Theme 2

Question 1

When were MAT’s set up?

Answer 1

December 1951

Question 2

By 1954 how many of the peasant households belonged to MAT’s

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

When was the Agrarian reform law?

Answer 3

June 1950

Question 4

When was the attack on Landlords?

Answer 4

1952

Question 5

How many landlords had been executed by 1952?

Answer 5

1-2 million

Question 6

How much did production rise after the attack on landlords?

Answer 6

15%

Question 7

When were APC’s set up?

Answer 7

1953

Question 8

How many initially joined APC’s?

Answer 8

14%

Question 9

What production growth was seen by APC’s between 1953-54?

Answer 9

<2%

Question 10

How many were part of APC’s by December 1953?

Answer 10

63.3%

Question 11

How many were part of APC’s by 1956?

Answer 11

96%

Question 12

How many were in higher level APC’s by the end of 1956?

Answer 12

88%

Question 13

How much did grain production increase under communes in 1957?

Answer 13

1%

Question 14

How many APC’s turned into how many communes?

Answer 14

740,000 - 26,000

Question 15

When was the four pests campaign?

Answer 15

1958

Question 16

When was the first 5 year plan?

Answer 16

1953-57

Question 17

What was the aim of the first 5 year plan?

Answer 17

Achieve a high growth rate, stimulate transition towards a socialist society and become an autarkic (self-sufficient) state

Question 18

What was the target for growth rate and what was the actual growth rate?

Answer 18

14.7% was the target and 15.5% was the actual growth rate

Question 19

When was the private sector abolished under the first 5 year plan?

Answer 19

1956

Question 20

How much was China loaned by the USSR?

Answer 20

£300 million

Question 21

How many experts were sent to China by the USSR?

Answer 21

11,000

Question 22

How many industrial enterprises were created under the plan?

Answer 22

156

Question 23

What two things was grain production needed for?

Answer 23

1) Needed for money to repay loans from USSR
2) Needed to feed the workforce

Question 24

How much did the value of agricultural output grow under the first 5 year plan?

Answer 24

2.1% a year

Question 25

When was the second 5 year plan launched?

Answer 25

1958-62

Question 26

How much did industrial production fall under the second 5 year plan?

Answer 26

40% of the 1958-59 level

Question 27

How much did the value of agricultural output grow under the first 5 year plan?

Answer 27

2.1% a year

Question 28

How many died in the famine? (roughly)

Answer 28

30-50 million

Question 29

How much did rural death rate rise as a result of the Famine?

Answer 29

1.1% to 2.8% by 1960

Question 30

How many died in Sichuan?

Answer 30

9 million

Question 31

How many died in Henan?

Answer 31

7.8 million

Question 32

How much of the cultivated land was flooded or suffered from drought during the famine?

Answer 32

60%

Question 33

When did Khrushchev pull out soviet advisors from China?

Answer 33

1960

Question 34

When did Mao resign as head of state?

Answer 34

1959

Question 35

How much did light industry grow a year after Liu and Deng’s reforms?

Answer 35

17%

Question 36

How much did heavy industry grow after Liu and Dengs reforms?

Answer 36

27%

Question 37

When did agricultural levels hit 1957 levels?

Answer 37

1965