Question

Why did the terrible famine occur during China’s Great Leap Forward?(1 point)
Responses

Bad weather led to a sharp drop in grain production.
Bad weather led to a sharp drop in grain production.

Believing it was surplus, the central government took most of the grain from the countryside.
Believing it was surplus, the central government took most of the grain from the countryside.

Japan seized all the grain during World War II.
Japan seized all the grain during World War II.

The Tiananmen Square democracy protests made it impossible to distribute grain to the population.
The Tiananmen Square democracy protests made it impossible to distribute grain to the population.

Answer 1

Believing it was surplus, the central government took most of the grain from the countryside.

(Policy failures — forced collectivization, inflated production reports, and excessive grain requisitions — caused the famine; bad weather was a minor factor.)