Communism and Cold War — Test Answers

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Which best describes the management of farms in China during the first Five-Year Plan?

Farms were privately owned and overseen by generations of families.

Farms were collectively owned by families and controlled by the government.

Farms were collectively owned and overseen by expert foreign governments.

Farms were privately owned by families and controlled by the government.

During which era did détente mainly occur?

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.

Communist rule ended in Czechoslovakia.

Hungary implemented a free market economy.

Solidarity candidates were elected in Poland.

Why was the end to communism in Czechoslovakia termed the “Velvet Revolution”?

The transition was remarkably smooth.

The revolution was named for the group that led it.

The communist rulers were as soft and weak as velvet.

Velvet was a symbol of Czechoslovakia.

China’s first Five-Year Plan called for the government to

seize private land and businesses.

invest money in technology and education.

take money from industry and farming.

privatize agriculture and businesses.

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