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Monday, March 2, 2015

Tuesday's Quiz Study Guide

Sino-Soviet Relations between Mao and Stalin 
and later Khrushchev
He was so unpopular that Khrushchev was able to bring along his only fan. Stalin would have attended the meeting as well, but he was DEAD!
Please know the following for tomorrow's brief quiz:


The page numbers (pg. XX) refer to the reading, Sino-Soviet Relations that I gave out last week. 
 
-What month and year did China proclaim itself a Communist nation? (pg. 112)

-Who was the leader of Communist China?  (pg. 112)

-In general terms (one sentence) how did the Western nations treat China during the 19th century? (pg. 112 under "background")

-Who led the Nationalist (GMD) Party, which fought against the Communists in China? (pg. 113)

-What was the main ideological difference between Soviet and Chinese Communists? (Hint: Triangles) (pg. 113)

-List two other reasons (besides ideology) why Stalin was reluctant to support Mao during the Chinese Civil War.  (pg. 114)

-Why would Nikita Khrushchev later suggest of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance, "It was an insult to the Chinese people"? (pg. 114 under "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance" Focus on how the Soviets treated the Chinese and what they did to "help" them.