Lesson 3
3 The Great Leap Forward Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 16
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What was the official name of Mao's rapid industrialisation campaign starting in 1958?
- Cultural Revolution
- Four Modernisations
- Great Leap Forward
- Hundred Flowers
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What large rural organisations combined farming, industry and daily life?
- Soviet collectives
- People's communes
- Private co-operatives
- Trade unions
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What traditional practices were abolished with the establishment of communes?
- Public education
- State taxation
- Industrial labour
- Private farming
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What were backyard furnaces built during the Great Leap Forward?
- Modern blast furnaces
- Village steel smelters
- Nuclear power plants
- Communal grain stores
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Who was criticised at the Lushan Conference in 1959?
- Lin Biao
- Peng Dehuai
- Jiang Qing
- Mao Zedong
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What was Lysenkoism during the Great Leap Forward?
- Advanced chemical fertiliser
- Unscientific farming theory
- Tractor manufacturing method
- Irrigation canal system
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When was the Great Famine?
- 1951–52
- 1945–49
- 1966–68
- 1958–62
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Which country did the Great Leap aim to catch in steel production?
- Germany
- USA
- Japan
- Britain
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Why was steel output inflated by local officials?
- Honest measurement
- Foreign incentives
- Advanced technology
- Unrealistic targets
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Villagers are told to eat in a shared hall and are no longer paid by household. What system is this?
- Market wages
- Private family homes
- Communal living
- Cooperative shops
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What major disaster was caused by excessive state grain requisitions?
- Urban flooding
- Labour shortage
- Rapid industrialisation
- Countryside famine
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What did the Great Leap rely on instead of advanced technology?
- Private enterprise
- Foreign investment
- Expert planning
- Mass mobilisation
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Farmers plant seeds too close together, reducing yields. Which theory supported this?
- Free market theory
- Lysenkoism
- Keynesian planning
- Confucian farming
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What caused the massive grain shortages during the Great Famine?
- Excessive rainfall
- Labour strikes
- Over-reported harvests
- Import restrictions
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How were commune members often paid instead of using cash?
- Grain rations
- Gold bullion
- Factory shares
- Foreign currency
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Which Great Leap result caused millions of deaths?
- Economic reform
- The Hundred Flowers
- The Cultural Revolution
- The Great Famine
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What caused the overall failure of the Great Leap Forward?
- Surplus grain
- Technological advancement
- Unrealistic targets
- Democratic planning
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How did the Lushan Conference impact Great Leap policies?
- Policies continued
- Famine ended
- Targets lowered
- Mao resigned
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What drove the rigid policies behind the Great Famine?
- Ideological zeal
- Scientific caution
- Foreign advice
- Capitalist reform
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What was the overall outcome of the Great Leap Forward?
- Famine and disruption
- Total economic collapse
- Democratic prosperity
- Instant modernisation
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