Starter quiz
- What is a conflict that takes place between people from the same country called?
- 'civil war' ✓
- Which countries were members of the Grand Alliance?
- Britain ✓
- Germany
- Japan
- USA ✓
- USSR ✓
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- In which year did World War Two (WW2) end?
- '1945' ✓
- Which of the following countries was communist?
- Britain
- France
- USA
- USSR ✓
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- What was the name of the US policy intended to prevent the spread of communism?
- containment ✓
- expulsion
- extinction
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- How was the split between countries during the Cold War usually characterised?
- split between East and North
- split between East and South
- split between East and West ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the following groups and individuals with their correct descriptions.
- KMT⇔Chinese Nationalist Party ✓
- CCP⇔Chinese Communist Party ✓
- Mao Zedong⇔leader of the Chinese Communist Party ✓
- Chiang Kai-Shek⇔leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party ✓
- Write the missing word. From 1946-49, ______ experienced a civil war.
- 'China' ✓
- Which country supported the CCP during the Chinese Civil War?
- Britain
- USA
- USSR ✓
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- Who won the Chinese Civil War?
- CCP ✓
- KMT
- USA
- USSR
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- The KMT was controlled by the USA.
- The KMT fought against the USA.
- The KMT sometimes defied the USA. ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔End of World War Two
- 2⇔Civil war began between the KMT and CCP.
- 3⇔Nationalist forces made large gains.
- 4⇔Chiang Kai-Shek refused US calls to negotiate.
- 5⇔Mao declared the war had reached a turning point.
- 6⇔Nationalists were forced into exile.
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Key learning points
- The Nationalist Party (KMT) ruled China in 1945, but was challenged by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
- China experienced a civil war lasting from 1946-49.
- The CCP emerged victorious from the Chinese Civil War.
- Both the KMT and CCP received foreign support.
- At times, both the KMT and CCP ignored US and Soviet attempts to control them.
Common misconception
The CCP and KMT were under Soviet and US control.
Both sides in the Chinese Civil War were able to resist attempts by foreign powers to control their actions, such as the KMT in 1946 and CCP in 1949.
Keywords
Kmt - the Chinese Nationalist Party
Ccp - the Chinese Communist Party
Civil war - a conflict between people and groups from the same country
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