GOVT 2306 FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
STUDY SHEET
●● politics
Answer: the practice and theory of influencing other people
●● political culture
Answer: 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)
Answer: 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)
Answer: 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)
,Answer: the belief that government should be dominated by political
elites and guided by tradition
●● provincialism
Answer: 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)
Answer: trade treaty among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to
lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries
●● impresario
Answer: an individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a
particular endeavor
●● poll tax
Answer: 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
Answer: the process by which people move from rural areas to cities
,●● In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Interior Lowlands
●● Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-most part
of Texas?
Answer: Pine Belt
●● Creative destruction
Answer: creates new economies and destroys old ones.
●● Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas for
most of the twentieth century?
Answer: oil
●● Fracking and horizontal drilling have
Answer: reinvigorated Texas's oil industry.
●● Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty-first century
features
, Answer: computers, electronics, and other high-tech products.
●● NAFTA refers to
Answer: an international trade agreement.
●● What is meant by the "Great Recession"?
Answer: a time of chronic economic problems beginning in late 2007
that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the 1930's
●● Which of the following accounts for most of Texas's population
growth?
Answer: natural increases as a result of the differences between births
and deaths
●● True of False?
San Antonio has a larger white population that Latino.
Answer: False
●● The three major metropolitan areas in Texas are
Answer: Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and San Antonio.
●● Texas politics is shaped by the state geography, such as
Answer: size, location, natural resources
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
STUDY SHEET
●● politics
Answer: the practice and theory of influencing other people
●● political culture
Answer: 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)
Answer: 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)
Answer: 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)
,Answer: the belief that government should be dominated by political
elites and guided by tradition
●● provincialism
Answer: 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)
Answer: trade treaty among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to
lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries
●● impresario
Answer: an individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a
particular endeavor
●● poll tax
Answer: 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
Answer: the process by which people move from rural areas to cities
,●● In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Interior Lowlands
●● Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-most part
of Texas?
Answer: Pine Belt
●● Creative destruction
Answer: creates new economies and destroys old ones.
●● Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas for
most of the twentieth century?
Answer: oil
●● Fracking and horizontal drilling have
Answer: reinvigorated Texas's oil industry.
●● Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty-first century
features
, Answer: computers, electronics, and other high-tech products.
●● NAFTA refers to
Answer: an international trade agreement.
●● What is meant by the "Great Recession"?
Answer: a time of chronic economic problems beginning in late 2007
that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the 1930's
●● Which of the following accounts for most of Texas's population
growth?
Answer: natural increases as a result of the differences between births
and deaths
●● True of False?
San Antonio has a larger white population that Latino.
Answer: False
●● The three major metropolitan areas in Texas are
Answer: Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and San Antonio.
●● Texas politics is shaped by the state geography, such as
Answer: size, location, natural resources
