CTC GOVT 2306 – Lesson 4
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The three largest welfare programs administered by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission are
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TANF, food stamps, and Medicaid.
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All of the following factors make it likely that welfare will be a perennial issue in Texas politics except
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the economy has little impact on the poverty rate.
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Of the 25 poorest counties in the United States, how many are in Texas?
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9
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No Child Left Behind, passed in 2001, did which of the following?
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Allowed students to transfer from unsuccessful schools to successful schools, and required annual testing of students in core subjects.
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Social Services are likely to remain a perennial issue in Texas politics because
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All of the above are true.
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Passed in 1996, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
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All of the above are true.
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Payments to unemployed workers is administered by the
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Texas Workforce Commission.
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Whenever the government attempts to improve the quality of life for the poor by taking wealth from those who have the most and redirecting it to those who have the least, it is making
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redistributive public policy.
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Modern education reform in Texas began in the mid 1980s with passage of the act known as
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No Pass, No Play.
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The average per capita income in Texas is
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below the national average.
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The organization with the mission to \"protect our state's human and natural resources\" consistent with sustainable economic development is called
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the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
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Pumping water, sand and chemicals into the ground to recover more oil or natural gas from the ground is a technology called
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fracking.
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The concept that groundwater is more or less completely controlled by the person who owns the land above the water is called
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the rule of capture.
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An \"acre foot\" is
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the amount of water necessary to cover an acre of land a foot deep.
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The line, extending roughly between the eastern edge of the Panhandle down to the Rio Grande northwest of Laredo and marking the area where agriculture is not possible without irrigation, is the
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100th meridian.
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A ____ tax is a tax levied on the removal of natural resources (especially oil and gas) from the earth.
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severance
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Which of the following officials serves as the state's tax collector?
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Comptroller
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The taxes Texas levies on tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, and gasoline are known as ____ taxes.
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excise or selective sales
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Since 1977, the percentage of money spent by the state on highway expenditures has
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declined dramatically, resulting in the state having many poorly maintained roads.
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Texas ranked ____ among the fifty states in per capita expenditures for welfare services.
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forty-eighth
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Which of the following types of federal grants could be used only for programs specified in the grant?
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Categorical grants-in-aid
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The overall tax system in Texas
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falls disproportionately on poor and middle income earners.
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Which of the following statements regarding the revenue structure of Texas is incorrect?
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Heavy reliance on sales taxes gives Texas a very elastic revenue structure.
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About ____ percent of the $40 billion state budget for health and human services is funded by the national government.
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60
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Which of the five major revenue funds in Texas supports the majority of state programs?
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General Revenue Fun
