Chapter 3: Push Factors / Reasons for Coming to Singapore - Overpopulation in China

Question 1

Did China also face the problem of over population in the 19th century?

Answer 1

Yes.

Question 2

What happened to China’s population between 1650 and 1800?

Answer 2

China’s population nearly doubled.

Question 3

Was there sufficient farmland to sustain the rapid / fast growth in population?

Answer 3

No.

Question 4

Which provinces were most impacted / especially affected by the effects of overpopulation in China?

Answer 4

Southern provinces of China such as Fujian and Guangdong.

Question 5

Why were the people living in the southern provinces of China especially affected by the rapid growth in China’s population?

Answer 5

Many of the people lived in mountainous regions where there was limited land for growing crops.

Question 6

What did the people living in the southern provinces suffer from as a result of overpopulation and limited / insufficient land for growing crops?

Answer 6

Starvation

Question 7

What were the living conditions of the people living in the southern provinces of China like?

Answer 7

Very poor / miserable conditions. The people suffered from starvation and poverty.