All of the Following Were Negative Effects of Mao's Leadership

question 120

Multiple Choice

All of the following were negative effects of Mao's leadership, EXCEPT:

• A) famine.
• B) Japanese cultural domination of China.
• C) soil degradation.
• D) policies that discriminated against intellectuals.

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