The Gulf Coast region is home to ___________, the state's largest city.
A) Houston
B) Dallas
C) Austin
D) San Antonio
Q. 2In 1931, Texas adopted a tax on
A) cigarettes.
B) beer.
C) distilled spirits.
D) ammunition.
Q. 3Which is true of East Texas?
A) It is racially segregated and heavily influenced by evangelical Christianity.
B) The economy there is dominated by high-technology firms and defense contractors.
C) Timber production there has ended, and cotton is no longer grown in the region.
D) The Democratic Party continues to dominate politics and local government there.
Q. 4Property taxes were once the major source of state revenue until the
A) Progressive Era.
B) war on property.
C) Panic of 1900.
D) Great Depression of the 1930s.
Q. 5Complete the following sentence: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
A) has seen decades of economic decline as timber and cotton production become less profitable.
B) has seen decades of economic decline as businesses continue to move to other regions.
C) has seen decades of strong economic growth as major corporations move their headquarters there.
D) has seen decades of strong economic growth as agriculture has become the basis of the local economy.
Q. 6Individual and corporate income taxes immediately became the national government's major source of funding and today, they constitute approximately _________ percent of federal tax revenue.
A) 57
B) 35
C) 26
D) 45
Q. 7Central Texas includes the cities of
A) Houston, Brownsville, and El Paso.
B) Dallas, Fort Worth, and Plano.
C) Abilene, Amarillo, and Odessa.
D) Waco, Austin, and San Antonio.
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