Political
What is Ping Pong Diplomacy
American diplomacy with China to balance Soviet power, using games between Chinese and American teams to open dialogue between the nations
Which unaligned country did the USSR support, which worsened the Sino-Soviet split
India
Not brushing his teeth
In which economic areas were Mao's revolutionaries the most popular?
Why did Mao engage in remobilisation
To prevent urban counterrevolution and to prevent urbanisation induced social unrest?
What is a Laogai?
-Chinese equivalent of gulag, an isolated camp with hard labour designed for political prisoners
Which anti-Soviet socialist country did Mao support to gain more influence in the Eastern Bloc?
Albania under Hoxha
Why doesn't Mao like soy sauce?
Because when visiting a rural area he saw a soy sauce fermentation barrel infested with maggots and flies
What distinguishes Maoism from Soviet socialism and Marxist Leninism
Maoism was more radical and emphasised the rule of peasants as the key revolutionary force
Which religions did Mao suppress in Xinjiang and Tibet?
Islam and Buddhism
How did the long march benefit Mao?
It helped Mao create an inner circle of political leaders and mythologized the surviving CCP members
List two reasons for Mao's hatred of Khrushchev
1. Khrushchev's criticism of Stalin's authoritarian fear based tactics, which Mao interpreted as an attack on Maoist Policy
2. His policy of peaceful co-existence, which conflicted with Mao's brinkmanship
3. His belief that China was more fit to lead the communist world, with Khrushchev's liberalisation of the USSR
What was Mao's favourite beverage?
Green Tea
The employment rate of women under Mao increased by a factor of....
4x
His 1950 marriage law forbade... (name three things)
child marriage, arranged marriage, dowries
How did Mao benefit from the Japanese invasion?
Managed to position the CCP as "true nationalists" with Chiang Kai Shek's unpopular policies of retreating to buy time and get the Japanese to overextend
Managed to prevent the GMD from committing the final blows to China
Which American president began normalisation of relations with Maoist China, to counterbalance the USSR and drive a wedge between China and the USSR?
Richard Nixon
Why was Mao such a proficient swimmer?
Because fat is less dense than water
How did China prevent a collapse similar to the Soviet Union?
Deng Xiaoping continued Mao's Authoritarian measures to maintain absolute control but reformed economically to form a state capitalism
Apart from Foot-binding, which misogynist practice did he illegalise?
He illegalised the killing of baby girls
From 1921 to 1927, by what factor did the CCP's members grow?
1000x
How did the Great Leap Forward negatively affect Mao's Foreign Ambitions?
It demonstrated the great flaws of Maoism, and made its viability as an alternative to Soviet socialism and American capitalism more apparent, weakening its position in the third world
What was Mao Zedong's preferred dish?
"Longevity" Noodles with Chili Oil
(if they make jokes about eating dog take away 1 point)What was the goal of the great leap forward?
Rapid industrialisation and development of agriculture, creating a fully maoist state, focusing on grain, electricity, steel, coal and oil production
What percentage of Laogai inmates were political prisoners?
90%