US Government: 1.06 Lesson Assessment: Power and Government K12 U.S. Government F1

Legitimate use of power is the definition of which term?

Authority

Which term is applied to the people that have power in modern societies, according to Max Weber?

Bureaucrats

Which term is applied to people with a disproportionate share of power?

Elites

When a political scientist argues that only a small number of people hold power in a society, she is arguing for what type of theory?

Elitist

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

Karl Marx

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

National

Which best describes the theory of power that argues that many people have access to power?

Pluralist

Which term relates to control over the actions of others?

Power

According to C. Wright Mills, which of the following was composed of leaders from the economic, the military, and the government sectors of society?

Power Elite

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

Sovereignty