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Texas Government 2306 Questions and
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government
Ans: the system by which a state or community is governed
politics
Ans: the practice and theory of influencing other people
political culture
Ans: 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)
Ans: 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)
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Ans: 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)
Ans: the belief that government should be dominated by
political elites and guided by tradition
provincialism
Ans: 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)
Ans: trade treaty among the United States, Canada, and
Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries
impresario
Ans: an individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance
a particular endeavor
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poll tax
Ans: 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
Ans: the process by which people move from rural areas to
cities
In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states?
Ans: Second to California. 268,601 sq. miles
Which of Texas's physical regions is characterized by the presence of
many of the state's largest ranches?
Ans: Interior Lowlands
Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-most part of
Texas?
Ans: Pine Belt
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Creative destruction
Ans: creates new economies and destroys old ones.
Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas for most
of the twentieth century?
Ans: oil
Fracking and horizontal drilling have
Ans: reinvigorated Texas's oil industry.
Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty-first century
features
Ans: computers, electronics, and other high-tech products.
NAFTA refers to
Ans: an international trade agreement.
What is meant by the "Great Recession"?
Ans: a time of chronic economic problems beginning in late
2007 that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the 1930's
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Texas Government 2306 Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
government
Ans: the system by which a state or community is governed
politics
Ans: the practice and theory of influencing other people
political culture
Ans: 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)
Ans: 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)
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Ans: 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)
Ans: the belief that government should be dominated by
political elites and guided by tradition
provincialism
Ans: 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)
Ans: trade treaty among the United States, Canada, and
Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries
impresario
Ans: an individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance
a particular endeavor
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poll tax
Ans: 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
Ans: the process by which people move from rural areas to
cities
In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states?
Ans: Second to California. 268,601 sq. miles
Which of Texas's physical regions is characterized by the presence of
many of the state's largest ranches?
Ans: Interior Lowlands
Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-most part of
Texas?
Ans: Pine Belt
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Creative destruction
Ans: creates new economies and destroys old ones.
Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas for most
of the twentieth century?
Ans: oil
Fracking and horizontal drilling have
Ans: reinvigorated Texas's oil industry.
Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty-first century
features
Ans: computers, electronics, and other high-tech products.
NAFTA refers to
Ans: an international trade agreement.
What is meant by the "Great Recession"?
Ans: a time of chronic economic problems beginning in late
2007 that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the 1930's
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