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Mao's China, 1945–76
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40 Edexcel GCSE History questions on Mao's China, 1945–76, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What were backyard furnaces?

  1. Ovens used to bake bread in the communes
  2. Factories built by Soviet engineers in cities
  3. Small furnaces used to make steel during the Great Leap Forward
  4. Stoves given to peasants for winter heating
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✓ Answer: C — Small furnaces used to make steel during the Great Leap Forward
Award 1 mark. Peasants built hundreds of thousands of small furnaces and melted down pots and tools to meet steel targets, but most of the iron was useless. They were not bread ovens, Soviet-built factories or heating stoves.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which country helped China with its first Five-Year Plan (1953–57)?

  1. The Soviet Union
  2. The United States
  3. Japan
  4. Britain
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✓ Answer: A — The Soviet Union
Award 1 mark. The USSR sent loans, equipment and thousands of advisers to help China build heavy industry. The USA was hostile after the Korean War, Japan had been China's enemy, and Britain gave no such help.
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