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Wheel of Knowledge - Chinese Civil War
Wheel of Knowledge - Chinese Civil War
IB History
Wheel of Knowledge
Use this Wheel of Knowledge to check your understanding of the Chinese Civil War to make sure that you know in
which areas you are strong, and which areas need revision or improvement.
Shade the wheel either green, orange or red using the key below:
Green: I can definitely do this. I understand everything. I don't need to worry about this!
Orange: Hmmm. I can do this, but I maybe I need to check back in my book/notes to be sure. Maybe I have forgotten
something?
Red: What? We studied this? Really? Was I absent?! I need to find out what I’m missing, copy up missed work, and
talk to my teacher about this.
1 Evaluate the importance of social inequalities in causing the Chinese Civil War.
2 To what extent was ideological difference the main reason for the outbreak of the Chinese Civil War?
3 Analyse the causes of the Chinese Civil War.
4 How significant was the Second Sino-Japanese War in causing the civil war in China?
5 Examine the impact of foreign intervention on the outcome of the Chinese Civil War.
6 How significant was military strategy in explaining the outcome of the Chinese Civil War?
7 Why were the Communists more successful than the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War?
8 To what extent was the outcome of the Chinese Civil War determined by the ability to gain popular
support?
9 Analyse the results of the Chinese Civil War.
10 How significant was the impact of the Chinese Civil War on women?
1. Discuss the reasons for the victory of one side in one 20th-century civil war.
You can divide this essay into the following headings:
strengths/successes of the CCP, 1928–1949
weakness/failures of the GMD, 1928–1949
the impact of the Sino-Japanese War
the impact of foreign intervention
3. Discuss the long- and short-term causes of one 20th-century civil war.
4. Evaluate the impact of guerrilla tactics on the outcome of one 20th-century civil war.