In the period before German colonisation, Samoa produced mostly copra. German merchants and settlers were active in introducing large scale plantation operations and developing new industries, notably cocoa bean and rubber, relying on imported labourers from China and Melanesia. When the value of natural rubber fell drastically, about the end of the Great War (World War I), the New Zealand government encouraged the production of bananas, for which there is a large market in New Zealand.[citation needed] COUNT 5
QSN1 What was Samoa's major production product before the Germans arrived? ANS1 copra QSN2 What product significantly dropped in price at the end of World War I? ANS2 natural rubber QSN3 What did Samoa start growing more of to make up for the lost value of rubber? ANS3 bananas QSN4 Which country's government wanted Samoa to grow bananas for them? ANS4 New Zealand QSN5 Besides Melanesia, which country sent many workers for the cocoa and rubber plantations in Samoa? ANS5 China