In the 1950s and 1960s, the Relationship Between the Soviet

question 88

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s and 1960s, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China

• A)remained unchanged.
• B)was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations.
• C)was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist.
• D)was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there.
• E)improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia.