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Unrealistic targets and communal policies severely damaged agriculture and food supplies."},{"text":"A nationwide industrial collapse.","correct":false,"explanation":"Industrial disruption occurred, especially when backyard furnaces produced poor-quality metal, but the major disaster associated with the Great Leap Forward was widespread famine."}]},{"id":"f5c59373-7279-4248-9d12-418f504a605b","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Which named responsibility system did Deng introduce after 1978?","back":"The Household Responsibility System.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The Household Responsibility System.","correct":true,"explanation":"Deng introduced the Household Responsibility System after 1978, allowing families to contract land, meet state quotas and keep or sell much of their surplus."},{"text":"The People’s Commune System.","correct":false,"explanation":"People’s communes were associated with Mao’s Great Leap Forward, not Deng’s post-1978 reforms. 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Household contracts and market incentives were its defining features."}]},{"id":"391be51d-de7c-4a98-a159-f1c5e711d49b","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Deng's reforms used [ ] such as [ ] to attract foreign investment.","back":"Deng's reforms used Special Economic Zones such as Shenzhen to attract foreign investment.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Deng's reforms used Special Economic Zones such as Shenzhen to attract foreign investment.","correct":true,"explanation":"Special Economic Zones offered favourable tax arrangements, looser regulations and greater openness to overseas capital. Shenzhen became the best-known example of this reform strategy."},{"text":"Deng's reforms used Open Coastal Cities such as Shenzhen to attract foreign investment.","correct":false,"explanation":"Shenzhen was a Special Economic Zone, not simply an Open Coastal City. The two policies were related, but the named category associated with Shenzhen is the former."},{"text":"Deng's reforms used Special Economic Zones such as Shanghai to attract foreign investment.","correct":false,"explanation":"Shanghai became an important open coastal city, but it was not one of the original Special Economic Zones. Shenzhen was the prominent early example of the SEZ policy."},{"text":"Deng's reforms used Township and Village Enterprises such as Shenzhen to attract foreign investment.","correct":false,"explanation":"Township and Village Enterprises were locally owned rural businesses, whereas Shenzhen was established as a Special Economic Zone to attract foreign investment and test market reforms."}]},{"id":"9a7a8f30-f4bb-41d0-af42-531368d693d5","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"What tradition did the May Fourth Movement attack?","back":"Confucian tradition.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Confucian tradition.","correct":true,"explanation":"The May Fourth Movement criticised Confucian hierarchy and traditional values, which activists associated with China’s political weakness, social conservatism and resistance to modernisation."},{"text":"Buddhist tradition.","correct":false,"explanation":"Although some religious practices faced criticism, the movement’s central intellectual target was Confucian tradition, especially its emphasis on hierarchy, obedience and inherited authority."},{"text":"Daoist tradition.","correct":false,"explanation":"The May Fourth activists mainly attacked Confucian social and political values rather than Daoism. Their criticism focused on traditions believed to obstruct science, democracy and national renewal."},{"text":"Marxist tradition.","correct":false,"explanation":"Marxism was not the tradition primarily attacked by the May Fourth Movement; it later influenced many activists. The movement initially challenged Confucian values and sought cultural change."}]},{"id":"a6e09b53-9a1d-42dc-ab41-419073e3a6de","cardType":"basic","points":3,"front":"Which Four Olds did Red Guards attack?","back":"

Old ideas
Old culture
Old customs
Old habits

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Old ideas
Old culture
Old customs
Old habits

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Old leaders
Old culture
Old customs
Old habits

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Old ideas
Old religion
Old customs
Old habits

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Old ideas
Old culture
Old laws
Old habits

","correct":false,"explanation":"The formal third category was old customs, not old laws. The Four Olds targeted traditional beliefs, culture, customs and habits during Mao’s Cultural Revolution."}]},{"id":"814900f3-7774-4f63-b13c-68529fac0f95","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Which treaty ceded Hong Kong and opened five treaty ports?","back":"The Treaty of Nanjing 1842.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The Treaty of Nanjing 1842.","correct":true,"explanation":"This treaty ended the First Opium War, ceded Hong Kong to Britain and opened five ports, including Shanghai and Guangzhou, to British trade and residence."},{"text":"The Treaty of Tianjin 1858.","correct":false,"explanation":"This treaty followed fighting in the Second Opium War and opened additional ports. The Treaty of Nanjing 1842 ceded Hong Kong and opened the original five treaty ports."},{"text":"The Convention of Beijing 1860.","correct":false,"explanation":"This convention concluded the Second Opium War and ceded Kowloon to Britain. The Treaty of Nanjing 1842 had earlier ceded Hong Kong and opened five treaty ports."},{"text":"The Treaty of Shimonoseki 1895.","correct":false,"explanation":"This treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War and ceded Taiwan to Japan. The Treaty of Nanjing 1842 ceded Hong Kong and established the five treaty ports."}]},{"id":"a0d0286d-8b4e-418b-ae5b-4e278869877c","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why did the opium trade create a fiscal problem for Qing officials?","back":"It reversed the silver flow.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It reversed the silver flow.","correct":true,"explanation":"Chinese demand for imported opium caused silver to flow out of China rather than into it, creating silver shortages and making tax collection more difficult for Qing officials."},{"text":"It increased the silver inflow.","correct":false,"explanation":"Earlier exports such as tea had brought silver into China, but imported opium reversed this pattern. Silver flowed abroad, producing shortages and disrupting the Qing taxation system."},{"text":"It eliminated the copper shortage.","correct":false,"explanation":"The central fiscal problem concerned silver leaving China, not opium solving a copper shortage. Opium reversed the silver flow and destabilised the relationship between silver taxes and copper incomes."},{"text":"It reduced the silver taxes.","correct":false,"explanation":"Qing taxes were not reduced to accommodate the trade. Opium reversed the silver flow, making scarce silver more expensive relative to copper and increasing the effective burden on taxpayers."}]},{"id":"a8eb3da7-7457-46f9-a1d2-fbbb329d04eb","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"In the notes' balanced judgement, what was opium's role in causing the First Opium War?","back":"Opium was the immediate trigger, not the sole cause.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Opium was the immediate trigger, not the sole cause.","correct":true,"explanation":"The opium crisis precipitated confrontation, but the war also arose from wider disputes over trade, diplomacy, sovereignty and Britain’s demands for a different relationship with Qing China."},{"text":"Opium was the sole underlying cause, not merely a trigger.","correct":false,"explanation":"Treating opium as the sole cause ignores wider tensions over trade, diplomacy and sovereignty. Opium was the immediate trigger, but it operated within a longer-running Anglo-Qing conflict."},{"text":"Opium was a minor consequence, not a cause of war.","correct":false,"explanation":"Opium was central to the immediate crisis, especially after Lin Zexu confiscated and destroyed British stocks. It was the immediate trigger, although wider tensions also caused the war."},{"text":"Opium was the long-term background, not the immediate trigger.","correct":false,"explanation":"This reverses opium’s role in the balanced judgement. Wider commercial and diplomatic tensions formed the long-term background, while the confrontation over opium provided the immediate trigger."}]},{"id":"f959b657-0d7e-4a07-b0a2-36dcf94673f0","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"The [ ] 1901 imposed a huge indemnity and allowed [ ] in key areas.","back":"The Boxer Protocol 1901 imposed a huge indemnity and allowed foreign troops in key areas.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The Boxer Protocol 1901 imposed a huge indemnity and allowed foreign troops in key areas.","correct":true,"explanation":"The Boxer Protocol settled the crisis after the Boxer Uprising, imposing a vast indemnity and permitting foreign troops to guard strategic locations, further restricting Qing sovereignty."},{"text":"The Treaty of Shimonoseki 1901 imposed a huge indemnity and allowed foreign troops in key areas.","correct":false,"explanation":"The Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed in 1895 after China’s defeat by Japan. The Boxer Protocol of 1901 imposed the indemnity and authorised foreign troop deployments."},{"text":"The Boxer Protocol 1901 imposed a huge indemnity and allowed Chinese troops in key areas.","correct":false,"explanation":"The agreement strengthened foreign military access rather than Chinese troop control. The Boxer Protocol permitted foreign troops in strategic areas, demonstrating China’s loss of sovereignty after the uprising."},{"text":"The Convention of Beijing 1901 imposed a huge indemnity and allowed foreign merchants in key areas.","correct":false,"explanation":"The Convention of Beijing concluded the Second Opium War in 1860. In 1901, the Boxer Protocol imposed the indemnity and permitted foreign troops, not merely merchants, in key areas."}]},{"id":"a0563c06-ceeb-4430-b6b6-3e5314c32314","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why did southeastern governors' refusal to join the Boxer war matter?","back":"It showed weak central authority.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It showed weak central authority.","correct":true,"explanation":"The governors’ ability to ignore the Qing court and keep their provinces out of the conflict demonstrated that central commands could no longer reliably control powerful regional officials."},{"text":"It showed strong provincial unity.","correct":false,"explanation":"The governors cooperated to protect their own regions, but their defiance exposed division between provinces and the court. It therefore demonstrated weak central authority, not a unified Qing state."},{"text":"It showed effective military coordination.","correct":false,"explanation":"Refusing to participate did not demonstrate coordinated national defence. It showed that the court could not compel major provincial governors to follow its policy, revealing weak central authority."},{"text":"It showed popular support for Boxers.","correct":false,"explanation":"The actions of southeastern governors concerned elite provincial defiance, not evidence of popular attitudes. Their refusal to join the war showed the weakness of the Qing central government."}]},{"id":"3592d4a0-d096-414a-b1b2-bd599fedf9f8","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Japan seized [ ] in 1931 and invaded fully after the [ ] in 1937.","back":"Japan seized Manchuria in 1931 and invaded fully after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Japan seized Manchuria in 1931 and invaded fully after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937.","correct":true,"explanation":"Japan occupied Manchuria following the Mukden Incident in 1931. Fighting at the Marco Polo Bridge in July 1937 then escalated into full-scale war with China."},{"text":"Japan seized Korea in 1931 and invaded fully after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937.","correct":false,"explanation":"Japan had formally annexed Korea in 1910, not seized it in 1931. The 1931 occupation targeted Manchuria, while the Marco Polo Bridge Incident began full-scale war in 1937."},{"text":"Japan seized Manchuria in 1931 and invaded fully after the Mukden Incident in 1937.","correct":false,"explanation":"The Mukden Incident occurred in 1931 and provided the pretext for occupying Manchuria. Full-scale invasion followed the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937."},{"text":"Japan seized Taiwan in 1931 and invaded fully after the Xi’an Incident in 1937.","correct":false,"explanation":"Japan acquired Taiwan in 1895, while the Xi’an Incident occurred in 1936 and concerned Chinese politics. Japan seized Manchuria in 1931 and invaded fully after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident."}]},{"id":"c6b5c85f-af53-4497-9062-b1df162b824b","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Which earlier failure weakened Mao before the Cultural Revolution?","back":"The Great Leap Forward 1958-1961.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The Great Leap Forward 1958-1961.","correct":true,"explanation":"The Great Leap Forward produced economic disruption and catastrophic famine, damaging Mao’s standing and allowing more pragmatic leaders to assume greater responsibility before the Cultural Revolution."},{"text":"The First Five-Year Plan 1953-1957.","correct":false,"explanation":"The First Five-Year Plan achieved substantial industrial growth and strengthened the new regime. Mao was weakened instead by the disastrous Great Leap Forward of 1958-1961."},{"text":"The Land Reform Campaign 1950-1952.","correct":false,"explanation":"Land reform helped the Communists consolidate rural control, despite extensive violence. The major policy failure that weakened Mao before the Cultural Revolution was the Great Leap Forward of 1958-1961."},{"text":"The Korean War 1950-1953.","correct":false,"explanation":"China’s intervention in Korea carried enormous costs but enhanced the regime’s international prestige. Mao’s domestic position was weakened most directly by the failed Great Leap Forward of 1958-1961."}]},{"id":"6e0ac2a7-75e7-4b26-bfc6-2276cdaed1a3","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"What Soviet-style danger did Mao fear in the 1960s?","back":"Revisionism.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Revisionism.","correct":true,"explanation":"Mao feared that China might follow the post-Stalin Soviet Union by revising revolutionary principles, empowering bureaucratic elites and gradually restoring capitalist practices within a formally socialist system."},{"text":"Capitalism.","correct":false,"explanation":"Capitalist restoration was the feared outcome, but Mao’s specific term for the Soviet-style abandonment or dilution of revolutionary socialism was revisionism."},{"text":"Imperialism.","correct":false,"explanation":"Imperialism referred primarily to domination by foreign capitalist powers, especially the United States. Mao called the internal Soviet-style corruption of socialist principles revisionism."},{"text":"Feudalism.","correct":false,"explanation":"Feudalism described the old landlord-based social order that the Communists claimed to have overthrown. Mao’s 1960s fear of Soviet-style ideological retreat was revisionism."}]},{"id":"fb1cb818-453c-49a9-ade9-c84aff339293","cardType":"basic","points":3,"front":"What balanced judgement explains the Cultural Revolution's destructiveness?","back":"

Mao held central responsibility.
Local conflicts amplified the violence.

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Mao held central responsibility.
Local conflicts amplified the violence.

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Local leaders held central responsibility.
Mao’s policies had limited influence on the violence.

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Mao held central responsibility.
Economic problems mainly determined the level of violence.

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Party officials collectively held responsibility.
Popular enthusiasm was the main cause of the violence.

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