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When the government blocks information or news

Censorship

100

A person who rules with total power

Dictator

100

Messages spread to control what people believe

Propaganda

100

The right to say what you think

Freedom of Speech

100

When people speak out together to ask for change

Protest

200

A group that may help a dictator take or keep power

Army

200

Type of government where people can vote and speak freely  

Democracy

200

The German term used meaning leader

Fuhrer

200

A type of government as well as an economic system in which individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things.

Communism

200

A lack of government

Anarchy

300

Where Adolf Hitler was born

Austria

300

How often are general elections held in NZ?

Every three years
300

The TWO groups of people Hitler blamed for the problems faced by Germany after WW1

The Jews and the November Criminals

300

Where Democracy came from

Ancient Greece

300

What does MMP stand for (the voting system in New Zealand)

Mixed Member Proportional

400

What does MP stand for, relating to government

Member of Parliament

400

Money that people and businesses give to the government, so the government can pay for things we all use

Tax

400

Money you have left over after all your tax and other necessary payments have come out of your wages

Disposable income

400

Someone who buys and/or uses things

Consumer

400

How many votes do we get under the MMP voting system?

Two

500

What is the job of the Speaker of the House?

Keeps order during debates, decides who can speak and enforces rules

500

A democratic German government that was ultimately ineffective because of its crippling war debt and political instability (1918-1933)

Weimar Republic

500

Who is the "sovereign" of NZ (their name)?

King Charles

500

What is a coalition? 

when two or more parties join together to form a government

500

Who gives Royal Assent to a bill in New Zealand

The Governer General