Russian history (before Stalin
Russian History under Stalin
China under Mao
China under Deng Xiaoping
Modern China+random
100

What was the army who was at war with the Red Army (Bolsheviks) that was fighting for the monarchy to be back in power

the White Army

100

what was the name of the political campaign lead by Stalin to kill all of his rivals?

the great purge

100

What did the great leap forward lead to?

the great famine 

100

"It doesnt matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice."

Who said this?

Deng Xiaoping 

100

The father of democracy and freedom of speach in China was who?

Hu YaoBang

200

WHo was the general of the Red Army?

Trotsky

200

what was the name of the program with giant farms that Stalin put all the peasants to work on?

collectivization

200

instead of going to school what were children supposed to be doing to help the economy

melt metal in the backyard

200

What did Deng Xiaping introduce to CHina that changed its economy to a more capitalistic one?

Special Economic Zones

200

What is the name of the internet censorship that China has?

the great firewall of China

300

Who shot Lenin?

Franny Koplan 

300

What was the name of the secret police that worked under Stalin

The KGB or the NKVD

300

Name three things that lead to the great famine

killing all the birds

environmental issues such as drought

ripping up all the grass and chopping down the trees

taking agricultural workers away from farms and having them melt down metal as well

double planting and other bad agricultural techniques

collective farm managers lying about output of food to save themselves


300

Name three things that SEZs lead to

disparity between the rich and the poor

stronger capitalism based economy

rural to urban migration

mass industrialization

300

What is the Great Green Wall of CHina, and what is it for?

giant tree planting campaign in the north of China under Mongolia to stop the spread of the Gobi desert

400

How did Lenin die? 

he had three strokes, and in combination with Stalin stressing him out he eventually died

400

What was the name of the communist youth that Stalin created to turn in their parents or family members if they were hiding grain or saying bad things about Stalin

The young pioneers, the Komsomolets 

400

what was the cultural revolution? name 4 things that occured during this time

students persecuted their teachers

smart and educated people or artists and musicians were sent to jail or killed

chinese culture was eradicated including art, books, musical instruments, and traditional buildings, and religion

among others

400

What did Deng Xiaoping introduce to china that lead to an aging population crisis that they are now facing

one-child-per-family law

400

Name 4 things that are blocked on Chinas internet

many answers acceptable 

500

What was the name of the treaty that Lenin signed with germany to withdraw them from WWI, what did it lead to? 

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, lead to losing a ton of land, factories, population and some of their cities. 

500

What were the steps taken by Stalin to take over the country? 5 things

put his friends into places of power as the general secretary

stress Lenin out until he died

tricked Trotsky into not coming to Lenins giant funeral

making himself look like a national hero via newspaper pictures and propaganda

when it came time to vote everyone voted for him in parliament 

500

take 200 points away from 2 other groups

if you can answer the following:

name three things that Chairman Mao Moddled after the Soviet union besides communism

5 year plans 

collectivization

the gulag

the communist youth

cultural disapation

among others


500

what was the chain of events that lead to the Tiananmen square massacre needs at least 5-8 key events

hu yaobang died

quiet peaceful protests it Tiananmen square in Beijing

police beat up the protesters

protest spreads nationaly

protesters come up with a list of wants from the government

workers go on strike

President Gorbachev comes to China from Russia and reporters are allowed into the country

Deng Xiaoping instates martial law

army shoots and kills thousands of protesters

a guy stands in front of a tank and the whole thing is on international television 

500

What is Neo Colonialism?

a way that larger more powerful countries take power over weaker lower income countries by putting them into debt, taking control of their political institutions, and? seizing their assets such as minerals and other resources