Mao's China
The 1960s and 1970s
Post-Mao
Reform Era
The 90s and 2000s
100
This 1927 Communist purge in Shanghai is known as this.
What is White Terror?
100
They were called the "shock troops" of the Cultural Revolution.
Who are the Red Guards?
100
Hua Guofeng was a compromise figure who succeeded this leader.
Who is Mao Zedong?
100
This leader was the paramount leader of China during the Reform period.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
100
This is the current president of China.
Who is Xi Jinping?
200
This 1934-1935 event began with 100,000 people, but in the end, only 8,000 remained.
What is the Long March?
200
This figure was coupled with Lin Biao in a political denunciatory campaign.
Who is Confucius?
200
This event occurred in 1989 in Beijing, after popular resentment over political corruption and economic issues came to the fore.
What is the Tian'anmen Square Incident?
200
This 1981 document judged Mao as having committed mistakes, but overall a continuing guide to the country and the party.
What is the "Historic Resolution"?
200
The 2008 Olympics took place in this city.
What is Beijing?
300
The Second Five Year Plan (1958-1962) is better known as this.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
300
This U.S. President normalized diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
Sightseeing trips to famous Chinese Communist Party locations is better known by this term.
What is red tourism?
300
*Daily Double*
Collectively—Industry, Agriculture, National Defense, and Science & Technology—these are better known by this group name.
What is the Four Modernizations?
300
The system of Internet censorship in China is better known as this.
What is "The Great Firewall"?
400
This was a lifetime job guarantee from a state employer.
What is the iron rice bowl?
400
Jiang Qing and her three associates were popularly labeled with this name.
What is the Gang of Four?
400
The Cultural Revolution ended in this year.
What is 1976?
400
Wei Jingsheng, one of the inspirations for the Democracy Wall, famously called democracy this.
What is the Fifth Modernization?
400
China's accession to this group in 2001 integrated it more into international imports and exports.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
500
He was the first person from the United States to personally interview Mao Zedong.
Who is Edgar Snow?
500
They were medical staff in rural areas who had received basic training.
Who are barefoot doctors?
500
This literary genre was inspired by the events of the Cultural Revolution.
What is scar literature?
500
Shenzhen was one of these, a specially designated areas for economic development that received tax incentives and lower government regulation.
What is a Special Economic Zone?
500
This group, famously associated these days with Shen Yun, was led by Li Hongzhi who claimed spiritual powers
What is Falun Gong?