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TXGOV Chapter 1
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
09/11/2010

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A political culture reflects the political _______ and _________ of a people.
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values, beliefs
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Political culture explains how people ...
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feel about their government.
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Political culture explains people's expectations of ...
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what powers government should have over their lives and what services it should provide.
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Moral describes a political culture whose adherents are concerned with ...
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"right and wrong".
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Moralistic political culture views government as a ...
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positive force.
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Moralistic political culture is strongest in ...
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New England.
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Moralistic political culture is associated with more _______ attitudes.
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secular
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4 Agents of Socialization
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family, religion, peer group, and education
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Individualistic political culture embodies the view that government is ...
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practical, its prime objective being to further private enterprise.
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Individualistic political culture believes government intervention into people's lives should be ...
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strictly limited.
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____________________ play a very strong role in the individualistic political culture.
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Business interests
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In an individualistic political culture, conflicts of interest are __________ and political corruption may be ....
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fairly commonplace, expected as a natural political activity.
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In Texas, the traditional political culture derives primarily from ...
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the plantation society of the Old South and the patron system of northern Mexico and south Texas.
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The traditional political culture views politics as ...
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the special preserve of the social and economic elite as a process of maintaining the existing order.
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Government under a traditional political culture is primarily to ...
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maintain the dominant social and religious values.
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The political culture in Texas is a mix of ...
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traditional and individualistic cultures.
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The ___________ political culture overrides the _____________ culture in East Texas, which was initially settled by immigrants from the Upper Old South and the Mexican border areas.
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traditional, individualistic
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The __________ political culture supersedes the ____________ throughout the rest of the state.
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individualistic, traditional
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In Texas, participation in politics is not as highly regarded as in those states with a ...
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moralistic political culture.
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9 Cultural Regions in Texas
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East Texas, Gulf Coast, South Texas, Southwest Texas, German Hill Country, West Texas, Panhandle, North Texas, and Central Texas
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Tax revenue per person
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49th
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Tax expenditures per person
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50th
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Percentage of the population over age 25 with high school diplomas
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50th
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Percentage of population without health insurance
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1st
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Birth Rate
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2nd
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Percentage of uninsured children
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3rd
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Average net worth of household
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48th
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Air pollution
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1st
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Number of executions
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1st
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Number of registered machine guns
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1st
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___ of Texas children live in low-income families.
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49%
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Texas requires low-income citizens to pay ____________ the share of their income taxes as the wealthy.
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three times
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Texas does not require ...
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sex education programs to teach students about preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases by any means other than abstinence.
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Modern regional political culture is largely determined by ...
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migration patterns, for people take their culture with them as they move geographically.
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