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govt 2306: quiz 2

quiz 2

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population shifts Within Texas, changes in population density have featured demographic movements from rural to urban areas and from large cities to suburbs and back.
urbanization Migration of people from rural areas to cities.
sub-urbanization Growth of relatively small towns and cities, usually inccorporated but outside the corporate limits of a central city.
metropolitanization Concentration of people in urban centers that become linked.
metropoliation statistical area A freestanding urban area with a minimum total population of 50,000.
combines statistic area A geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas.
metropoliation division County or group of counties within a core-based statistical area that contains a core with a population of at least 2.5 million.
anglo A term commonly used in Texas to identify non-Latino white people.
latino This is an ethnic classification of Mexican Americans and others of Latin American origin. When applied to females, the term is Latina.
african american A racial classification indicating African ancestry.
asian american A term used to identify people of Asian ancestry (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean).
native american A descendent of the first Americans, who were called indios by the Spanish explorers and Indians by the Anglo settlers who arrived later.
high technology Technology that applies to research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of computers and other electronic products.
North American Free Trade agreement (NAFTA) An agreement among the Unit4ed States, Mexico, and Canada designed to expand trade among the three countries by reducing and then eliminating tariffs over a 15-year period.
maquilladora An assembly plant that uses cheap labor and is located on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexican boarder.
undocumented alien A person who enters the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.
Texas Water Development Board A board that conducts statewide water planning as mandated by state law.
Tenth Amendment Although not spelled out in the U.S. Constitution, these reserved powers include police power, taxing power, proprietary power, and power of eminent domain.
national supremacy clause Article VI of the U.S. Constitution states: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof: and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law o
delegated powers Specific powers entrusted to the national government by Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution (e.g., regulate interstate commerce, borrow money, and declare war).
implied powers Powers inferred by the constitutional authority of the U.S. Congress “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing (delegated) powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of
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