Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
government - Correct Answers ✅the system by which a
state or community is governed
politics - Correct Answers ✅the practice and theory of
influencing other people
political culture - Correct Answers ✅broadly shared values,
beliefs, and attitudes about how the government should
function and politics should operate; American political
culture emphasizes the values of liberty, equality, and
democracy
moralistic political culture (definition) - Correct Answers
✅the belief that government should be active in promoting
the public good and that citizens should participate in politics
and civic activities to ensure that good
individualistic political culture (definition) - Correct Answers
✅the belief that government should limit its role to providing
order in society, so that citizens can pursue their economic
self-interests
traditionalistic political culture (definition) - Correct
Answers ✅the belief that government should be dominated
by political elites and guided by tradition
,Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
provincialism - Correct Answers ✅a narrow, limited, and
self-interested view of the world often associated with rural
values and notions of limited government
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Correct
Answers ✅trade treaty among the United States, Canada,
and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three
countries
impresario - Correct Answers ✅an individual who
promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a particular
endeavor
poll tax - Correct Answers ✅a state-imposed tax on voters
as a prerequisite for voting; poll taxes were rendered
unconstitutional in national elections by the Twenty-Fourth
Amendment, and in state elections by the Supreme Court in
1966.
urbanization - Correct Answers ✅the process by which
people move from rural areas to cities
In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states? -
Correct Answers ✅Second to California. 268,601 sq. miles
,Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
Which of Texas's physical regions is characterized by the
presence of many of the state's largest ranches? - Correct
Answers ✅Interior Lowlands
Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-
most part of Texas? - Correct Answers ✅Pine Belt
Creative destruction - Correct Answers ✅creates new
economies and destroys old ones.
Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas
for most of the twentieth century? - Correct Answers ✅oil
Fracking and horizontal drilling have - Correct Answers
✅reinvigorated Texas's oil industry.
Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty-first
century features - Correct Answers ✅computers,
electronics, and other high-tech products.
NAFTA refers to - Correct Answers ✅an international trade
agreement.
What is meant by the "Great Recession"? - Correct Answers
✅a time of chronic economic problems beginning in late
, Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
2007 that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the
1930's
Which of the following accounts for most of Texas's
population growth? - Correct Answers ✅natural increases
as a result of the differences between births and deaths
True of False?
San Antonio has a larger white population that Latino. -
Correct Answers ✅False
The three major metropolitan areas in Texas are - Correct
Answers ✅Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and San Antonio.
Texas politics is shaped by the state geography, such as -
Correct Answers ✅size, location, natural resources
True of False?
Texas shares the largest boarder with a foreign country -
Correct Answers ✅True
What is the population of Texas? - Correct Answers ✅26
million
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
government - Correct Answers ✅the system by which a
state or community is governed
politics - Correct Answers ✅the practice and theory of
influencing other people
political culture - Correct Answers ✅broadly shared values,
beliefs, and attitudes about how the government should
function and politics should operate; American political
culture emphasizes the values of liberty, equality, and
democracy
moralistic political culture (definition) - Correct Answers
✅the belief that government should be active in promoting
the public good and that citizens should participate in politics
and civic activities to ensure that good
individualistic political culture (definition) - Correct Answers
✅the belief that government should limit its role to providing
order in society, so that citizens can pursue their economic
self-interests
traditionalistic political culture (definition) - Correct
Answers ✅the belief that government should be dominated
by political elites and guided by tradition
,Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
provincialism - Correct Answers ✅a narrow, limited, and
self-interested view of the world often associated with rural
values and notions of limited government
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Correct
Answers ✅trade treaty among the United States, Canada,
and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three
countries
impresario - Correct Answers ✅an individual who
promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a particular
endeavor
poll tax - Correct Answers ✅a state-imposed tax on voters
as a prerequisite for voting; poll taxes were rendered
unconstitutional in national elections by the Twenty-Fourth
Amendment, and in state elections by the Supreme Court in
1966.
urbanization - Correct Answers ✅the process by which
people move from rural areas to cities
In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states? -
Correct Answers ✅Second to California. 268,601 sq. miles
,Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
Which of Texas's physical regions is characterized by the
presence of many of the state's largest ranches? - Correct
Answers ✅Interior Lowlands
Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-
most part of Texas? - Correct Answers ✅Pine Belt
Creative destruction - Correct Answers ✅creates new
economies and destroys old ones.
Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas
for most of the twentieth century? - Correct Answers ✅oil
Fracking and horizontal drilling have - Correct Answers
✅reinvigorated Texas's oil industry.
Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty-first
century features - Correct Answers ✅computers,
electronics, and other high-tech products.
NAFTA refers to - Correct Answers ✅an international trade
agreement.
What is meant by the "Great Recession"? - Correct Answers
✅a time of chronic economic problems beginning in late
, Texas Government 2306 chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
2007 that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the
1930's
Which of the following accounts for most of Texas's
population growth? - Correct Answers ✅natural increases
as a result of the differences between births and deaths
True of False?
San Antonio has a larger white population that Latino. -
Correct Answers ✅False
The three major metropolitan areas in Texas are - Correct
Answers ✅Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and San Antonio.
Texas politics is shaped by the state geography, such as -
Correct Answers ✅size, location, natural resources
True of False?
Texas shares the largest boarder with a foreign country -
Correct Answers ✅True
What is the population of Texas? - Correct Answers ✅26
million
