A)
Which U.S. president traveled to China to begin a new era of better relations between the
two countries?
(1 point)
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
B)
The U.S. president who traveled to China to begin a new era of better relations between the two countries was Richard Nixon.
A)
What triggered China's 1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion?
(1 point)
A prolonged famine that had killed thousands of Chinese.
the presence of westerners
the imprisonment of university professors
the government's massacre of a village's peasants
B)
The trigger for China's 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion was the presence of westerners.
A)
What was Mao Zedong's intent with the Cultural Revolution?
(1 point)
to purge the nation of peasants
to eradicate intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences
to jump-start a rebirth of the arts and humanities
to spread his Communist doctrine to other countries
B)
Mao Zedong's intent with the Cultural Revolution was to eradicate intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences.
A)
What 2008 event is China hoping to use as a showcase of its reform?
(1 point)
the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations
the Summer Olympic Games
the WTO summit
the opening of Disneyland in Asia
B)
The event that China hoped to use as a showcase of its reform in 2008 was the Summer Olympic Games.
A)
What Soviet leader cut ties with China after a heated discussion with Mao Zedong over
Communist ideologies?
(1 point)
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Mikail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
D) Nikita Khrushchev
A)
What significance does October 1, 1949, have in Chinese history?
(1 point)
The Boxer Rebellion was defeated by foreign troops.
The last dynasty ended with the death of its empress.
Mao Zedong declared China the "People's Republic of China."
China ended its self-imposed isolation.