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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. Who was Zhang Chunqiao?

2. Beijing and ___ had opposing views of the Chinese identity.

3. Zhou had been stricken with which disease?

4. Drew Middleton worked for which newspaper?

5. In what year did the Qing Dynasty end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Kissinger say about foreign policy and the actions of the statesmen? How did Mao fit into this mold?

5. When did dialogue between the U.S. and China resume? What was the aim of the meeting?

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

7. What does Kissinger say about the ideology of China and Russia at this time?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast China and Thailand regarding the Mandate of Heaven and autonomy. Where does Thailand currently stand on Communism?

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

Mao and other Chinese leaders focused heavily on the nomadic territories to the north. Why were border wars so important? How did the presence of the nomads help/hinder the conflict between China and the Soviet Union? Who won the conflict?

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