Final

Question 1

Voter turnout in tx is consistently ____ the national average

Answer 1

Lower than

Question 2

Stratarchy

Answer 2

Loose confederation with power diffused among multiple levels of independent organizations

Question 3

___ are primarily concerned with promoting the financial interests of its members

Answer 3

Economic groups

Question 4

___ are interest groups concerned with passing policies that affect all citizens equally

Answer 4

Public interest groups

Question 5

Fundraising arm of interest groups

Answer 5

Political action committees

Question 6

Proportion of legislature composed of newly elected members

Answer 6

Turnover rate

Question 7

Seeks to limit the role of state legislator to a part-time function

Answer 7

Citizen legislature

Question 8

Tx legislature meets every two years for

Answer 8

140 days

Question 9

___ committees work on legislative issues between regular sessions of legislature

Answer 9

Interim

Question 10

Legislative powers of governor include all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 10

Declare martial law

Question 11

Executive powers of governor include all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 11

Calling special sessions

Question 12

Agency responsible for overseeing teacher certification and school accreditation

Answer 12

Texas Education Agency

Question 13

Instruments of local self-government involving a particular group of people in an incorporated area

Answer 13

Municipalities

Question 14

Help local governments plan joint projects across many jurisdictions and help save money and provide better services for their citizens

Answer 14

Councils of government

Question 15

Tx municipal elections are

Answer 15

Non partisan

Question 16

Threat of competition spurred ___ to establish a series of missions in 1690

Answer 16

Spain

Question 17

___ historically dominated the political culture of tx

Answer 17

Business groups

Question 18

Making/enforcing laws is an ___ power

Answer 18

Inherent

Question 19

“State to state relations” are in Article __ of us constitution

Answer 19

IV

Question 20

Privileges and immunities clause

Answer 20

Tells states how to treat citizens of other states

Question 21

The era in our nation’s history where the federalist power sharing arrangement between the national government and states was considered to be distinct and functionally desperate was called

Answer 21

Dual federalism

Question 22

Tx was responding to ___ when they rewrote their constitution in 1875

Answer 22

Reconstruction

Question 23

Legislative branch powers are described in article __ of tx constitution

Answer 23

III