Chinese farmers were able to increase agricultural production by using the dragon backbone pump which improved irrigation and allowed more land to be farmed.   TrueFalse

How did mountains and deserts help Chinese civilization develop?Group of answer choicesProvided fertile farmlandMade transportation easierLimited invasions

What technology did farmers use to draw water from deep wells for irrigation?a)Kabilaib)Ploughc)Windmilld)Irrigation pump

Source: People’s Republic of China’s Government poster, 1960Qi, Du. “Chinese Man & Woman with Steel & Wheat.” Chinese Posters, Chongqing renmin chubanshe, chineseposters.net/posters/e15-614.php.Caption: “Start the movement to increase production and practice thrift, with foodstuffs and steel at the center, with great force!”Which of the following is most similar to the agricultural program in the People’s Republic of China in the mid-twentieth century?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAJoseph Stalin’s Five Year Plans for the Soviet Union.BThe British Enclosure Movement prior to the Industrial Revolution.CFranklin D. Roosevelt’s economic changes during New Deal.DAdolf Hitler’s emphasis on rebuilding Germany after World War I.

What crop was widely grown in China in the late 1700s, contributing to its self-sufficiency?*4 pointsRiceWheatMaizePotatoes

By then, some of the wastelands in the village had been converted to cultivable land. There exists no further scope to increase farm production by bringing new land under cultivation.