1. How did Mao Zedong gain popular support and defeat the Nationalists in 1949?

2. What economic policies did Mao implement after establishing the People's Republic of China?

1. What was the Great Leap Forward and how did it reorganize Chinese agriculture?

2. What were the consequences of the Great Leap Forward for the Chinese people?

1. What were the goals and methods of the Cultural Revolution?

2. How did the Cultural Revolution affect Chinese society and Mao's political power?

1. Why were China and the Soviet Union hostile to each other despite both being communist states?

1. How did Russia and Britain intervene in Iran during World War II and what was the result?

2. What happened to Mohammad Mosaddegh and why did the United States and Great Britain oppose his government?

1. What were the White Revolution reforms and what was their primary goal regarding land ownership?

2. Why did the shah's land reform program face opposition from multiple groups in Iranian society?

1. What factors led to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and what type of government replaced the shah?

2. How did the new Iranian government's worldview and policies differ from those of the shah?

1. How did Venezuela's land reform program redistribute land and what problems did it create?

2. What political consequences resulted from Venezuela's land reform efforts?

1. What land reform efforts did Jacob Arbenz's government undertake and why was he overthrown?

1. How did communist promises of land reform help them gain support in Vietnam?

2. Why was South Vietnam's government less popular than the communist government in North Vietnam?

1. Why did Haile Selassie's leadership become unpopular in Ethiopia by the 1960s?

2. What changes occurred in Ethiopia after Mengistu Haile Mariam came to power in 1974?

1. What land reform policies did India implement after independence and what were the results?

2. How successful were land reform efforts in Kerala compared to the rest of India?