1.06 Quiz: Power and Government Part 2

The number of nation-states in the world today is about:

200

Which term is defined as a legitimate use of power?

Authority

Max Weber believed that power in modern society usually rests in the hands of what class?

Bureaucrats

Which theory is taken from the belief that only a small number of people hold power?

Elitist theories

Every nation-state has at least these four characteristics:

It has a group of people (the population). It has a defined territory (land enclosed by borders). It has a government (you know what that is). It has sovereignty (supreme authority within its territory).

Who said, "The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs"?

Karl Marx

What best describes control over the actions of others?

Power

The United States of America is a

country state nation-state

What is the term for people with a disproportionate share of power?

elites

Which term is applied to governments that hold most of the power in the world?

national

Which theories hold that many ordinary people have access to power?

pluralist

According to C. Wright Mills, leaders of the economy, military, and government constituted which of the following?

power elite

Which term describes the power of a state to determine its form of government and its economic and social systems?

sovereignty