Mao
Base your answers to the following questions on the passage below and on your knowledge of
social studies
. . . . (1) Internally, arouse the masses of the people. That is, unite the working class, the
peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie, form a domestic united
front under the leadership of the working class, and advance from this to the establishment of
a state which is a people’s democratic dictatorship under the leadership of the working class
and based on the alliance of workers and peasants.
(2) Externally, unite in a common struggle with those nations of the world which treat us as
equals and unite with the peoples of all countries. That is, ally ourselves with the Soviet Union,
with the People’s Democracies and with the proletariat and the broad masses of the people in all
other countries, and form an international united front
. . . . Source: Mao Tse-Tung [Mao Zedong], Selected Works, Volume Five,
1945–1949, New York International Publishers
In this passage, Mao Zedong is suggesting that China
(1) create a government under the leadership of industrialists
(2) give up its independence and become a part of the Soviet Union
(3) rely on the United Nations for economic aid
(4) join with the Soviet Union as a partner in communism
In this passage, Mao Zedong is using the ideas of
(1) Thomas Malthus (2) Adam Smith
(3) Karl Marx (4) Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-Shek)
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Which type of warfare did Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Ho Chi Minh all engage in as leaders
of revolutionary movements in their respective nations?
(1) guerilla (2) trench
(3) unrestricted submarine (4) biological
One way in which Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward are
similar is that both plans were
(1) efforts to reduce human rights violations
(2) policies to improve relations with the West
(3) methods used to control population growth
(4) attempts to increase agricultural and industrial production