POLS 207 Exam 1 Review (TAMU Smith) ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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POLS 207
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POLS 207
POLS 207 Exam 1 Review (TAMU Smith)
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are the five Linkage Institutions? - CORRECT ANSWER- Public Opinion, Parties,
Elections, Media, Interest Groups
What is the Key Linkage Institution? - CORRECT ANSWER- Elections
What are the Policymaking Institutio...
POLS 207 Exam 1 Review (TAMU Smith)
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are the five Linkage Institutions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Public Opinion, Parties,
Elections, Media, Interest Groups
What is the Key Linkage Institution? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Elections
What are the Policymaking Institutions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔State Legislature,
Judiciary, and Executive & Bureacracy
T/F: Texas has a one of the highest drop out rates - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
What rank is Texas in population and size? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2nd
Does Texas spend much on health/human services? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔No,
#screwmedicaid
Is Texas more urban or rural? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Urban (80% in Metropolitan area)
State/local governments focus on what six areas? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Conflict,
education, taxes/spending, crime, poverty, infrastructure.
About how many governments are in the country, and how many of those have the power to
tax? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔90,000, all governments can tax.
What are the "Big 4" state/local governments spend on? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Social
services and education (60-70%)
, Public Safety (10%)
Transportation
Why are states called "Laboratories of Democracy"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔States are
policy innovators. We can analyze socioeconomic/political environments to arrive at
explanations. We can compare Socioeconomic factors, ideologies, and political culture.
What does a state need for economic growth? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Population
growth
-Rising per capita income
-Increased educational levels
Texas is the _______ least taxed state, and has no income tax. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔third
Texas is the ________ fastest growing state. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔fourth
Afr. Americans comprise __________ percent of the U.S.
Hispanics are the largest minority (1 in 6)
Asians/pacific islander comprise _________ percent
Native Americans comprise ___________ percent
_________ percent of congress is female - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔13%
5%
1%
20%
What is Political Culture? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The traditions, beliefs, values,
attitudes, and orientations that individuals in a society hold regarding their political system.
What are Elazar's three political subcultures? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Moralistic: Lots
of gov't is a good thing
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