The Dictator Files: Mao Zedong (Hard) - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
He was born in this Chinese Province	Hunan	84%
He was one of the founding members of this party, which formed in 1921	Chinese Communist Party	81%
This was a precursor to this event, which Mao launched in 1966	The Cultural Revolution	74%
In 1950, he sent the People's Volunteers Army to fight in this war	Korean War	71%
This type of disaster struck China due to his poor economic policies	Famine	65%
After failed peace negotiations between the Kuomintang and the communists, the civil war resumed. By 1949, Mao's forces forced the Kuomintang to this island	Taiwan	65%
Economic campaign launched by him in order to raise China's production levels in steel and agriculture	The Great Leap Forward	65%
In 1937, this war started between China and Japan. Mao would try to limit communist involvement in the war	Second Sino-Japanese War	58%
Mao put emphasis on this class of people in his "Report on an Investigation of the ______ Movement in Hunan"	Peasants	55%
He was an assistant librarian at this university	Peking University	55%
His relations with this country deteriorated starting in 1956 as he viewed this country's policies as revisionist	Soviet Union	55%
Now the leader of China, Mao focussed on eliminating this class of people	Landlords	52%
Name of the book that was compiled by Marshal Lin Biao in 1964 containing excerpts from Mao's speeches and writings	Quotations From Chairman Mao	52%
Strategy employed by the two that deviated from previous communist tactics	Guerrilla Warfare	48%
1956 campaign that encouraged intellectuals to share their ideas with the party	Hundred Flowers Campaign	45%
In 1934, Chiang Kai-Shek's army forced the communists on this	Long March	45%
He gave this fruit to a group of workers. The fruit would then be worshipped as a symbol of Mao's gratitude	Mango	42%
Due to extensive criticism received by intellectuals, he launched this campaign to counter the above one	Anti-Rightist Campaign	39%
Because the above's army was significantly larger than his, Mao decided to move his forces to this northern province	Shaanxi	39%
Who succeeded Mao after his death	Hua Guofeng	35%
He also targeted corruption and capitalism in these campaigns	Three-Anti and Five-Anti Campaigns	35%
He then fled to these mountains in Jiangxi	Jinggang Mountains	32%
From 1966 until the early 1970s, this song was used as the unofficial national anthem of China replacing "March of the Volunteers". It refers to Mao as the great savior of China	"The East is Red"	32%
From 1942-1945, Mao further consolidated his power in this party campaign during the war	Yan'an Rectification Movement	29%
Communist general who allied with Mao at the above.	Zhu De	29%
Influential intellectual and one of the founders of the communist party that Mao admired in his youth	Chen Duxiu	26%
Production unit that Mao wanted to place all citizens in thinking they would maximize efficiency in production	People's Communes	26%
In the early days of the civil war, Mao was one of the leaders of this failed uprising	Autumn Harvest Uprising	23%
This was established when Mao's forces moved to Ruijin	Jiangxi Soviet	23%
In addition to being called the great leader, these other 3 great titles were used to refer to Mao during the above	Teacher \| Supreme Commander\| Helmsman	23%
Another rival who Mao effectively sidelined during the above	Wang Ming	19%
In January 1935, Mao was brought back to power at this conference	Zunyi Conference	19%
At this conference, Marshal Peng Dehuai was purged for sending a private letter to Mao criticizing his economic campaign	Lushan Conference	16%
Magazine written by the above that inspired Mao	"New Youth"	16%
American military mission which observed the communists. It gave a favorable impression of them	Dixie Mission	13%
Campaign started by Mao to root out reactionary elements and to make party members closer to the people	Socialist Education Movement	13%
After meeting up with the forces of this communist general's army, Mao's leadership was challenged	Zhang Guotao	13%
At this conference in 1962, Mao delivered a self-criticism and took a semi-retired role in party affairs until 1966	7000 Cadres Conference	10%
He attempted to consolidate power in party by removing this supposed group of Kuomintang spies	Anti-Bolshevik League	10%
In this city, communist forces attempted to resist the above as they though Mao was going to far	Futian	10%
In 1932, he was ousted from leadership positions at this conference	Ningdu Conference	10%

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