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| The African American population of Texas |
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| resides mainly in urban counties of North Central, Northeast, and Southeast Texas. |
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| The immigration of undocumented immigrants into Texas |
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| continues because of the stressed economic conditions of the Mexican economy. |
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| The States current water supply will meet only _____________ percent of the projected demand by 2050. |
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| Texas ranks ______________ in the nation in the number of Latino residents. |
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| Elazar insists that traditionalistic influences of the Old South |
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| still linger, and many Texans have inherited southern racist attitudes. |
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| “A community’s habits, attitudes, and patterns of behavior regarding government” |
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| The Hispanic population of Texas |
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| constitutes over 61 percent of the population in twenty-four Texas counties |
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| By 2009, Texas Latinos made up slightly more than ___________ of the state’s population |
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| People view government as a public service - the role of government is to improve living conditions and create a just society. People expect govt to provide goods and services to advance the public good. Citizens play an impotant role and see it as their duty to become active. Popular in the northern states and the pacific northwest |
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| Texas ranks _________________in addressing poverty and social problems. |
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| near the bottom of the fifty states |
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| Cotton production in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains is possible because of |
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| irrigation, chiefly from underground sources. |
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| are manufacturing operations where supply and distribution facilities are on the Texas side and assembly is on the Mexican side of the international boundary. |
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| Which international agreement probably has the most direct and immediate impact on Texas? |
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| NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) |
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| In the 2000 census, the Bush administration used raw totals instead of statistical samplings which resulted in |
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| Texas losing billions of dollars in federal aid programs and minority representation. |
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| Some of the criticism over NAFTA has included |
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| Recent population projections in Texas show that |
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| the percentage of Anglos in the state will decline while other ethnic groups will increase. |
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| According to Professor Daniel Elazar, the political culture of Texas is |
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| individualistic and traditionalistic. |
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| has been criticized by research groups as being dismal. |
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| “A public institution that is authorized to allocate values in a society” |
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| often involves interaction between governmental and nongovernmental groups. |
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