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Test Bank for Government and Politics
in the Lone Star State 12th Edition
Gibson
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Chapter 1: The Social and Economic Environment of Texas Politics
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Compared to the 1940s, the population of Texas is now __________.
a. more urbanized
b. much smaller
c. more concentrated in rural areas
d. less diverse
Answer: a
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Systems for structuring conflict and creating a process for the expression of
competing interests are called __________.
a. businesses and the economy
b. religious hierarchies
c. politics and government
d. security apparatuses
Answer: c
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
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Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Political environment refers to __________.
a. systems for structuring conflict and creating a process for the expression of
competing interests
b. the context in which political institutions operate
c. individuals’ general attitudes about the proper role of government in society
d. a method for determining who gets what, when, and how
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Answer: b
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
4. __________ is the development of varied business activities.
a. Demographic politics
b. Economic diversification
c. Political environment
d. Regressive tax
Answer: b
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
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Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5. Regressive tax systems put a burden on which group of citizens?
a. High-income earners
b. Corporate businesses
c. Low- and middle-income earners
d. Property owners
Answer: c
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
6. Political myths __________.
a. are usually constructed by minority groups in society
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b. offer interpretations of alternative future paths for public policy
c. affirm the values, customs, and beliefs of a specific group of people
d. typically serve to undermine the values and beliefs held by individuals
Answer: c
Topic: The Myths of Texas’s Political Culture
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the political myths used to define and interpret the
political culture of Texas.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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7. Which best describes the role of the battle of the Alamo in Texas’s political myths?
a. It revealed the importance of government provision for the common defense.
b. It showed the dangers of frontier settlement in areas with indigenous populations.
c. It showed the uniqueness of a political order that included independence.
d. It set a precedent that the federal government can never intervene in the affairs of
Texas.
Answer: c
Topic: The Myths of Texas’s Political Culture
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the political myths used to define and interpret the
political culture of Texas.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
8. The Texas frontier experience and the image of the cowboy’s rugged individualism
help perpetuate the myth of __________.
a. dependence on governmental assistance
b. limited government and unlimited personal opportunity
c. communalism in the face of threats from outsiders
d. invincibility in the face of overwhelming odds
Answer: b
Topic: The Myths of Texas’s Political Culture
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the political myths used to define and interpret the
political culture of Texas.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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9. Where does sovereignty reside in a republic?.
a. with the citizenry and representatives elected by them
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Test Bank for Government and Politics
in the Lone Star State 12th Edition
Gibson
1
Chapter 1: The Social and Economic Environment of Texas Politics
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Compared to the 1940s, the population of Texas is now __________.
a. more urbanized
b. much smaller
c. more concentrated in rural areas
d. less diverse
Answer: a
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Systems for structuring conflict and creating a process for the expression of
competing interests are called __________.
a. businesses and the economy
b. religious hierarchies
c. politics and government
d. security apparatuses
Answer: c
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
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Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Political environment refers to __________.
a. systems for structuring conflict and creating a process for the expression of
competing interests
b. the context in which political institutions operate
c. individuals’ general attitudes about the proper role of government in society
d. a method for determining who gets what, when, and how
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Answer: b
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
4. __________ is the development of varied business activities.
a. Demographic politics
b. Economic diversification
c. Political environment
d. Regressive tax
Answer: b
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
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Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5. Regressive tax systems put a burden on which group of citizens?
a. High-income earners
b. Corporate businesses
c. Low- and middle-income earners
d. Property owners
Answer: c
Topic: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Learning Objective: 1.1 Assess major challenges facing Texas in the twenty-first
century.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
6. Political myths __________.
a. are usually constructed by minority groups in society
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b. offer interpretations of alternative future paths for public policy
c. affirm the values, customs, and beliefs of a specific group of people
d. typically serve to undermine the values and beliefs held by individuals
Answer: c
Topic: The Myths of Texas’s Political Culture
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the political myths used to define and interpret the
political culture of Texas.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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7. Which best describes the role of the battle of the Alamo in Texas’s political myths?
a. It revealed the importance of government provision for the common defense.
b. It showed the dangers of frontier settlement in areas with indigenous populations.
c. It showed the uniqueness of a political order that included independence.
d. It set a precedent that the federal government can never intervene in the affairs of
Texas.
Answer: c
Topic: The Myths of Texas’s Political Culture
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the political myths used to define and interpret the
political culture of Texas.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
8. The Texas frontier experience and the image of the cowboy’s rugged individualism
help perpetuate the myth of __________.
a. dependence on governmental assistance
b. limited government and unlimited personal opportunity
c. communalism in the face of threats from outsiders
d. invincibility in the face of overwhelming odds
Answer: b
Topic: The Myths of Texas’s Political Culture
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the political myths used to define and interpret the
political culture of Texas.
Texas Government Learning Outcome: Analyze issues, policies, and political culture
of Texas.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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9. Where does sovereignty reside in a republic?.
a. with the citizenry and representatives elected by them
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