Relationships and Families - Key Words

Question 1

Marriage

Answer 1

Life-long legal and sexual commitment between two people.

Question 2

Sanctity of Marriage

Answer 2

The belief that marriage is holy.

Question 3

Cohabitation

Answer 3

When a couple live together in a sexual relationship without being married.

Question 4

Divorce

Answer 4

The legal ending of a marriage.

Death does not count.

Question 5

Remarriage

Answer 5

Marrying again after a divorce - usually to a different person.

Question 6

Nuclear Family

Answer 6

Parents and their immediate children, living together.

Question 7

Extended Family

Answer 7

Includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc

Question 8

Polygamy

Answer 8

Marriage to more than one person at a time (usually a man with several wives).

Question 9

Procreation

Answer 9

Having children by having sex.

Question 10

Contraception

Answer 10

Preventing pregnancy while having sex, for example by using a condom.

Question 11

Family Planning

Answer 11

Deciding in advance when to have children and how many to have.

Question 12

Homosexual

Answer 12

A person attracted to the same sex as themselves.

Question 13

Heterosexual

Answer 13

A person attracted to the opposite sex to themselves.

Question 14

Same-sex marriage

Answer 14

Marriage between two people of the same gender.

Question 15

Gender Equality

Answer 15

Equal rights and opportunities for men and women.

Question 16

Gender Prejudice

Answer 16

When men hold unfair views on women, or vice versa.

Question 17

Gender Discrimination

Answer 17

When a person or institution acts on gender prejudice to treat either men or women unfairly.