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TX GOVT Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers What region of Texas has many cities where Spanish is the primary language, Catholicism is the dominant religion, and international trade is an increasingly important part of the economy? - answerBorder What is the political culture of Texas do...

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TX GOVT Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers


What region of Texas has many cities where Spanish is the primary language, Catholicism is the

dominant religion, and international trade is an increasingly important part of the economy? -

answer✔Border


What is the political culture of Texas dominated by, according to Professor Daniel Elazar? -

answer✔Individualistic and traditionalistic subcultures


What term describes the "values, attitudes, traditions, habits, and general behavioral patterns that

develop over time and shape the politics of a particular region"? - answer✔Political culture


Where does Texas currently rank in population among the 50 states? - answer✔Second


Which best describes the state of health insurance in Texas? - answer✔Texas has the highest

proportion of uninsured residents of any of the 50 states.


What cities are included in Central Texas? - answer✔Waco, Austin, and San Antonio


What is the approximate land area of Texas, in square miles? - answer✔267,000

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What term defines "a public institution with authority to formulate, adopt, implement, and

enforce public policies for a society"? - answer✔Government


What is the process of policymaking that involves conflict and cooperation between political

parties and other groups that seek to elect government officials or to influence those officials

when they make public policy? - answer✔Politics


Which of the following is true about the Texas DREAM Act? - answer✔It allows certain

undocumented immigrants who were brought to Texas as children to pay in-state tuition at public

colleges.


How many constitutions has Texas had? - answer✔Seven


What principal historic event shaped the 1866 Texas Constitution? - answer✔Texas seeking

reinstatement into the Union after the Civil War

Which term best describes the "necessary and proper" clause, found in Article I, Section 8 of the

U.S. Constitution? - answer✔Implied powers


In which type of government system is power divided between a national government and

associated regional governments? - answer✔Federal system


Which of these terms describes the power of government to appropriate private property for

public projects? - answer✔Eminent domain

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What did the U.S. Supreme Court find in the 1869 Texas v. White case? - answer✔The U.S.

Constitution does not provide for states to leave the Union.


Which article of the U.S. Constitution contains the national supremacy clause? - answer✔Article

VI


What does the U.S. Constitution's national supremacy clause say? - answer✔Federal laws

enacted under the U.S. Constitution take precedence over state laws.

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prohibited national government recognition of

same-sex marriage and allowed states to deny same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Which of the following would be violated by DOMA? - answer✔The full faith and credit clause


What name is given to the powers of the national government that are specifically stated in the

U.S. Constitution? - answer✔Delegated powers


What are the three forms of local government in Texas? - answer✔Special districts, counties, and

municipalities


How many counties are in Texas? - answer✔254


What term is used to describe the process for removing an elected official from office through a

popular vote? - answer✔Recall


In Texas, which type of city may a community with over 5,000 people be incorporated as? -

answer✔Home-rule city

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Which elected county official has both administrative responsibility for most county agencies

and judicial responsibilities? - answer✔County judge


In Houston, a strong mayor-council city, who appoints the chief of police and possesses veto

power over ordinary majorities in the city council? - answer✔The mayor


What is the most common form of municipal structure in Texas? - answer✔The council-manager

form


Who receives and pays out county funds in most counties? - answer✔County treasurer


What are the two largest sources of tax revenue for Texas municipalities? - answer✔Sales tax

and property tax

A community in Texas with a population of less than 5,000 residents may become which type of

municipality? - answer✔General-law city


After Reconstruction, which political party dominated in Texas for more than 100 years?




Democratic - answer✔


Which policy would liberals most likely support?




Protecting a woman's right to equal pay for equal work - answer✔

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