Unit 3: Terms

Question 1

Define Anthropology

Answer 1

The science that studies the origins, developments and customs of human beings.

Question 2

What is the science that studies the origins, developments an customs of human beings known as?

Answer 2

Anthropology

Question 3

Define Temptation

Answer 3

The craving or desire for something understood to be wrong.

Question 4

What is the craving or desire for something understood to be wrong known as?

Answer 4

Temptation

Question 5

Define Golden Rule

Answer 5

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)

Question 6

What is the phrase, “Do to others as you would have them do to you,” known as?

Answer 6

The Golden Rule

Question 7

Define Mortal/Venial Sin

Answer 7

More severe sins, which, when committed, destroy the life of grace, and create the threat of eternal damnation unless absolved through the sacrament of confession, or through perfect contrition on the part of the offender.

Question 8

What are more severe sins, which, when committed, destroy the life of grace known as?

Answer 8

Capital/Venial Sin

Question 9

Define Soul

Answer 9

The deepest nature of a person. Spiritual part of a human being that is believed to continue to exist after the body dies.

Question 10

What is the spiritual part of a person that is believed to continue to exist after the body dies known as?

Answer 10

Soul

Question 11

Define Humanitarian

Answer 11

One who is committed to improving the lives of other people.

Question 12

What is one who is committed to improving the lives of other people known as?

Answer 12

Humanitarian

Question 13

Define Creationism

Answer 13

The belief that God created the heavens and the earth with wisdom and love.

Question 14

What is the belief that God created the heavens and the earth with wisdom and love known as?

Answer 14

Creationism

Question 15

Define Parable

Answer 15

A special form of storytelling, used by Jesus in the synoptic Gospels. Comes from the greek word “comparison”. A short story intended to illustrate a moral or religious lesson.

Question 16

What is a special form of storytelling, used by Jesus in the synoptic Gospels known as? It comes from the greek word “comparison”. It is a short story intended to illustrate a moral or religious lesson.

Answer 16

Parable

Question 17

Define Reciprocity

Answer 17

The expectation that if I do something for someone else, this person will at some point do something in return for me.

Question 18

What is the expectation that if I do something for someone else, this person will at some point do something in return for me known as?

Answer 18

Reciprocity

Question 19

Define Secular

Answer 19

Not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters.

Question 20

What is not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters known as?

Answer 20

Secular

Question 20

Define Venial Sin

Answer 20

Relatively minor sin, and could be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church. (ex. petty thievery, white lies)

Question 21

What is a minor sin that can be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church known as?

Answer 21

Venial Sin

Question 22

Define Affluenza

Answer 22

All the negative things (stress, debt, family problems) associated with consuming or wanting more.

Question 23

What are all the negative things associated with consuming or wanting more known as?

Answer 23

Affluenza

Question 24

Define Role Model

Answer 24

Any person who serves as an example of positive behaviour.

Question 25

Who is any person who serves as an example of positive behaviour known as?

Answer 25

Role Model

Question 26

Define Evolution

Answer 26

The process by which all living things develop from earlier, less complex organisms.

Question 27

What is the process by which all living things develop from earlier, less complex organisms known as?

Answer 27

(The Theory Of) Evolution

Question 28

Define Culture

Answer 28

The set of meanings, beliefs, values an rules for living shared by groups and societies as a source of their identity.

Question 29

What is the set of meanings, beliefs, values an rules for living shared by groups and societies as a source of their identity known as?

Answer 29

Culture

Question 30

Define Trust

Answer 30

Somebody who or something that people place confidence or faith in.

Question 31

What is somebody who or something that people place confidence or faith in known as?

Answer 31

Trust

Question 32

Define Virtue

Answer 32

The quality of being morally good or righteous.

Question 33

What is the quality of being morally good or righteous known as?

Answer 33

Virtue

Question 34

Define Sin

Answer 34

The breach of the relationship that God established with creation.

Question 35

What is the breach of the relationship that God established with creation known as?

Answer 35

Sin

Question 36

Define Materialism

Answer 36

Devotion to material wealth and possessions at the expense of spiritual or intellectual values.

Question 37

What is the devotion to material wealth and possessions at the expense of spiritual or intellectual values known as?

Answer 37

Materialism

Question 38

Define Atheist

Answer 38

Somebody who does not believe in any God.

Question 39

What is somebody who does not believe in any God known as?

Answer 39

Atheist

Question 40

Define Original Sin

Answer 40

The sin that every human person is born with, which has been passed on from the beginning of the human race because we choose to disobey God.

Question 41

What is the sin that every human person is born with, which has been passed on from the beginning of the human race because we choose to disobey God known as?

Answer 41

Original Sin