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