First president to visit communist china leonid brezhnev 2. egyptian leader menachem begin 3. israeli leader ayatollah khomeini 4. deposed shah of iran richard nixon 5. soviet leader visited by nixon in 1972 archibald cox 6. nixon's vice president spiro agnew 7. leader of the islamic republic of iran mohammed reza pahlavi 8. fired by president nixon anwar el-sadat

Here are your correct matches, with a few bits of added info:

1.  First president to visit Communist China = Richard Nixon

2. Egyptian leader = Anwar el-Sadat

3. Israeli leader = Menachem Begin

4. deposed Shah of Iran =  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

5. Soviet leader visited by Nixon in 1972 = Leonid Brezhnev

6. Nixon's Vice President = Spiro Agnew

7. leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran = Ayatollah Khomeini

8. fired by President Nixon Archibald Cox

an expansion is one of two basic business cycle phases; the other is contraction. the transition from expansion to contraction is a peak, and the changeover from contraction to expansion is a trough.

b. major john c. frémont led a rebellion called the bear flag revolt.

explanation:

during the bear flag revolt, from june to july 1846, a small group of american settlers in california rebelled against the mexican government and proclaimed california an independent republic. the republic was short-lived because soon after the bear flag was raised, the u.s. military began occupying california, which went on to join the union in 1850. the bear flag became the official state flag in 1911.