic team was linked to the improvement of relations between the US and China?
Ping Pong
500
What year did Mao die?
1976