Democracy
A political system where people can vote and choose their leaders.
What is democracy?
When a government controls or removes information that people can read, watch or hear.
What is censorship?
He is the current leader of North Korea.
Who is Kim Jung-Un?
A public event where people show that they disagree with something or want change.
What is a protest?
The young Swedish climate activist who started protesting when she was 15.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
An election where people can choose between different candidates, and their votes are counted fairly.
What is a free and fair election?
A political system where one leader or a small group has most of the power.
What is an authoritarian regime?
This is when the same powerful family rules a country for several generations.
What is a family dynasty?
The country that Hong Kong is part of.
What is China?
When students stay away from school to protest and demand action on an issue.
What is a school strike?
This means that people can say what they think without being punished by the government.
What is freedom of speech?
Information that is made to influence what people think and support.
What is propaganda?
This type of media does not exist in North Korea because television, radio and newspapers are controlled by the state.
What is independent media?
The freedom that allows people to meet publicly and demonstrate together.
What is freedom of assembly?
A person who works to create social or political change.
What is an activist?
In a democracy, people can vote for these people, who help make decisions for the country.
Who are politicians?
News organisations that are free from government control.
What are independent media?
North Korean government information often shows the country and its leader in a positive way to influence people.
What is propaganda?
The proposed 2019 law that led to large protests in Hong Kong.
What is the extraditon bill?
The ability to affect what other people think, do or decide.
What is influence?
Courts, parliaments and other organisations can help stop one person or group from having too much power.
What are democratic institutions?
In this type of political system, the government tries to control almost every part of people's lives.
What is totalitarianism?
When people's activities or communication are watched closely by the government.
What is surveillance?
The freedoms and protections that the Hong Kong protesters were fighting to defend.
What are democratic rights?
A documentary about eight children who travel through Europe and meet powerful business leaders to talk about climate change.
What is Future Council