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Sovereignty Vocabulary Introduction

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📚 Part 1: Vocabulary Understanding

1. What does independence mean?

Being able to make your own decisions without control from others

Working together with other people

Following rules set by someone else

Being part of a large group

2. Which word means "the freedom to govern yourself"?

Rights

Autonomy

Dependence

Control

3. Rights are:

Things you are allowed to do or have

Things you must give to others

Rules you must follow

Punishments for bad behaviour

4. Which of these are examples of autonomy? (Choose all that apply)

A country making its own laws

A student choosing their own subjects

Following someone else's orders

A community deciding its own rules

✏️ Part 2: Word Connections

5. Complete the word family. Fill in the missing related words:

Independence → A person who is _________________ can make their own choices.

Autonomy → An _________________ region governs itself.

6. Use each vocabulary word in a sentence. Show that you understand what each word means.

Independence:

Autonomy:

Rights:

7. Explain in your own words: Why might sovereignty be important for a country like New Zealand?

🤔 Part 3: Critical Thinking

8. Think about your own life. Give one example of when you have:

Independence: ________________________________

Autonomy: ___________________________________

Rights: _____________________________________

9. Which sentence uses the word autonomy correctly?

The school has autonomy over its uniform policy.

I autonomy my homework every night.

She gave me autonomy for my birthday.

The autonomy was very expensive.

10. Reflection: Which of these three words (independence, autonomy, rights) do you think is most important? Explain why.

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