What event ended the cultural revolution
a) economic collapse
b) deng xiaoping rise
c) nationwide famine
d) mao zedong's death

The correct answer is D. The event that ended the Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's death.

Explanation:

The Cultural Revolution was a sociopolitical movement that took place in China from 1966 to 1976. Initiated by Mao Zedong, then leader of the Chinese Communist Party, its stated goal was to preserve Chinese communism by reusing the remains of capitalist and traditional elements of Chinese society, and reimpose the thought of Mao Zedong as the dominant ideology within the Communist Party. The Revolution marked the return of Mao to a position of power after the failures of his Great Leap Forward. The movement paralyzed China politically and negatively affected both the economy and the country's society to a significant degree.

Mao officially declared that the Cultural Revolution had ended in 1969, but its active phase lasted until the death of the military leader and successor proposed by Mao Lin Biao in 1971. After the death of Mao and the arrest of the Band of Four in 1976, the reformists led by Deng Xiaoping began to gradually dismantle the Maoist policies associated with the Cultural Revolution.