World Civilization since 1750
“Working with Evidence” Questions
Please answer the following questions based on the sources in the “Working with Evidence”
section of Chapter 21 in Strayer’s Ways of the World. Each response should be 5-8 sentences
long and provide as much detail as possible. Use only the textbook and lecture podcasts as
your sources. Submit the responses as a single Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).
1. What grievances found expression as peasants challenged landlords and husbands in Long
Bow Village (Source 21.1)?
2. What do Sources 21.3a and 21.3b suggest about the long-term goals of the Chinese
Communist Party leadership?
3. What does the image in Source 21.4 suggest about how the party sought to realize gender
equality? What is the significance of the work the young woman is doing? What is the “new
attitude” to which the caption refers?
4. What relationship between Mao and his young followers does the poster in Source 21.5
suggest? Why might some scholars have seen a quasi-religious dimension to that
relationship?
5. According to Source 21.6, what actions did the Red Guards take toward their teachers?
What were the actions intended to accomplish?