Understanding Autonomy and Governance Concepts

This educational video helps children build vocabulary by exploring words with the root 'auto', such as 'automobile', 'autopilot', and 'autonomy'. It explains the meanings of these words and their components, contrasting automatic and manual processes, and discussing autotrophs and heterotrophs. The video also covers autographs, autobiographies, and the concepts of autonomy and autocratic rule, providing a comprehensive understanding of these terms.

What is the main purpose of this educational video?

• To teach children about different cultures

• To teach children how to drive

• To help children build their vocabulary and improve exam scores

• To provide cooking lessons

What does the word root 'auto' mean?

• Move

• Self

• Write

• Life

Why were early cars called 'Horseless carriages'?

• Because they moved without horses pulling them

• Because they were used on farms

• Because they were very slow

• Because they were pulled by horses

What does an autopilot do?

• Writes a book

• Cooks food

• Flies a plane by itself

• Drives a car

What is the opposite of an automatic process?

• Chemical process

• Digital process

• Manual process

• Mechanical process

What is an autotroph?

• An organism that feeds on itself

• An organism that feeds on others

• A type of vehicle

• A type of machine

What is the main difference between an autobiography and a biography?

• A biography is always fictional

• An autobiography is written by someone else

• A biography is written by the person themselves

• An autobiography is written by the person themselves

What does the word 'autonomy' mean?

• To rule a country

• To feed on oneself

• To be independent in the eyes of the law

• To write about one's life

Who rules in an autocratic government?

• A council of elders

• An autocrat

• A group of elected officials

• The people

What does 'democracy' mean?

• Rule by a single person

• Rule by the people

• Rule by a king or queen

• Rule by a dictator