RE Y9 Marriage and the Family KW test

Question 1

Abstinence

Answer 1

choosing to restrain oneself from doing something, for example, having sex or eating food (also called fasting)

Question 2

Adultery

Answer 2

sexual relationship with someone other than their spouse

Question 3

Annulment

Answer 3

declaration that a marriage is null and void; in effect as if it had never happened, for reasons such as being under age or being forced to marry

Question 4

Cohabitation

Answer 4

living together in a sexual relationship but without legalising the union through marriage

Question 5

Conception

Answer 5

the moment when a sperm fertilises an egg, creating an embryo that can develop into a baby

Question 6

Contraception

Answer 6

artificial and natural methods of preventing pregnancy; also known as birth control

Question 7

Divorce

Answer 7

the legal ending of a marriage

Question 8

Faithfulness

Answer 8

not having a sexual relationship with anyone other than a partner

Question 9

Gender discrimination

Answer 9

acting upon prejudice about someone’s gender

Question 10

Gender prejudice

Answer 10

making judgements about men or women on the basis of their gender; for example, judging all women to be emotionally fragile or all men to be emotionally strong

Question 11

Heterosexuality

Answer 11

sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex

Question 12

Homosexuality

Answer 12

sexual attraction to members of the same sex

Question 13

Humanist

Answer 13

a non-religious person who looks to reason and empathy in order to live a meaningful life

Question 14

Procreation

Answer 14

to have sex and produce children

Question 15

Promiscuity

Answer 15

sexual relations with multiple partners on a casual basis

Question 16

Situation ethics

Answer 16

ethical decision made according to the most loving outcome

Question 17

Utilitarianism

Answer 17

the belief that the right course of action is the one that will produce the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people