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2. Which statement about the Long March of the Communists in 1934 is not true?

ANationalist forces attacked the Communists.

BMost Communists survived the journey.

CThe journey covered more than 6,000 miles (9,700 km).

DThe Communists suffered from hunger and disease.

1. Some way stations along the Silk Road _____.
   

Abecame modern cities

Bbelonged to nomadic herders

Chad high population density

1. China has used Hong Kong as _____.
   

Aa Special Economic Zone

Ban ally in the struggle against Taiwan

Can exchange point for trade with the West

Da tourist destination

1. Mandarin, the language was declared the official language of China in 1956, was spoken _____.
   

Aonly by government leaders

Bonly in eastern China

Cby Han Chinese

Dby all ethnic minorities

1. The leader who emerged in the early 1900s to lead the Chinese people as the nation’s first president _____.
   

Aformed an alliance with Japan

Bfavored Western ideas of government

Cfavored the ideas of Karl Marx

Dagreed that spheres of influence were necessary

1. The Chinese government changed its one-child policy _____.
   

Awhen overcrowding ended

Bbefore Mao’s death

Cwhen population growth stopped

Dafter worldwide criticism

1. The loess that farmers use to grow crops is deposited as silt in the fields by _____.
   

Adrought

Bship

Cfloods

Dwind