1. StrayerNotes Chapter 22
Rise & Fall of World Communism
Global Communism
1. When and where did communism have influence in
the 20
th
century? (1030-1031)
COMPARING COMMUNISM
Russia
2. Give the ways the communists (Bolsheviks) gained
control of Russia (1032-1035)
-What problems did communism try to “solve”?
-How did the communists win civil war?
China
3. Give the ways that communists (CCP) were able to
gain control of China. (1035-1037)
-How did the communists win the civil war in China?
-What problems did the communists try to “solve”?
Building Socialism
GIVE SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES in CHINA and
the SOVIET UNION in . . .
4. Where they started (1038)
5. Efforts at changing the status of women (1039-1040)
6. Efforts to build Socialism in the countryside (1040-
1041)
7. Industrialization (1041-1042)
8. the response by leaders to changes (1042-1043)
9. dealing with their “enemies” (1044-1045)
A Global Divide and a Cold War
Military Conflict and the Cold War
10. In what ways was the cold war expressed (what
happened in the cold war)? (1045-1047)
11. Why didn’t the Soviets and US just launch nuclear
weapons at each other? (1047-1048)
The US
12. In what ways did the US play a global role after
WWII? (1048-1049)
The Communist World 1950s-1970s
13. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the
communist world by the 1970s? (1049-1051)
The End of Communism
14. What caused the end of communism? (1051-1052)
China
15. What changed in China after Mao’s death? (1052-
1053)
16. What stayed the same? (1052-1053)
The Soviet Union
17. What caused the Soviet Union to collapse? (1054-
1057)
18. How did the end of communism in the Soviet Union
differ from the end of communism in China? (1054-
1057)
StrayerNotes Chapter 22
Rise & Fall of World Communism
Global Communism
1. When and where did communism have influence in
the 20
th
century? (1030-1031)
COMPARING COMMUNISM
Russia
2. Give the ways the communists (Bolsheviks) gained
control of Russia (1032-1035)
-What problems did communism try to “solve”?
-How did the communists win civil war?
China
3. Give the ways that communists (CCP) were able to
gain control of China. (1035-1037)
-How did the communists win the civil war in China?
-What problems did the communists try to “solve”?
Building Socialism
GIVE SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES in CHINA and
the SOVIET UNION in . . .
4. Where they started (1038)
5. Efforts at changing the status of women (1039-1040)
6. Efforts to build Socialism in the countryside (1040-
1041)
7. Industrialization (1041-1042)
8. the response by leaders to changes (1042-1043)
9. dealing with their “enemies” (1044-1045)
A Global Divide and a Cold War
Military Conflict and the Cold War
10. In what ways was the cold war expressed (what
happened in the cold war)? (1045-1047)
11. Why didn’t the Soviets and US just launch nuclear
weapons at each other? (1047-1048)
The US
12. In what ways did the US play a global role after
WWII? (1048-1049)
The Communist World 1950s-1970s
13. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the
communist world by the 1970s? (1049-1051)
The End of Communism
14. What caused the end of communism? (1051-1052)
China
15. What changed in China after Mao’s death? (1052-
1053)
16. What stayed the same? (1052-1053)
The Soviet Union
17. What caused the Soviet Union to collapse? (1054-
1057)
18. How did the end of communism in the Soviet Union
differ from the end of communism in China? (1054-
1057)