Social Aspects Of China

Question 1

What was one of the benefits of the sino soviet pact on education and when was it ?

Answer 1

1950 -Chinese students co up d go and study in the ussr universities as they were highly regarded for the maths and science

Question 2

What was the literacy rate of China in 1949 ?

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

What was the basic literacy rate increased by from 20% in 1949 to in 1970s ?

Answer 3

70%

Question 4

What were the successes of female policies from 1949-57 ?

Answer 4

1950- marriage law made them equal to men
Increased number of women attended school and universities

Question 5

What were the failures of female reforms between 1949-57 ?

Answer 5

Women had to work long and heavily physical hours
The birth of a girl was considered to be a waste of recourses, whereas as boy brought honour
Mao and other PLA members had their own concubines

Question 6

What was a concubine ?

Answer 6

A female prostitute who was looked after by wealthy members of the government

Question 7

What were the successes of health reforms ?

Answer 7

In the 1950s most peasants saw a doctors for the first time
Many barefoot doctors were trained to treat disease in rural areas
Life expectancy increased

Question 8

Why was the status of women weakened by the famine ?

Answer 8

Boy children were given food priority
and baby girls were eaten as they were considered less valuable than boys

Question 9

What were the failures of health campaigns between 1949-57 ?

Answer 9

It was never prioritised by the government
The target number of doctors in rural areas was never met
Took a long time for medicine and hospitals to be j geoducks into the countryside

Question 10

What were the successes of the education policies between 1949-57 ?

Answer 10

Literacy rates increased
Changes in curriculum meant that there were more trained specialist in china in various sectors
Females were given more opportunities to receive an education

Question 11

What were the failure of education between 1949-57 ?

Answer 11

By 1956 less than 50% of children were in full time education
Children of high ranking officials revived a higher level of education than public lids

Question 12

What did life expectancy rise to from 1949-76

Answer 12

More than doubled
35 yrs to 71 yrs
depending on gender

Question 13

What percentage of state funding did healthcare revive in 1952 ?

Answer 13

1 %

Question 14

What did literacy rate increase to from 20% in 1949 to in 1960s ?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

What percentage of state investment did the education system receive in 1952 ?

Answer 15

6%

Question 16

When did Mao launch the four olds and what were they ?

Answer 16

Old culture
Old customs ( practices )
Old habits
Old ideas
Launched at the start of the revolution as an attack in religion

Question 17

Why and how did Mao attack religion during the cultural revolution
1966-76 ?

Answer 17

Mao felt that religion was an old practice and encouraged superstition and ‘old thinking’

When peasants moved into communes all shrines max worship of religion was destroyed (1958)

Question 18

What were women regarded as before the marriage law and establishment of the PRC ?

Answer 18

“ maggots in rice “

Question 19

How did Mao review women after being regarded as “ maggots in rice “

Answer 19

Women “ hold up half the sky “

Question 20

How did Mao describe arranged marriages prior to the marriage law in 1950 ?

Answer 20

“Indirect rape “

Question 21

What were aspects of the 1950 marriage law ?

Answer 21

. No concubines
. Gender equality
. Women could inherit male land
Land reform gave females land ownership for the first time
. No arranged marriages

Question 22

What important group was set up and was a symbol of female equality under Mao and in what year ?

Answer 22

1949- women’s federation

Fought for equality and helped women prior to the marriage law

Question 23

What were three benefits of barefoot doctors ?

Answer 23

. Rural population took up most of china and disease spread quickly
. Shortage of doctors
. Variety of diseases needed to be cured

Question 24

What happened as a result of lack of doctors ?

Answer 24

People relied on traditional methods such as acupuncture and respecting dead relatives

Question 25

What did isolation from the west mean about medicine in china ?

Answer 25

Being isolated from the west , china didn’t have access to the medical technology that was being developed in the rest of the world

Question 26

What was the mortality rate of children in 1949 ?

Answer 26

50%

Question 27

What desease was targeted by the government in north an china and what did it do ?

Answer 27

Kala-azar
Spread by dogs and attacked the liver
All dogs were killed and the disease was eliminated

Question 28

What desease was targeted by Mao in the south of china and what did it do ?

Answer 28

Snail fever
Affected 1/10 people
Spread through parasites in dirty water
Rivers and swamps were drained which killed the snails and and peas t were taught about transmission of germs

Question 29

How many universities were there in 1949, 1960 and 1970 ?

Answer 29

1949- 200
1960- 1290
1970- 430 ( cultural revolution )

Question 30

Why did Mao focus on vacational training and not develop big a prolateriat ?

Answer 30

Believed you didn’t need a proletariat unlike in the ussr and wanted to focus on more practical skills to help develop agriculture and industry

Question 31

In the 1950 what happened to the amount of university applications?

Answer 31

Quadrupled

Question 32

What was the life expectancy of infants during the famine of 1959-62 ?

Answer 32

0.3 %

Question 33

H hi pe many universities opens between 1949-89 ?

Answer 33

Over 1000

Question 34

When did Mao introduce Pinyin and what was it ?

Answer 34

1958
A compact and more simple educational curriculum that’s focussed on science and an attempt to Transform education