Unit 1

Question 1

the 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, page 5

Answer 1

moralistic political culture

Question 2

the belief that government should limit its role to providing order in society, so that citizens can pursue their economic self-interest, page 5

Answer 2

individualistic political culture

Question 3

the belief that government should be dominated by political elites and guided by tradition, page 5

Answer 3

traditionalistic political culture

Question 4

a small group of people that dominates the political process, page 5

Answer 4

elite

Question 5

a narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world often associated with rural values and notions of limited government, page 6

Answer 5

provincialism

Question 6

the act(s) by which Texas gave public land owned by the state over to private individuals for cultivation and development, page 8

Answer 6

privatization of public property

Question 7

trade treaty among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries, page 19

Answer 7

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Question 8

Spanish word for an individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a particular endeavor, page 23

Answer 8

empresario

Question 9

a 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 U.S. Supreme Court in 1966, page 25

Answer 9

poll tax

Question 10

the process by which people move from rural areas to cities, page 30

Answer 10

urbanization