Great Leap Forward Pre-test

deforestation

• These were encouraged by Mao during the Great Leap Forward; they were often operated by ignorant peasants with no knowledge of metalworking or iron ore.

• The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

agriculture

• Farming

• Burying dead bodies

Mao Zedong

• Chinese Communist leader during the Great Leap Forward, from 1949 to 1976.

• Moderate CCP politician and designated successor; died during the Cultural Revolution

Communism

• a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

• mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs

Communes

• large collectivized farms, created by Mao

• devouring one's own species