Revolutionary Ideas
This 1919 protest movement was sparked by the decision to transfer German rights in Shandong to Japan.
What was the May Fourth Movement?
Japanese reprisals were organised around a policy commonly called the “Three Alls.” Name all of the three actions.
What was “kill all,” “burn all” or “loot all”?
This military campaign was launched in 1926 to defeat the warlords and unify China.
What was the Northern Expedition?
The CCP established this rural revolutionary base in southeastern China following the Shanghai Massacre in 1931.
What was the Jiangxi Soviet?
Japan occupied this region of northeastern China in 1931.
What was Manchuria?
This American journalist visited the Communists in 1936 and later wrote Red Star Over China.
Who was Edgar Snow?
This Maoist principle required CCP members to learn from the people, develop their ideas and return them as revolutionary policies.
What was Massline?
Yuan Shikai accepted these demands from Japan in 1915, increasing opposition to his government.
What was Japan's 21 Demands?
In April 1927, Chiang Kai-Shek ordered the violent suppression of Communists and trade unionists in this city.
What was the Shanghai Massacre?
This January 1935 meeting strengthened Mao’s position within the CCP leadership.
What was the Zunyi Conference?
This July 1937 confrontation marked the beginning of full-scale war between China and Japan.
What was the Marco Polo incident?
Who is the author of this quote? Luding Bridge was “the centre of the Long March myth.”
Who is Jung Chang?
This intellectual movement challenged Confucian traditions and promoted science, democracy and individual freedom.
What was the New Culture Movement?
Student demonstrations against the Versailles settlement began in this city on 4 May 1919.
What is Beijing?
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in this year.
What is 1921?
Communist accounts celebrated the capture of this bridge as an example of revolutionary heroism.
What was the Luding/Luting Bridge Crossing?
In this 1936 incident, Chiang kai-Shek was detained and pressured to cooperate with the Communists against Japan.
What was the Xian Incident?
Who is the author of this quote? “The Long March is a manifesto, a propaganda force, a seeding-machine.”
Who was Mao Zedong?
The quote "China is the China of the Chinese" is by this person.
Who was Sun Yat Sen?
This % of Allied aid ended up on black market.
What was 30%?
This movement was launched by Chiang kai-Shek in 1934 to promote discipline and traditional morality.
What was the New Life Movement?
During the Yan’an period, Mao used this campaign to impose ideological discipline and remove opponents within the CCP (1942-44).
What was the Rectification Campaign?
Chiang kai-Shek ordered the breaching of the dykes of the Yellow River to slow the Japanese advance in this year.
What is 1938?
Who is the author of this quote? The Long March was “an odyssey unequalled in modern times.”
Who was Edgar Snow?
Mao’s 1940 essay describing a transitional coalition government was titled this.
What was On New Democracy?
The Red Army was re-branded to this from April 1949.
What was the People's Liberation Army (PLA)?
This American observation group arrived in Yan’an in 1944.
What was the Dixie Mission?
The CCP remained headquartered at Yan’an until this year, when Nationalist forces captured the city during the Chinese Civil War.
What was 1947?
On this date (month and year), Mao Zedong formally proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing.
What was October 1949?
Who is the author of this quote? The Long March “tested the will, courage and strength” of the Red Army.
Who was Harrison Salisbury?