Questions for Education and Healthcare

By Jack Melton, William Denegri, Niall O’Malley

Multiple Choice Questions• 1. How many million peasants attended winter schools? • A) 54 Million, B) 42 million, C) 36 Million • 2. What year did the system become more elitist? • A) 1952, B) 1961, C) 1959 • 3. In 1960 how many students did schools over China have? • A) 2.4 Million, B) 3.6 Million, C) 4.8 Million • 4. By 1953 which % of students were in engineering, medicine and agriculture? • A) 63%, B) 70%, C) 49% • 5. In 1957 what was the life expectancy? • A) 62, B) 52, C) 57 • 6. By 1960 approximately how many schools were there? • A) 40,000, B) 30,000, C) 20,000 • 7. How many doctors existed in China in 1965? • A) 125,000, B) 111,000, C) 150,000 • 8. In what years did Russian students start learning at Chinese colleges? • A) 1952-1958, B) 1956-1962, C) 1949-1954 • 9. In what year did Mao criticise the education system? • A) 1956, B) 1961, C) 1964 • 10. What percentage did healthcare spending rise above in 1965? • A) 2.2%, B) 2.6%, C) 3.1% • 11. What was the life expectancy in 1949? • A) 31, B) 42, C) 36 • 12. What new thing was introduced in 1955? • A) A new written language, B) A new number scheme, C) A new subject • 13. When was the ministry of education established? • A) 1959, B) 1952, C) 1962 • 14. How many doctors existed in 1949? • A) 20,000, B) 30,000, C) 40,000 • 15. In 1973 how many new doctors were trained? • A) Over 1 million, B) Over 2 million, C) Over 3 million

Fill in the blanks• Healthcare remained a ____ Priority in the budget. The _____________ can

be interpreted as a practical solution to China’s shortage of_____, but also as a hollow propaganda stopgap to win support without diverting funds from Mao’s ambitious _____and _____ priorities. What advancements there were in healthcare provision were greatly disrupted by the upheavals of the _______and the_________. Similarly, access to educational opportunities did, at times,______, but the line between education and indoctrination was frequently______. An education system that ________students to solve all problems by the use of predetermined formulae derived from Mao Zedong Thought certainly bolstered the regime’s hold on power.

• Possible answers: Cultural Revolution, military, encouraged, economic, barefoot doctor scheme, blurred, Low, increase, Great leap forward, Doctors

2 Analytic Questions

1. Why did the educational reforms fail 1949-58?

2. How effective was the health policy?

Thanks for answering!