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Question 1

The Red Guards carried out the Cultural Revolution by

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persecuting intellectuals and government officials.

Question 2

How did the first Five-Year Plan strain China’s budget?

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The government increased spending too fast to modernize its economy.

Question 3

After the first Five-Year Plan, Mao Zedong wanted faster growth so he launched the

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Great Leap Forward.

Question 4

The graph shows the death rates in some Chinese provinces during the Great Leap Forward. Expand Image On the basis of the graph, in what year did China call off the Great Leap Forward?

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1961

Question 5

The student militias that carried out the Cultural Revolution were known as the

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Red Guards.

Question 6

After the Great Leap Forward, China introduced a new reform that

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allowed wage competition for laborers.

Question 7

China’s agricultural policies during the Great Leap Forward led to

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crop failures, causing famine that killed millions of people.

Question 8

In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution in China in response to new

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economic policies that threatened social equality.

Question 9

The first Five-Year Plan was considered a success in what way?

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Industrial output rose as China’s economy transformed into a communist system.

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