Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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By the late 1970s what percentage of the world was socialist?
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What was the name of the Chinese leader who believed that China needed to reform
socialism. He came to power in 1968
a. | DENG XIAOPING | c. | CHOEN LIE | b. | MAO | d. | BRUCE LEE |
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Who was the Conservative elected as the first woman Prime Minister in
England?
a. | Lady Ga Ga | c. | Roymmena Keeran | b. | Margaret Thatcher | d. | Helen Keeran |
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Who was the Conservative U.S. President elected in 1980? He was capitalist and
anti-socialist.
a. | Gerald Ford | c. | Ronald Reagan | b. | Jimmy Carter | d. | Richard Nixon |
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What was “Solidarity?”
a. | a labor union movement in Poland | c. | the Communist Russia
newspaper | b. | a socialist union in Russia | d. | the Communist China newspaper |
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Why was “Solidarity” important?
a. | it crushed a revolt in Poland | c. | it crushed a revolt in
Russia | b. | it was a labor movement behind the Iron Curtain that defied Soviet
rule | d. | it was a labor
movement behind the Iron Curtain that supported Soviet rule |
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Who was the new (young) leader who took power in the Soviet Union and believed
in Communism?
a. | Mao | c. | Khrushchev | b. | Lenin | d. | Mikhail
Gorbachev |
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What did Gorbachev see as the main problem with the Soviet economy?
a. | the commune farms | c. | the size of government is too small | b. | price
controls | d. | the size of
government called bureaucracy |
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When Deng Xiaoping took power in China he introduced economic reforms that
looked very much like
a. | Capitalism | c. | Communism | b. | Socialism | d. | Fascism |
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In 1968 Mao used _____ to create chaos in China and throw out the existing power
elites.
a. | senior citizens | c. | Communist Party officials | b. | young
people | d. | the church in
China |
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What happened when China broke up the collective farms and allowed the farmers
to have private property?
a. | the farms converted to industrial communities | c. | there were no
changes | b. | the farms became more efficient and produced more food. | d. | the farms became less efficient and produced
less food. |
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A million young people demonstrated in Tiananmen Square. They created a Statue
of Liberty. What did they want?
a. | an end to Communism in China | c. | more government control and
stability | b. | an end to Capitalism in China | d. | the government to pay off their student
loans |
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How did the Communist Chinese government respond to the demonstrations in
tiananmen squar Square?
a. | broke up the demonstration with tanks and killed hundreds | c. | supported the
demands of the students | b. | they ignored it | d. | sent the military in to protect the
students |
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China started to identify as “a socialist market economy” which
means the economy was capitalist but the country remained politically communist
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The Soviet communist system was built on the Lenin idea that you cannot trust
the people, you can only trust the Communist Party. In 1987 the Russian people were unhappy and
wanted reform. What did Gorbachev do?
a. | he started a policy that put more trust in the people | c. | he stopped believing in
Communism | b. | he used the military to enforce strict control over the Russian
people | d. | he adopted the
American Bill of Rights |
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When the Russian people were finally allowed to express themselves and have open
debates about politics, what did they learn about the history of Communism under Lenin and
Stalin?
a. | it was productive economically | c. | its persecutions of the people and
its failure of the economy | b. | it was what the Russian people already believed
about socialism | d. | it was a
nice system |
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The Berlin Wall was built by the Russians to separate Berlin into Western and
Communist sections of the city. Which American president went to the wall and said,”Mr.
Gorbachev, tare down this wall!’?
a. | Jimmy Carter | c. | Ronald Reagan | b. | John Kennedy | d. | Donald Trump |
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In March 1979 the Soviet Union held its first parliament elections in its
history. What was the result of the elections?
a. | belief in the Soviet system was re-enforced | c. | the elections produced no
change | b. | most of the communist party leaders were defeated | d. | Capitalism was
outlawed |
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At the beginning of 1979 most of Easter Europe was under the control of the
Soviet Union. What happened when people were finally allowed to vote and express their political
opinions?
a. | they voted to keep the Soviet system | c. | they used the military to cancel
the vote | b. | they voted out the Socialist/Communist systems | d. | they looked to China for
help |
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Some of the military leaders wanted to keep the Communist system so they had a
revolt to take control of the Russian government. What happened next?
a. | Thousands of Russian people flooded into the streets to resist
Communism | c. | Thousands of Russian people flooded into the streets to support
Communism | b. | The election was declared illegal | d. | nothing |
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After the elected Prime Minister, Boris Yeltson, ended the military revolt, what
did he do next?
a. | Outlawed any future elections | c. | He declared the superiority of
Socialism over Capitalism | b. | nothing | d. | Outlawed the Communist
Party |
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What did the people use to end Communism in Europe?
a. | concentration camps | c. | freedom | b. | belief in Socialism | d. | military revolt |
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