Theme A Knowlegde(Relationships & Family)

Question 1

Prejudice

Answer 1

An unfair preconceived opinion about a person or a group of people

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Treating someone differently because of what you belief to be true about them

Question 3

Equality

Answer 3

Fair treatment, opportunities and rights given to all people

Question 4

Ordination

Answer 4

Process where someone becomes a priest/vicar or bishop

Question 5

Female ordination

Answer 5

When a woman becomes a priest/vicar or bishop

Question 6

Nuclear family

Answer 6

1 man + 1 woman (married to each other) and the biological children they have together

Question 7

“In persona Christi”

Answer 7

Literally means “in the person of Jesus” meaning that the priest is acting in the place/role of Jesus

Question 8

Extended family

Answer 8

Nuclear family + other relatives that live with them such as grandparents

Question 9

Blended family

Answer 9

1 man + 1 woman, the children they have together and/or their children from previous relationships

Question 10

Single parent family

Answer 10

A family with only one live in parent. This could be due to separation, divorce, death etc

Question 11

Catechesis

Answer 11

Religious instruction or teaching

Question 12

Marriage

Answer 12

The legal joining of 2 people

Question 13

Marriage vows

Answer 13

The promises a couple makes to one another during the marriage ceremony

Question 14

Sacrament

Answer 14

A religious ceremony where a person receives God’s blessings & becomes closer to god

Question 15

The sanctity of marriage

Answer 15

The belief that the marriage vows are sacred promises made to god, not just to the other person. Catholics believe this.

Question 16

Monogamy

Answer 16

Marriage to one person at a time

Question 17

Polygamy

Answer 17

Marriage to multiple people at the same time (illegal in UK)

Question 18

Divorce

Answer 18

The legal ending of a marriage by a court

Question 19

Remarriage

Answer 19

When someone marries again after a divorce

Question 20

Annulment

Answer 20

A legal declaration that the marriage was never valid to begin with and therefore the marriage never existed

Question 21

Procreation

Answer 21

Having children

Question 22

Cohabitation

Answer 22

When 2 people live together in a sexual relationship before marriage

Question 23

Pre-marital sex

Answer 23

Sex before marriage

Question 24

Extra-marital sex

Answer 24

Adultery-having a sexual relationship with someone who is not your husband/wife

Question 25

Celibacy

Answer 25

The commitment not to have sex, maybe until marriage, maybe forever

Question 26

Conception

Answer 26

The moment of fertilisation-becoming pregant

Question 27

Contraception

Answer 27

Any method used to prevent conception

Question 28

Hormonal contraception

Answer 28

Contraception which uses hormones to prevent pregnancy eg. The pill

Question 29

Barrier contraception

Answer 29

Contraception which uses a physical barrier to prevent pregnancy eg condoms

Question 30

Abortifacient contraception

Answer 30

Contraception taken after sex which destroys an already fertilised egg eg morning after pill

Question 31

Natural family planning

Answer 31

Lowering the chance of pregnancy using only the woman’s natural fertility cycle

Question 32

Heterosexuality

Answer 32

Being sexually attracted to people of opposite gender to you

Question 33

Homosexuality

Answer 33

Being sexually attracted to people of the same gender as you

Question 34

Gay rights

Answer 34

The legal rights given to homosexual people, particularly the right to be treated equally to heterosexual people

Question 35

Same-sex marriage

Answer 35

Legal marriage between two people of the same sex

Question 36

Same-sex parenting

Answer 36

A homosexual couple raising children, usually through egg/sperm donation or adoption

Question 37

Civil partnership

Answer 37

A legal union that can be entered by two people who aren’t related to eachother