Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
1. What has gradually eroded the dominance of the traditional political culture in Texas?
a. Urbanization
b. Globalization and foreign trade
c. Catholicism
d. Continued dominance of the oil industry
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Introduction
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.1 - Define political culture.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
2. Which generation of Texans is more likely to identify as liberal than other generations?
a. Generation Z
b. Generation X
c. Baby Boomers
d. Silent Generation
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:54 AM
3. According to recent polling data available, what percentage of Texans self-identify as liberal?
a. 30 percent
b. 45 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 55 percent
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:03 AM
4. What best describes Texas's dominant political culture today?
a. Texans believe the best government is a limited government.
b. Texans believe the best government is an active liberal government.
c. Texans believe the best government promotes nontraditional values.
d. Texans believe the best government embraces social change.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.5 - Compare moralistic, individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
5. Data suggest that there is a significant difference between men and women when it comes to self-identified
partisanship. In Texas, women are more likely to consider themselves as what, compared to men?
a. Republicans
b. Moderates
c. Democrats
d. Libertarians
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:07 AM
6. According to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, which populous county is the most conservative in the state of
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
Texas?
a. Lubbock County
b. Jefferson County
c. Smith County
d. Travis County
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Evaluate
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
7. Which of the following political ideologies supports a limited role for government in the area of business regulation?
a. Liberal
b. Conservative
c. Moderate
d. Progressive
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's:Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:06 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:13 AM
8. Which of the following political ideologies most actively advocates for tolerance of social change and efforts to
increase diversity?
a. Conservative
b. Liberal
c. Moderate
d. Libertarian
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Apply
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
9. Which one of Meinig’s cultural regions has links to the Deep South, is primarily rural, and used to rely on cotton?
a. East Texas
b. West Texas
c. Rural badlands
d. Hill Country
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Texas’s Cultural Regions
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:16 AM
10. Which of the following best explains the historical opposition to significant government involvement in the economy
in Texas?
a. Texas has a strong transportation infrastructure.
b. Most Texas businesses depend on government subsidies and tax breaks.
c. Texans believe that social class inequality is a major problem.
d. Texans tend to hold a strong belief in the relationship between individual effort and economic success.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:18 AM
11. About how many Texans, according to polling, consider themselves moderates?
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1. What has gradually eroded the dominance of the traditional political culture in Texas?
a. Urbanization
b. Globalization and foreign trade
c. Catholicism
d. Continued dominance of the oil industry
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Introduction
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.1 - Define political culture.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
2. Which generation of Texans is more likely to identify as liberal than other generations?
a. Generation Z
b. Generation X
c. Baby Boomers
d. Silent Generation
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:54 AM
3. According to recent polling data available, what percentage of Texans self-identify as liberal?
a. 30 percent
b. 45 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 55 percent
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:03 AM
4. What best describes Texas's dominant political culture today?
a. Texans believe the best government is a limited government.
b. Texans believe the best government is an active liberal government.
c. Texans believe the best government promotes nontraditional values.
d. Texans believe the best government embraces social change.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.5 - Compare moralistic, individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
5. Data suggest that there is a significant difference between men and women when it comes to self-identified
partisanship. In Texas, women are more likely to consider themselves as what, compared to men?
a. Republicans
b. Moderates
c. Democrats
d. Libertarians
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:07 AM
6. According to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, which populous county is the most conservative in the state of
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
Texas?
a. Lubbock County
b. Jefferson County
c. Smith County
d. Travis County
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Evaluate
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
7. Which of the following political ideologies supports a limited role for government in the area of business regulation?
a. Liberal
b. Conservative
c. Moderate
d. Progressive
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's:Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:06 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:13 AM
8. Which of the following political ideologies most actively advocates for tolerance of social change and efforts to
increase diversity?
a. Conservative
b. Liberal
c. Moderate
d. Libertarian
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Apply
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
9. Which one of Meinig’s cultural regions has links to the Deep South, is primarily rural, and used to rely on cotton?
a. East Texas
b. West Texas
c. Rural badlands
d. Hill Country
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Texas’s Cultural Regions
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:16 AM
10. Which of the following best explains the historical opposition to significant government involvement in the economy
in Texas?
a. Texas has a strong transportation infrastructure.
b. Most Texas businesses depend on government subsidies and tax breaks.
c. Texans believe that social class inequality is a major problem.
d. Texans tend to hold a strong belief in the relationship between individual effort and economic success.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:18 AM
11. About how many Texans, according to polling, consider themselves moderates?
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