Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Political culture is a term used to describe

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B)broadly shared values and beliefs about government.

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2
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Which of the following would best characterize a traditionalistic individualistic political culture?

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A)low taxes and deference to business leaders

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3
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______________ political cultures originated in the middle states where people sought material wealth and personal freedom through commercial activities.

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C)Individualistic

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4
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The concept of __________________ emphasizes rural values and Jeffersonian notions of limited government.

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A)provincialism

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5
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Texas is responsible for producing ________ of the domestic produced cotton in the United States.

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C)one-fourth

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6
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Who worked with the Spanish government to bring American settlers into Texas?

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B)Stephen F. Austin

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7
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Which of the following economic sectors dominated Texas politics throughout the latter half of the twentieth century?

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B)business

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8
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A system by which farmers would be lent land and equipment in exchange for part of the profits is known as

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A)sharecropping.

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9
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When in Texas history did cattle become big business?

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B)after the Civil War

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10
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The discovery of oil at _______________ in 1901 produced Texas’s first oil boom.

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D)Spindletop

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11
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The Grange and Populist movements of the late nineteenth century were led by

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C)tenant farmers.

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12
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Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?

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C)Basin and Range Province

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13
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Which city is located in the Great Plains region of Texas?

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A)Lubbock

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14
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The _________________ Commission expanded its original mission and began regulating oil and gas production in 1917.

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C)Railroad

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15
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The Texas economy diversified in the 1980s and 1990s with the rapid growth of __________ enterprises in the Austin and Dallas areas.

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A)high-tech

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16
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The ____________ sought to create a free-trade zone in between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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A)North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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17
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Compared with the rest of the nation, the effect of the Great Recession (2007–2010) on Texas has been

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D)less severe.

18
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In the late nineteenth century, Dallas was able to grow into a major city because of which industry?

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C)railroads

19
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The population of Texas has grown rapidly since the early 1990s for all of the following reasons

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The natural increase from the difference between births and deaths.
International immigration.
Domestic migration.

20
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A ______________ political culture developed in the South, reflecting the values of the slave plantation economy and its successor, the Jim Crow era.

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Traditionalistic

21
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The discovery of oil at _______________ in 1901 produced Texas’s first oil boom.

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Spindletop

22
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_____________ took off as an industry after the Civil War, expanding throughout the state; by the twentieth century it become a cyclical industry, thriving during economic booms and struggling when international and national prices declined.

23
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Compared with the rest of the nation, the population of Texas

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is relatively young.

24
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What economic sector dominated Texas politics throughout the latter half of the twentieth century?

25
The ____________ sought to create a free trade zone in North America.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
26
An important effect of the oil and gas boom in Texas was the development of a new mentality to economic life in the state called
boom and bust.
27
The Texas economy diversified in the 1980s and 1990s with the rapid growth of __________ enterprises in the Austin and Dallas areas.
high-tech
28
The ______________ Party dominated Texas politics from the end of Reconstruction until the 1990s.
Democratic
29
What was used by Daniel Elazar to describe state political cultures?
monistic
30
______________ state political cultures were rooted in New England, where Puritans and other religious groups sought to create the Good Society.
Moralistic
31
The process of urbanization in Texas
is now nearly complete, as nearly 88 percent of Texans live in urban areas.
32
States often demonstrate a distinct _____________ that is the product of their entire history.
political culture
33
______________ state political cultures originated in the middle states where individuals sought material wealth and personal freedom through commercial activities.
Individualistic
34
The _________________ Commission expanded its original mission and began regulating oil and gas production in 1917.
Railroad
35
Texas is the second-largest state, consisting of approximately ____________ square miles.
267,000
36
The fastest growing ethnic group in Texas is
Hispanics
37
Texas is categorized as having a __________________ political culture.
traditionalistic-individualistic
38
Compared with the rest of the nation, the effect of the Great Recession (2008–2010) on Texas has been
less severe
39
Today the African American population of the state is concentrated in
East Texas and urban areas.
40
One of the earliest cash crops in Texas was
cotton.
41
Which of the following is not among the four distinct physical regions of the state of Texas?
Great Plateau