Chapter 1

Question 1

Political culture is a term used to describe

Answer 1

B)broadly shared values and beliefs about government.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

A)low taxes and deference to business leaders

Question 3

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

Answer 3

C)Individualistic

Question 4

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

Answer 4

A)provincialism

Question 5

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

Answer 5

C)one-fourth

Question 6

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

Answer 6

B)Stephen F. Austin

Question 7

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

Answer 7

B)business

Question 8

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

Answer 8

A)sharecropping.

Question 9

When in Texas history did cattle become big business?

Answer 9

B)after the Civil War

Question 10

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

Answer 10

D)Spindletop

Question 11

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

Answer 11

C)tenant farmers.

Question 12

Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?

Answer 12

C)Basin and Range Province

Question 13

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

Answer 13

A)Lubbock

Question 14

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

Answer 14

C)Railroad

Question 15

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

Answer 15

A)high-tech

Question 16

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

Answer 16

A)North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

D)less severe.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

C)railroads

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Traditionalistic

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Spindletop

Question 22

_____________ 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.

Answer 22

Ranching

Question 23

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

Answer 23

is relatively young.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

business

Question 25

The ____________ sought to create a free trade zone in North America.

Answer 25

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Question 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

Answer 26

boom and bust.

Question 27

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

Answer 27

high-tech

Question 28

The ______________ Party dominated Texas politics from the end of Reconstruction until the 1990s.

Answer 28

Democratic

Question 29

What was used by Daniel Elazar to describe state political cultures?

Answer 29

monistic

Question 30

______________ state political cultures were rooted in New England, where Puritans and other religious groups sought to create the Good Society.

Answer 30

Moralistic

Question 31

The process of urbanization in Texas

Answer 31

is now nearly complete, as nearly 88 percent of Texans live in urban areas.

Question 32

States often demonstrate a distinct _____________ that is the product of their entire history.

Answer 32

political culture

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Individualistic

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Railroad

Question 35

Texas is the second-largest state, consisting of approximately ____________ square miles.

Answer 35

267,000

Question 36

The fastest growing ethnic group in Texas is

Answer 36

Hispanics

Question 37

Texas is categorized as having a __________________ political culture.

Answer 37

traditionalistic-individualistic

Question 38

Compared with the rest of the nation, the effect of the Great Recession (2008–2010) on Texas has been

Answer 38

less severe

Question 39

Today the African American population of the state is concentrated in

Answer 39

East Texas and urban areas.

Question 40

One of the earliest cash crops in Texas was

Answer 40

cotton.

Question 41

Which of the following is not among the four distinct physical regions of the state of Texas?

Answer 41

Great Plateau