SAT II World History : East and Southeast Asia
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Example Question #2 : Other Asian History From 1900 C.E. To Present
Chiang Kai-Shek __________.
died in the Rape of Nanking
died in the Boxer Rebellion
served as Premier of China in the 1980s
was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party
was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party
was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party
Chiang Kai-Shek was a Chinese political and military leader who led the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Republic of China (in Taiwan) during the years of civil war, Japanese occupation, and the rise of Chairman Mao and Chinese Communism. His organization was the primary opposition to Mao and Communism in China, but they were eventually defeated and banished to Taiwan in the Chinese Civil War.
Example Question #5 : Other Asian History From 1900 C.E. To Present
Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution began in the ________.
1960s
1970s
1940s
1880s
1930s
1960s
The Chinese Cultural Revolution began in 1966 and lasted for approximately ten years. Its stated goal was to forcibly implement Communism throughout China by removing all capitalist, traditional, cultural and intellectual elements from Chinese society. During the Cultural Revolution Mao’s personality cult reached unparalleled levels, as state propaganda urged the rural youth to engage in violent class struggle with the bourgeoisie. An unknown number of people (speculations range from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions) were either tortured, killed, raped, or else effectively starved to death - many millions more were forcibly displaced in a movement that completely wrecked China’s already fragile economy.
Example Question #5 : Other Asian History From 1900 C.E. To Present
In 1949, Communists led by Mao Zedong defeated which of the following to take over China?
None of these
The Nationalists
The Ming Dynasty
The Japanese
The Qing Dynasty
The Nationalists
The Communists led by Mao Zedong overthrew the Nationalist regime in 1949, ending the Chinese Civil War (part of the international Cold War), and starting Communist rule under Mao. The Japanese had already been defeated and driven from China in 1945 with the end of World War II (the Nationalist-Communist civil war resumed shortly after this). The Qing dynasty, the last imperial Chinese dynasty, had already been overthrown in 1912. The Ming dynasty had immediately preceded it, and had been overthrown in 1644.
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