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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vietnamese troops had infiltrated which location?

2. In which year did Kissinger first meet with Deng?

3. Drew Middleton worked for which newspaper?

4. How many years had gone by since the U.N. had passed a resolution regarding China and Korea?

5. Zhou had been stricken with which disease?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Deng's steps in the modernization of China? How did they compare to Mao's plans?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Mao's opinion on Communism in the Chinese culture? What movements did it create?

9. Mao was referred to as both a revolutionary and a pragmatist. How did Mao typically behave in a political sense?

10. Who stepped in after Zhou bowed out of the political race?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is your opinion of the history of China as presented by Henry Kissinger? Do you feel that Kissinger was able to be objective in his presentation of the historical and cultural facts about China? Do you think another person might have been able to present the history in a more objective light? Would the history be as accurate? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Chinese had an idea of how to get ahead in foreign trade. This included cornering the market in four main areas. What were those areas? What products were thought to be the most important? Why? How does foreign trade with China help/hinder the United States market? What is your opinion on how the United States should advance in the global trade market?

Essay Topic 3

Write an opinion on the future of the United States economy and how it is/will be affected by China. How has the United States relied on China in recent years during times of economic downturn? How might China help the United States during periods of economic recovery? What might China want in return? Explain.

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