TX gov Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Political Culture
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Broadly shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how the government should function and politics should operate
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Moralistic Political Culture
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The belief the government should be active in promoting the public good and that citizens should participate in politics and civic activities
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Where was Moralistic Political Culture founded?
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New England
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Individualistic Political Culture
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The belief that government should limit its role to providing order in society so that citizens can pursue their economic self-intersts
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Where was Individualistic Political Culture founded?
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The middle states
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Traditionalistic Political Culture
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The belief that government should be dominated by political elites and guided by tradition
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Where was Traditionalistic Political Culture founded
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The south
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Texas is a mix of what two political Cultures
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Traditionalistic Individualistic
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Provincialism
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A narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world often associated with rural values and notions of limited government
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Which is most densly populated area in Texas
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The Blackland Belt
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What is the oldest crop grown in Texas
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Cotton
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NAFTA
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Treaty among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries
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When compared with the rest of the nation, the population of Texas is relatively
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Young
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Urbanization
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The process by which people move from rural areas to cities
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What is the largest city in Texas
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Houston
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In terms of area, how does Texas rank among the 50 states?
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Second
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Provincialism refers to
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A narrow view of the world
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Which of the Texas's physical regions is characterized by the presence of many of the state's largest ranches?
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Interior Lowlands
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Which of Texas's physical regions is found in the western-most part of Texas
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Basin and Range Province
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Creative Destruction
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Creates new economies and destroys old ones
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Which Industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas for most of the twentieth Century
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Oil
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Which of the following statements is true
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Fracking and horizontal drilling have reinvigorated Texas's oil industry
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Unlike earlier eras, the Texas economy of the twenty first century features
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Computers, electronics, and other high-tech products
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NAFTA refers to
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An international trade agreement
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What is meant by the "Great Recession"
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A time of chronic economic problems beginning in late 2007 that drew analogies to the Great Depression of the 1930s
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Which of the following accounts for most of Texas's population growth
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Natural Increases as a result of the difference between births and deaths
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Which of the following is not true
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San Antonio has a larger white population than Latino
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Urbanization refers to a process in which
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People move from rural to urban areas
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The Three major metropolitan areas in Texas are
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Houston, Dallas-Forth Worth, and San Antonio
