Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.14: The People's Republic of China (1949–2005) Questions
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To what extent did the Chinese Communist Party achieve its social goals in China between 1949 and 1961?
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What was the main purpose of Deng Xiaoping's Household Responsibility System?
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Why was Jiang Zemin promoted to General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1989?
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Discuss the impact of land reform (1950-1953) on Chinese society.
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In which year did Mao Zedong declare the founding of the People's Republic of China?
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Which agreement did China's Communist government sign with the USSR in 1950?
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Analyse the causes of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961).
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What was the main purpose of the 'backyard furnaces' built during the Great Leap Forward?
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What event in 1969 demonstrated that the Sino-Soviet alliance had completely broken down?
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Who was arrested in October 1976, shortly after Mao Zedong's death?
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Which policy directly followed the unexpectedly severe criticism raised during the Hundred Flowers Campaign in spring 1957?
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What was the primary target of the Five-Antis Campaign (1952)?
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Compare and contrast the ways in which two single-party states, one being Mao's China, used land and agricultural policy to consolidate power.
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According to historians' estimates, approximately how many people died in the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961)?
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To what extent was the arrest of the Gang of Four the decisive factor in ending the threat of a radical continuation of the Cultural Revolution after Mao's death?
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Compare and contrast the methods used by two Asian one-party states to maintain political control while pursuing economic change.
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Examine the role of Deng Xiaoping in shaping China's political and economic direction between 1976 and 1989.
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Discuss the view that China's relationship with the two Cold War superpowers between 1949 and 1976 was shaped primarily by ideology rather than strategic self-interest.
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To what extent did the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989 mark a turning point in the Deng Xiaoping era?
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Discuss the role of mass campaigns in helping the Chinese Communist Party maintain control between 1949 and 1961.
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