Reference no: EM133222935

1. What government action caused several uprisings in post-World War II Poland and led to the formation of the Solidarity trade union?

A. Attempt to raise income taxes

B. Attempt to raise food prices

C. Attempt to increase work quotas for individual workers

D. Attempt to raise energy prices

2. Which Chinese leader introduced economic reforms that shifted the system to market socialism?

A. Zhao

B. Mao

C. Deng

D. Xi

3. Recent research suggests that rising national income in China has not been accompanied by rising personal happiness among residents, and this pattern has been observed elsewhere. What name have economists given this phenomenon?

A. Mao conjecture

B. Middle income trap

C. Bourne ultimatum

D. Easterlin paradox

4. According to the textbook authors, China has recently exhibited greater income inequality than both Russia and the US.

True

False

5. Mao's support for Stalin contributed to the Sino-Soviet split in the late 1950's. In which of the following ways did Mao's policies differ from Stalin's policies?

A. Mao emphasized the urban-industrial sectors of the economy

B. Mao emphasized regionally decentralized control

C. Mao supported traditional culture

D. Mao supported a professional bureaucracy