Religious Studies- Key Words

Question 1

Stereotype

Answer 1

A fixed idea of a type of person or thing.

Question 2

Prejudice

Answer 2

Pre conceived opinion not based on reason or experience.

Question 3

Discrimination

Answer 3

The unjust treatment of different categories of people or things.

Question 4

Racism

Answer 4

Prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief.

Question 5

Sexism

Answer 5

Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex

Question 6

Segregation

Answer 6

The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

Question 7

Asylum Seeker

Answer 7

someone who seeks refuge in a foreign country because of war and violence, or out of fear of persecution

Question 8

Civil Disobedience

Answer 8

The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

Question 9

Non-violent direct action

Answer 9

Non-violent direct action

Question 10

Bus boycott

Answer 10

Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. (BUS)

Question 11

Positive Discrimination

Answer 11

Positive discrimination is a policy in which members of minority groups are given preference over members of majority groups. This is done in a bid to obtain some equality or balance. Positive discrimination is illegal in many countries.

Question 12

Equality

Answer 12

The state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities

Question 13

Diversity

Answer 13

The state of being diverse; variety.

Question 14

Antisemitism

Answer 14

anti-Semitism: the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people

Question 15

Holocaust

Answer 15

The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45.

Question 16

Genocide

Answer 16

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Question 17

Propaganda

Answer 17

information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Question 18

De-humanisation

Answer 18

This is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment

Question 19

Nuremburg Laws

Answer 19

The Nuremberg Laws (German: Nürnberger Gesetze) of 1935 were antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany introduced at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party.

Question 20

Aryan race

Answer 20

The Aryan race was a racial grouping commonly used in the period of the late 19th century to the mid 20th century to describe peoples of Indo-European Eurasian heritage.

Question 21

Ghetto

Answer 21

part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

Question 22

Wannsee Conference

Answer 22

the Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime

Question 23

Final Solution

Answer 23

The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews 1941–45.

Question 24

Yellow Star

Answer 24

Jews during the Holocaust were required to wear the yellow star to let everybody know that they were Jewish

Question 25

Concentration Camp

Answer 25

A place where large numbers of political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities are imprisoned,

Question 26

Covenant

Answer 26

An agreement.

Question 27

SS

Answer 27

The Nazi special police force.

Question 28

Sign

Answer 28

An object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else.

Question 29

Symbol

Answer 29

A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.

Question 30

Allegory

Answer 30

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Question 31

Code

Answer 31

A system of words, letters, figures, or other symbols used to represent others, esp. for the purposes of secrecy.

Question 32

Heraldry

Answer 32

The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised

Question 33

Ichthus

Answer 33

Greek word for fish. Each letter of the word ichthus also stands for the first letter for each word of‘Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior’ in Greek. This was therefore a hidden symbol used by Christians in Medieval times.

Question 34

Chi Rho

Answer 34

The labarum (Greek: λάβαρον) was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the “Chi-Rho” symbol ☧, formed from the first two Greek letters of the word “Christ” (Greek: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, or Χριστός) — Chi (χ) and Rho (ρ).

Question 35

Analogy

Answer 35

A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Question 36

Negative method (of talking about God)

Answer 36

In brief, negative theology is an attempt to achieve unity with the Divine Good through discernment, gaining knowledge of what God is not (apophasis), rather than by describing what God is.