Theme 1 - Issues of Relationships

Question 1

Adultery

Answer 1

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse

Question 2

Divorce

Answer 2

To legally end a marriage

Question 3

Cohabitation

Answer 3

To live together in a sexual relationship without being married or in a civil partnership

Question 4

Commitment

Answer 4

A sense of dedication and obligation to someone or something

Question 5

Contraception

Answer 5

Methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant during or following sexual intercourse

Question 6

Gender equality

Answer 6

People of all genders enjoying the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives

Question 7

Responsibilities

Answer 7

Acts/duties you are expected to carry out

Question 8

Roles

Answer 8

Position, status or function of a person in society, as well as the characteristics and social behaviour expected of them

Question 9

What is the most common type of family in modern Britain?

Answer 9

The nuclear family

Question 10

Nuclear family

Answer 10

Consists of two parents and one or more children all living in the same house

Question 11

Extended family

Answer 11

Consists of different relatives all living together

Question 12

Reconstituted family

Answer 12

Made up of a mix of step-parents and step-children

Question 13

Some divorced adults may choose to remarry or live in a co-habiting relationship. This may lead to the creation of a…

Answer 13

reconstituted family

Question 14

Single parent family

Answer 14

Where one parent raises one or more children alone

Question 15

The number of single parent families has continued to rise/fall in modern Britain as a result of an increasing/decreasing rate of divorce

Answer 15

rise, increasing

Question 16

Childless family

Answer 16

Where a married or co-habiting couple are either unable to have children naturally or decide not to have children

Question 17

What type of couples are often a childless family?

Answer 17

Same-sex

Question 18

Give 2 examples of roles and responsibilities within a family

Answer 18

Any from caring for children or elderly relatives, maintaining the family home, earning money, cooking, etc

Question 19

In religious practice, parents can/are expected to take their children to a place of worship

Answer 19

are expected to

Question 20

For many religious believers, those who share in their faith are regarded as what type of family?

Answer 20

An extended family

Question 21

True/False: In Christianity, marriage is regarded as god given

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is regarded as the best basis for creating an environment into which children should be born according to Christianity?

Answer 22

Marriage

Question 23

In Christianity, marriage is regarded as a lifelong __________

Answer 23

commitment

Question 24

Inter-faith marriage

Answer 24

Where two people of different faiths marry

Question 25

Give 2 examples of issues raised by inter-faith marriage

Answer 25

Any 2 from dietary rules, expectations about gender roles, religious beliefs about marriage and moral issues for example contraception, what religion should children be raised in and what should they be told about the afterlife, festivals to celebrate, etc

Question 26

What is the Christian attitude to cohabitation?

Answer 26

It is traditionally prohibited, however, some Christians have become more tolerant and accepting of this. However some still disagree as they believe it devalues the sacred nature of sex which should only take place within marriage

Question 27

The Catholic Church do/do not accept cohabitation

Answer 27

do not

Question 28

The Catholic Church do/do not expect a couple to not have sex before marriage

Answer 28

Do

Question 29

What is the Christian attitude towards adultery?

Answer 29

It is wrong and forbidden in the Ten Commandments

Question 30

What is reconciliation

Answer 30

When people argue or are in conflict in a marriage and make up

Question 31

Give 3 examples of pressures on marriage

Answer 31

Any 3 from lack of communication/appreciation, unemployment, alcohol/financial/sexual problems, affairs, religious differences, lack of children, personality differences, etc

Question 32

The Catholic Church does/does not recognise divorce

Answer 32

does not

Question 33

How does the Catholic Church regard divorce?

Answer 33

As a lifelong commitment

Question 34

How do Christians (besides Catholics) regard divorce?

Answer 34

They mostly accept it however not all accept remarriage after divorce

Question 35

Annulment

Answer 35

When a court says your marriage os domestic partnership

Question 36

What is the only acceptable way that a marriage can be dissolved according to the Catholic Church?

Answer 36

Annulment

Question 37

Remarriage

Answer 37

Where a person who has previously divorced decides to marry again

Question 38

Promiscuity

Answer 38

Having a number of sexual relationships

Question 39

Fidelity

Answer 39

Two people being sexually faithful to each other

Question 40

Procreation

Answer 40

Reproduction

Question 41

Christians believe that sex should generally take place within...

Answer 41

marriage

Question 42

Why do Christians believe that sex should generally take place within marriage?

Answer 42

It is a gift from God and is holy and sacred

Question 43

Casual sex is accepted/not accepted in Christianity

Answer 43

not accepted

Question 44

Chastity

Answer 44

The state in which a person does not have sexual relationships until married

Question 45

Celibacy

Answer 45

When a person decides never to have a sexual relationship

Question 46

Most Protestants believe/do not believe in the use of different forms of contraception

Answer 46

believe

Question 47

The Catholic Church agrees with/opposes artificial methods of contraception

Answer 47

opposes

Question 48

Do all Catholics not use contraception?

Answer 48

No, many Catholics find this particular teaching very difficult to follow and will instead follow their conscience

Question 49

Same-sex marriage can/cannot currently take place in Christian Churches

Answer 49

cannot

Question 50

Why do many Christians oppose same-sex marriage?

Answer 50

On biblical grounds

Question 51

Why do many Christians support same-sex marriage?

Answer 51

They believe that the passages in the bible that discuss it don't apply in today's society

Question 52

The Catholic Church allow/prohibit same-sex marriage

Answer 52

prohibit

Question 53

Why do the Catholic Church prohibit same-sex marriage?

Answer 53

It believes that sexual relationships should only exist between a man and a woman in marriage

Question 54

Christians believe that all humans are created in the image of God, so...

Answer 54

every human life is equal and sacret

Question 55

In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus taught that...

Answer 55

you should not discriminate

Question 56

What did Jesus' actions show about the roles of women and men in worship and authority?

Answer 56

He respected women and had women amongst his closest followers, which would have been very unusual at the time

Question 57

In today's society, men and woman are more _____

Answer 57

equal

Question 58

In the early Christian Church, the original disciples were all men/women

Answer 58

men

Question 59

What does the Bible teach about roles of women and men in worship and authority?

Answer 59

Some parts of the bible indicate that gender is irrelevant as long as you have faith in Jesus, whilst others indicate that women are different to men and should not have authority over them