A poll which indicates that 20 percent of respondents approve of the U.S. military assisting in issues of regional violence in Africa, that 17 percent disapprove, and that a majority do not know enough to answer exemplifies a(n)

The most basic tenet of medieval thought was probably that

A) scientific methods were superior to the scriptures. B) truth was attainable by reading animal entrails. C) truth could be discovered by empirical inquiries. D) the ultimate source of truth was to be found in the scriptures.

A trend has emerged in the last 20 years or so in which states move their primary elections or caucuses earlier in the presidential election year in order to increase their significance nationwide. This process has become known as _____________

A) frontloading B) leap-frogging C) intensifying D) opening the process E) narrowing the field