1. Which region of Texas is considered            the social and cultural extension of the Old South?

1. The industrial and petrochemical industry is concentrated in:

1. The Texas Hill Country primarily is politically:

1. The Texas/Mexico Border is a region which is increasingly:

1. The chief elections officer in the state of Texas is the:

1. Which of the following are functions of political parties?

1. Characteristics of the American political party system include all but:

1. For many years after Reconstruction, the Texas political system was:

1. After the 2002 election, the Republican Party controlled which of the following here in Texas?

The governorship
Both houses of the texas legislature

Both Texas supreme level courts 

1. The Texas Democratic Party has historically had two political factions known as:

1. The national Democratic Party ticket has been supported mainly by Texas party:

1. The lowest level political party convention in Texas is the:

1. In Texas, most of the delegates to the national party convention are chosen by:

1. George Washington and James Madison believed that:

1. Maintenance of the Ogallala Aquifer is critical to the future of which area?

1. What the writers call the microcosm of Texas culture can be found in:

1. What issue delayed the annexation of Texas into the U.S.?

1. Governor Sam Houston was a man who was:

1. Radical Republicans in Washington were angered by Texas’ enactment of:

1.  E. J. Davis was the Texas Governor who:

1. The strongest anti-KKK candidate in the Texas governor’s race of 1924 was:

1. Which governor of Texas was known as “Pass the Biscuits Pappy”?

1. Estimates project that by approximately 2030, the largest ethnic group in Texas will be:

1. Constitutions are written with the intent to:

Establish major governing institutions

Asign power

Limit governmental power

1. Which is an example of the restrictions found in the Texas constitution?

1. Why did Texas adopt its current constitution limiting the power of government?

1.  Which of the following explains why the Texas constitution has been amended so many times:

1. The executive branch of Texas is characterized by being:

1. The Texas constitution provides for a judiciary which:

1. A “plural executive” refers to:

1. Which of the following best describes the reasoning of the framers of the Texas constitution of 1876?

1. What powers do voters have in Texas?

1. A characteristic of most state constitutions is that they are:

1Generally longer than national constitution
2Often Inflexible

3Centered on specific policy as well as general structure 

1. The most common form of political participation in America is:

1. Legal qualifications for registering to vote in Texas include:

1. Which of the following did the State of Texas once use to deny some of its citizens the right to vote?

The white primary 
property owernship

poll taxes 

1. The current Texas voter registration system is considered:

1. Which of the following removed obstacles to voting?

The 26th amendment to us constitution

the voting right act of 1965

no longer requiring voters to be property owners

1. In recent decades, American voter turnout as measured by percent of registered voters, for presidential elections has:

1. Texas nominates its party candidates via:

1. The dual primary system used in Texas sometimes results in:

1. To win a general election, a candidate must receive:

1. In presidential election years, about what percentage of the Texas voting age population usually votes?

1. In presidential election years, about what percentage of the American voting age population usually votes?

1. A primary in which only registered members of a party can vote is called:

1. The Texas primary system operates in practice much like:

1. An open system

1. The election held to determine who will actually serve in elective office is the: