Question

Which was likely the most significant cause of the great famine in china between 1959 -'s 1961

A rigid rules and schedules ignored local growing conditions

B resentful farmers refused to work their feilds

C most land in china was not owned by the people

D the food produced was inequitably distributed

The answer is c.

Answer 1

Option C: 'most land in china was not owned by the people', provides part of the answer. It is thought that drought and poor weather played a part in the famine too, although the relative contributions are disputed. It is widely acknowledged that the policies of the ruler at that time, Mao Zedong, of prohibiting land ownership, contributed to the famine. It could also be argued that option A: 'A rigid rules and schedules ignored local growing conditions', is also true. In particular, inappropriate farming policies were forced on farmers, such as planting seedlings in high density and ploughing the soil to very extreme depths.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - A rigid rules and schedules ignored local growing conditions.

The great Chinese famine is still discussed nowadays, and what were the actual causes for it. It seems that the strict and not very well thought through policies of the government in that period was the main cause because the planing was terrible, measures for protection of the crops were on a minimum, the amounts of certain product were projected for perfect conditions so any little disturbance would immediately cause a problem with starvation. The government blamed it all on the weather conditions, but it was just cover their terrible policies in the agricultural department. The starvation was so terrible that around 30 million people died and 30 million births were postponed.