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?

How many people lived in the first Commune created?

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