2. What word is used to describe the agreement between President Ford and Soviet Premier Brezhnev?
(a) Confused.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Ill-planned.
(d) Worthless.

3. What item did China export to Russia?
(a) Grain.
(b) Rice.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wine.

4. How old was Kissinger at this time?
(a) 48.
(b) 50.
(c) 54.
(d) 51.

5. What was Mao's title?
(a) President.
(b) Premier.
(c) Chairman.
(d) Emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mountain range is on the western frontier of China?

2. In Indochina, the French colonial project left all but which country with contested borders?

3. This person went on to serve in which U.S. government position?

4. What animal is mentioned in conjunction with the Third Vietnam War?

5. Kissinger and Mao discussed the importance of Japan's feelings of ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mao combat his weakened position in the triumvirate?

2. How did the changes in government personnel change Sino-United States. relationships?

3. After Mao announced his illness and retirement, China was in danger. Why?

4. Mao presented a new sense of warmth toward the United States Where was this most noticeable? How did Mao now present the relationship between China and the United States?

5. What did Kissinger say about his first meeting with Mao?

6. Zhou would not last long in the political arena. Why?

7. In 1965, Mao began to show a change in attitude toward America. What does Kissinger say about Mao's new stance?

8. Kissinger says that Mao liked to speak in parables. What was Mao's message?

9. What changed in Russia in the mid-1950s? What caused the change?

10. How did China change in the first two decades after it became a Republic?

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