China Quiz

1.

1 point

Define Radical

Where most, if not all, consumer goods are free to the public

The leader who started communism in China

Really cool

An economic system where people can choose their jobs or own a business

The man who ordered the Great Wall to be built

Extreme change or extreme point of view

A group of guards that helped to protect the Great Wall

A group of young communists that helped to enforce Mao's extreme laws

2.

1 point

Which is not one of the main consequences of China's one child policy?

Only-children (children without siblings) often become spoiled and don't learn how to work well with other people

They have an aging population with not enough young people to fill jobs or take care of the elderly.

There is a gender imbalance of +35 million men

3.

1 point

What happened in 1978 that helped to improve China’s economy?

They adopted some elements of capitalism

The government began to allow YouTube and Facebook

They began the “one child” policy

They took a lot of the farm workers out of the fields and put them in factories

4.

1 point

Why does the Chinese government restrict internet access?

They don't have the technical capabilities to handle that much internet traffic.

Studies have shown that watching the "Duck Song" too many times can literally drive you insane.

They don't want people to see bad information about China or start a revolution on social media.

5.

1 point

Identify Mao Zedong

A group of guards that helped to protect the Great Wall

The leader who started communism in China

Extreme change or extreme point of view

An economic system where people can choose their jobs or own a business

Where most, if not all, consumer goods are free to the public

Really cool

The man who ordered the Great Wall to be built

A group of young communists that helped to enforce Mao's extreme laws

6.

1 point

What is one negative effective of the “great leap forward”?

Students became stressed out about doing well in school

It decreased the number of girls born and left many men unable to marry

Many internet sites were banned

People starved because workers were taken from farm fields and put into factories

7.

1 point

What do some Chinese students do to make sure they cover material they didn’t cover during the week?

Take online courses

Retake all their quizzes and tests over and over

Use special robot tutors

Go to "cram school" on the weekend

8.

1 point

What do experts predict will happen to China’s economy?

It will drastically get worse because there are too many old people

It will get worse because people are in factories instead of farms

It will get better because more single men can focus on work instead of a wife/family

It will surpass the U.S. economy soon

9.

1 point

One thing that a communist government does to keep control of the people is to keep people from thinking on their own. What did Mao Zedong do to keep people from thinking independently?

He took people out of farm fields and put them to work in factories

He banned sites like YouTube and Facebook

He persecuted intellectuals and closed schools

He banned books

10.

1 point

Define free enterprise

The man who ordered the Great Wall to be built

Really cool

A group of guards that helped to protect the Great Wall

An economic system where people can choose their jobs or own a business

Extreme change or extreme point of view

Where most, if not all, consumer goods are free to the public

The leader who started communism in China

A group of young communists that helped to enforce Mao's extreme laws

11.

1 point

Identify the Red Guard

Where most, if not all, consumer goods are free to the public

A group of young communists that helped to enforce Mao's extreme laws

Really cool

The leader who started communism in China

A group of guards that helped to protect the Great Wall

Extreme change or extreme point of view

An economic system where people can choose their jobs or own a business

The man who ordered the Great Wall to be built