Chapter 1 - The Political Culture, People, and Economy of Texas

Question 1

Political culture

Answer 1

Broadly shared values, beliefs, and attitudes
about how the government should function and politics should operate; American political culture emphasizes the values of liberty, equality, and democracy

Question 2

Moralistic political culture

Answer 2

Belief that government should be active in promoting the public good and that citizens should participate in politics and civic activities to ensure that good

Question 3

Individualistic political culture

Answer 3

Belief that government should limit its role to providing order in society so that citizens can pursue their economic self-interests

Question 4

Traditionalistic political culture

Answer 4

Belief that government should be dominated by political elites and guided by tradition

Question 5

Elite

Answer 5

A small group of people that dominates the political process

Question 6

Texas politics seem to indicate a blank state political culture

Answer 6

“traditionalistic individualistic”

Question 7

Provincialism

Answer 7

Narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world often associated with rural values and notions of limited government

Question 8

There are four distinct physical regions in Texas:

Answer 8

The Gulf Coastal Plains, the Interior Lowlands, the Great Plains, and the Basin and Range Province

Question 9

Impresario

Answer 9

An individual who promotes organizes or helps to finance a particular endeavor

Question 10

Poll tax

Answer 10

State-imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting; poll taxes were rendered unconstitutional in national elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, and in state elections by the Supreme Court in 1966

Question 11

Urbanization

Answer 11

The process by which people move from rural areas to cities