According to the authors of the text, democracy functions best when ________.

After 36 years of dominating u.s. political life, the republican party lost power after ____ began.

Americans confidence in government institutions in the united states has __________.

As of 2015, there were approximately ________ latinos residing in texas.

At times a written contract is provided. this is called a(n) __________ contract.

Because party conventions are often poorly attended, __________.

Deduction refers to the process of drawing and inference from a set of premises and observations.

The term parsimony refers to ______.

Cumulative knowledge, with respect to the scientific method, is ______.

A ______ statement is one that can, in principle, be rejected in the face of contravening empirical evidence.

Scientists believe that their findings are based on ______, systematic observation.