Industry and agriculture RECAP

How many people died as a result of the Great Famine?

• 10-30 million

• 30-50 million

• 60-80 million

• 80-100 million

What product was created in the process of backyard furnaces?

• Copper

• Steel

• Aluminium

• Silver

What crime were many people punished for during the Great Famine?

• Eating bark from trees (stealing)

• Cannibalism

• Trespassing

• Not working hard enough to provide for the Communes

What was the agricultural policy adopted from the USSR?

• Stalinism

• Zinovievism

• Lysenkoism

• Trotskyism

What animal was targeted as a part of Lysenkoism that affected the ecosystem and productivity of Communes?

(a)  

How many people lived in the first Commune created?

(a)  

What year was the Agrarian Land Reform Law Passed?

• 1946

• 1950

• 1952

• 1948

How did Mao describe the Great Leap Forward?

• Running to our future

• Walking on two legs

• Learning to walk

• Using both legs instead of one

If something is collectivised or nationalised it is under control of ...

• All People

• The Peasantry

• The State

• The Singular Leader

What was the reason why Communes were not doing well during the Second Five-Year Plan?

(Can choose more than one answer)

• Worker demotivation

• Bad weather (typhoons, floods etc...)

• The state still exporting grain in spite of the famine

• Backyard furnaces