1. Which of the following most accurately describes the Native people living in the Americas prior to the arrival of Columbus?:
a. Primitive, loosely organized and warlikeb.
b. Highly advanced societies and empires as well as rather primitive peoples, with much diversity in-between
.c. Generally peaceful and committed to living with nature rather than modifying it or otherwise living in opposition to it.
d. Excellent equestrians (horsemen) who migrated according to the movements of the buffalo.

polling is a process and the outcome is not involved in the process itself.

the outcome, which is an unfavorable rating for a particular candidate is not affected by the mechanical process of polling.

it rather depends on the number of people voting in favor of the candidate.

this is an outcome of people's preferences.

an expansion is one of two basic business cycle phases; the other is contraction. the transition from expansion to contraction is a peak, and the changeover from contraction to expansion is a trough.