Question

Which of the following correctly delineates the major events in China in the order they occurred during the second half of the twentieth century?(1 point)
Responses

Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Tiananmen Square protests; Nationalists overthrow the Communists; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization
Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Tiananmen Square protests; Nationalists overthrow the Communists; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization

Communists overthrow the Nationalists; Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization; Tiananmen Square protests
Communists overthrow the Nationalists; Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization; Tiananmen Square protests

Tiananmen Square protests; Communists overthrow the Nationalists; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization; Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward
Tiananmen Square protests; Communists overthrow the Nationalists; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization; Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward

Communists overthrow the Nationalists; Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Mao Zedong’s economic modernization; Tiananmen Square protes

Answer 1

The correct order of major events in China during the second half of the twentieth century is:

1. Communists overthrow the Nationalists (1949)
2. Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward (1958-1962)
3. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
4. Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization (starting in the late 1970s)
5. Tiananmen Square protests (1989)

Thus, the correct response is:

**"Communists overthrow the Nationalists; Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution; Deng Xiaoping’s economic modernization; Tiananmen Square protests."**