Key Words - Relationships and Families

Question 1

adultery

Answer 1

having an affair, a sexual relationship with someone you are not married to

Question 2

age of consent

Answer 2

the age at which a persons consent to sexual intercourse is valid in law

Question 3

annulment

Answer 3

the cancellation of a marriage

Question 4

civil marriage

Answer 4

a marriage solemnized as a civil contract without religious ceremony

Question 5

commitment

Answer 5

the interaction between peoples religious consciousness and participation

Question 6

celibacy

Answer 6

not having sexual relations; to be celibate

Question 7

chastity/abstinence

Answer 7

the state of being chaste; purity

Question 8

cohabitation

Answer 8

living together as a couple

Question 9

contraception

Answer 9

the methods used to prevent a pregnancy from taking place

Question 10

contract

Answer 10

the binding agreement between two sides

Question 11

covenant

Answer 11

a written agreement of promise

Question 12

divorce

Answer 12

legal dissolution (ending) of a marriage

Question 13

extended family

Answer 13

a family that extends beyond just parents and their children by including grandparents and other relatives

Question 14

family

Answer 14

parents and their children as a group

Question 15

family planning

Answer 15

controlling how many children couples have and when they have them

Question 16

gender stereotyping

Answer 16

acting on prejudices against someone because of their gender

Question 17

gender equality

Answer 17

a situation in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender

Question 18

gender inequality

Answer 18

the idea that men and women are not equal

Question 19

heterosexual

Answer 19

to be sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

Question 20

homosexual

Answer 20

someone physically attracted to the same sex

Question 21

nuclear family

Answer 21

a couple and their children regarded as a basic social unit

Question 22

polygamy

Answer 22

the practice of a man having more than one wife at the same time

Question 23

procreation

Answer 23

bringing babies into the world; producing offspring

Question 24

remarriage

Answer 24

marriage a second time after divorce (not usually to the person originally divorced from)

Question 25

responsibility

Answer 25

the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something

Question 26

pre-marital sex

Answer 26

sexual relations prior to being married

Question 27

single parent family

Answer 27

a family with only one parent

Question 28

vows

Answer 28

promises made in a wedding ceremony