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 part due to concerns about the direction of the Party and society. There were no new democratic, social, or Communist policies at the time that directly threatened economic or social equality in the way described in the options. However, the idea was to prevent the restoration of capitalism and to re - assert revolutionary values. The most relevant among these options is the concern about new economic policies that could potentially undermine social equality, although this is a simplistic view of a complex historical event.

Answer:

new economic policies that threatened social equality.