China under communism
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airhead777 on May 20, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What were instituted in the 1950's? | Five-Year Plans |
| What did these plans cause? | (1) Farmers were forced to move to govt. owned farms (2) govt. took over all industries (3) serious problems occured including the deaths of millions from starvation |
| What did some chinese communist party officials begin to do? | began to question Mao Zedong's leadership |
| What occured when Mao and his supporters launched the Cultural Revolution? | Mao's opponents were purged-many were punished and many were executed, China was in turmoil for much of the 1960s-early1970s |
| By the 1960s, what had the disputes between communist china and the Soviet Union cause? | caused a split between the two countries (called the Sino-Soviet Split) |
| During the 1970s when the relationship between the U.S. and the Communist China improved, what did President Richard Nixon do? | he became the first U.S. President to visit Communist China where shortly after Mao died in 1976 |
| Which USSR leader visited Communist China? Why did he do this? | Mikhail Gorbachev- first meeting of a russian leader and a chines leader since 1959, he did this to improve Russia's relationship with Communist China |
| Where is Tiananmen Square and what occured there? | located in Beijing (Peking)-China's capital:(April-May1989) thousands of chinese gathered to protest against the govt. (mainly students), by June, chinese troops forced the people to leave killing or wounding thousands |
| Is China still a communist country today? | YES |
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