Religion and life key vocab

Question 1

Abortion

Answer 1

The removal of a foetus from the womb to end a pregnancy before the child is born

Question 2

Abuse

Answer 2

Misuse; of the world and the environment

Question 3

Adaptation

Answer 3

A process of change in which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment

Question 4

Akhirah

Answer 4

Everlasting life after death

Question 5

Awe

Answer 5

A feeling of respect, mixed feelings or fear and wonder

Question 6

Barzakh

Answer 6

An Arabic word meaning obstacle, separation or barrier

Question 7

Big Bang

Answer 7

A massive expansion of space which set into motion the creation of the universe

Question 8

Creation

Answer 8

The act by which God brought the universe into being

Question 9

Creationist

Answer 9

The belief that the universe began due to divine intervention

Question 10

Deforestation

Answer 10

The cutting down of large amounts of forests, usually for business needs

Question 11

Dominion

Answer 11

Dominance or power over something or being in charge of something

Question 12

Ensoulment

Answer 12

The period from which Muslims believe the foetus is given a soul

Question 13

Euthanasia

Answer 13

Killing someone painlessly and with compassion to end their suffering

Question 14

Evolution

Answer 14

The process where living organisms develop from earlier forms of life during the Earth’s history

Question 15

Ex Nihilo

Answer 15

From nothing

Question 16

Fundamentalists

Answer 16

Christians who believe everything in the Bible is true and literal

Question 17

Heaven

Answer 17

A state of eternal happiness in the presence of God where there is everlasting peace and you are ruled over by God

Question 18

Hell

Answer 18

Eternals separation from God and suffering

Question 19

Jannah

Answer 19

Heaven in Islam aka paradise

Question 20

Jahannaman

Answer 20

Hell in Islam

Question 21

Khalifa

Answer 21

Stewardship

Question 22

Literal

Answer 22

Taking something exactly how it happens

Question 23

Liberal

Answer 23

Christians who believe that the Bible’s authors were guided by God but not everything they wrote is a literal account of what happened

Question 24

Passive Euthanasia

Answer 24

Allowing a terminally ill person to die by withdrawing or withholding medical treatment

Question 25

Pollution

Answer 25

Making something dirty and contaminated, especially the environment

Question 26

Myth

Answer 26

A symbolic narrative of an unknown origin

Question 27

Natural Resources

Answer 27

Materials found in nature - such as oil and trees - that can be used by people

Question 28

Non-renewable resources

Answer 28

finite things the Earth provides

Question 29

Universe

Answer 29

All of time and space and its contents - including planets, stars, moons and galaxies

Question 30

Responsibility

Answer 30

A duty to care for, or having control over someone or something

Question 31

Recycling

Answer 31

Reusing old products to make new ones

Question 32

Sanctity of life

Answer 32

The theory of life being holy and given by God, therefore only God can take it away

Question 33

Stewardship

Answer 33

The idea that believers have a duty to look after the environment on behalf of God

Question 34

Sustainable development

Answer 34

Buildings that are built whilst trying to reduce the impact on the natural world and conserve natural resources for future generations

Question 35

Wonder

Answer 35

Marvelling at the complexity and beauty of something