is the ability of persons or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others. through the use of persuasion, authority, or force, some people are able to get others to submit to their demands.

This question is about "Power"; in Politics and society sometimes people confuse authority, control, government and power, and although they sometimes are correlated and sometimes depending on each other, the ability or capacity to do as a faculty to act or influence the course of events or anything is "power".

Other options related to this question although incorrect would be: 1.Authority, 2.leverage, 3.Control;

but the most suitable answer is "Power".

answer; ///first they would cross the atlantic ocean, and end up either in europe or africa; good luck