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Chapter 16.1 Section Review



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Nixon hoped that power among nations could be distributed so that any one nation would not become too powerful.
 

 2. 

Nixon visited Beijing in February 1970.
 

 3. 

SALT I is the name of the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.
 

 4. 

An embargo is a ban of shipments.
 

 5. 

Golda Meir was the president of Egypt in 1974.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

Who was the first American president to visit behind the iron curtain?
a.
John F. Kennedy
c.
Richard M. Nixon
b.
George H.W. Bush
d.
Ronald Reagan
 

 7. 

What country played a key role in President Richard M. Nixon's plan for achieving a balance of power?
a.
Israel
c.
Soviet Union
b.
Egypt
d.
People's Republic of China
 

 8. 

Following his history-making trip to China, Nixon then visited
a.
Moscow.
c.
New York City.
b.
Paris.
d.
Beijing.
 

 9. 

Thousands of Palestinians lived in Israeli-held territory after the
a.
Egypt-Syria War.
c.
Yom Kippur War.
b.
Six-Day War.
d.
Israeli-Soviet War.
 

 10. 

What war caused Arab oil-producing states to impose an embargo on oil shipments to the United States?
a.
Yom Kippur War
c.
Syrian-Israeli War
b.
Soviet-Egyptian War
d.
Six-Day War
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
détente
d.
Henry Kissinger
b.
Anwar el-Sadat
e.
SALT I
c.
Golda Meir
 

 11. 

supported realpolitik
 

 12. 

easing international tensions
 

 13. 

landmark treaty
 

 14. 

Israel's prime minister
 

 15. 

Egypt's president
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

What was the nickname given to the visit to China by an American table-tennis team in 1971?
 

 17. 

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Nixon presidency?
 

 18. 

When was the Jewish state of Israel founded?
 

 19. 

How did the Arab oil embargo affect the United States?
 

 20. 

In what South American country did the United States support a military takeover of the government?
 



 
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