Rligion Peace and Conflict - key terms

Question 1

War

Answer 1

Fighting between nations to resolve issues between them

Question 2

Peace

Answer 2

an absence of conflict, which leads to happiness and harmoney

Question 3

Justice

Answer 3

Bringing about what is right and fair, according to the law or making up for a wrong that has been commited

Question 4

forgiveness

Answer 4

Showing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done

Question 5

Reconciliation

Answer 5

A sacrement in the Catholic Church, also when induviduals or groups restore friendly relationships

Question 6

Protest

Answer 6

An expression of disaproval, often in a public group

Question 7

Violence

Answer 7

Using actions that threaten or harm others

Question 8

Terrorism

Answer 8

the unlawful use of violence, to achieve a political goal

Question 9

Greed

Answer 9

Selfish desire for something

Question 10

Self-defence

Answer 10

acting to prevent harm to yourself and others

Question 11

Retalitation

Answer 11

deliberatly harming someone as a response to harming them

Question 12

Nuclear Weapons

Answer 12

Weapons that workk by a nuclear reaction, they devistate huge areas

Question 13

Weapons of Mass Dustruction

Answer 13

Weapons that can devastate large areas people and/or cause great damage

Question 14

Chemical Weapons

Answer 14

Weapons that use chemical to poison, burn or paralyise humans

Question 15

Biological Weapons

Answer 15

Weapons that have living organism or infective material that can lead to diseases or death

Question 16

mutually assured destruction

Answer 16

Mutual assured destruction is a military in which a use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.

Question 17

Just war

Answer 17

A war which meets internationally accepted criteria for fairness, follows traditional Christain rules - accepted by many other religions

Question 18

Holy War

Answer 18

Fighting for a religous cause or God

Question 19

Pacifism

Answer 19

the beleief of people who refuse to take part in war and any other form of violence

Question 20

Peacemanking

Answer 20

The action of trying to establish peace