Question

mao zedong launched the cultural revolution in china in response to
new economic policies that threatened social equality.
new democratic policies that threatened social equality.
new social policies that threatened economic equality.
new communist policies that threatened economic equality.

Explanation:

The Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong in response to new economic policies (like those promoting material incentives and a more market - oriented approach in some aspects of the economy) that he believed threatened the social equality goals of socialism. The other options have incorrect policy characterizations: “new democratic policies” is not the relevant context, “new social policies” and the threat to “economic equality” as well as “new Communist policies” with the wrong equality threat do not match the historical context.

Answer:

A. new economic policies that threatened social equality.