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  • Mao Tse-tung was a Chinese Marxist

    • Let’s learn about Mao Zedong. This 10-page biography includes informative readings of his life, rise and reign. Exercises and puzzles are included!

    Overview:
    Page 1: His Life (reading)
    Page 2: Exercises: true/false questions & gap-fill

    Page 3: His Rise (reading)
    Page 4: Exercises: multiple choice & matching terms

    Page 5: His Reign (reading)
    Page 6: Exercises: open questions & word scramble

    Page 7: Exercise: timeline

    Page 8: Interesting Facts (exercise: word chop)

    Page 9: Word Search
    Page 10: Crossword (revision)

    The answers and an answer sheet are included.

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    Mao Tse-tung Facts & Worksheets

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    Mao Tse-tung was a Chinese Marxist theorist, statesman and revolutionary who became the leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 until his death in 1976 and founder and chairman of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from 1949 to 1959. His philosophical ideas mainly centered on nationalism, feminism, traditional Chinese philosophy and Marxism, which would later on be collectively termed as Maoism and seen in the programmes of the CCP.

    Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist Party

    • After the May Fourth Movement in 1919, anarchist and Marxist ideas started to spread widely in China, resulting in the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP or CPC) in 1921. Since the establishment of the Republic of China, the party has been in sole control of the Chinese government.
    • At the time of the founding of the CCP, China was still a divided and backward country ruled by power-greedy warlords. Because of constant wars with other factions, each warlord tried to receive foreign help, which resulted in foreign powers territorially and economically within China. The intellectuals who founded the CCP believed that Marxism would unite, strengthen and modernise China.
    • In 1934, Chiang Kai-shek led a massive campaign against the CCP which forced the latter to escape towards the north. This event was eventually known as the Long March. In the Long March, the Red Army comprised 100,000 soldiers covering 10,000km until they reached Shaanxi by 1935. It is said that 95,000 soldiers died and this is the period where Mao Tse-tung gained leadership of the Red Army.
    • Mao Tse-tung was born on 26 December 1893 in  Shaoshan village, Hunan Province, China, to a poor peasant family. He was a staunch supporter of anti-imperialism in China. While working at Peking University, he adopted Marxism-Leninism and became a founding member of the CCP in 1911.
    • Mao’s ideas mainly centered on:
      • Nation
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    Mao Zedong also known as Mao Tse-Tung was a soldier, communist leader, and founding father of the People’s Republic of China. He ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976.

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    Early Life:

    • Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China. He was the son of a grain dealer. Mao received very little education when he was young. By the age of 13, he worked full-time on their family farm.
    • When Mao was 17, he left home and enrolled in a school in Changsha, capital of Hunan province.
    • In 1911, Mao joined the Revolutionary Army and Kuomintang against the Chinese monarchy. After a year, Kuomintang, under the leadership of Sun Yat-Sen, overthrew the monarchy and established the Republic of China.
    • In 1918, Mao became a certified teacher after he graduated from the Hunan First Normal School. He travelled to Beijing and became an assistant librarian at Beijing University.
    • By 1921, Mao became one of the founding members of the Chinese Communist Party. He believed in the Leninist idea that the farming peasants were the key to communism in Asia. Mao became the party’s assistant assemblyman and executive to the Shanghai branch of the party.
    • In 1925, Chinese President Sun Yat-Sen died and was replaced by his successor Chiang Kai-Shek. Two years later, Chiang Kai-Shek broke the alliance and started expelling Com
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