Theme A: Relationships And Family

Question 1

Prejudice

Answer 1

Unfair preconceived opinion about a person or a group of people

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Treating someone differently because of what you believe to be true about them

Question 3

Equality

Answer 3

Fair treatment, opportunities and rights given to all people

Question 4

Gender equality

Answer 4

Fair treatment no matter what their gender

Question 5

Ordination

Answer 5

A ceremony where a person becomes a priest/bishop

Question 6

‘In persona Christ’

Answer 6

The Catholic Church believes a priest should act in the role of Jesus

Question 7

Nuclear Family

Answer 7

1 man and 1 woman who are married to each other and the children they have together

Question 8

Extended family

Answer 8

Nuclear family + other relatives that live with them e.g. grandparents

Question 9

Blended family

Answer 9

1 man + 1 woman, the children they have together and children from a previous relationship

Question 10

Single-parent family

Answer 10

A family with only one live-in parent. This could be due to divorce, death etc

Question 11

Procreation

Answer 11

Having children - a purpose of marriage

Question 12

Catechesis

Answer 12

Religious teachings

Question 13

Marriage

Answer 13

Legal joining of two people

Question 14

Sacrament

Answer 14

A religious ceremony where a person receives God’s grace

Question 15

Sanctity of marriage

Answer 15

Belief that marriage vows are sacred promises to God, not just the other person

Question 16

Monogamy

Answer 16

Being married to one person at a time

Question 17

Polygamy

Answer 17

Having more than one husband or wife at a time

Question 18

Divorce

Answer 18

The legal ending of a marriage by court

Question 19

Remarriage

Answer 19

When someone marries again after divorce

Question 20

Annulment

Answer 20

A declaration that the marriage never existed to begin with

Question 21

Cohabitation

Answer 21

When 2 people live together in a sexual relationship before marriage

Question 22

Pre-marital sex

Answer 22

A sexual relationship before marriage

Question 23

Extra-marital sex

Answer 23

Adultery

Question 24

Celibacy

Answer 24

The commitment to not have sex, maybe until marriage maybe forever

Question 25

Conception

Answer 25

Becoming pregnant

Question 26

Contraception

Answer 26

Any method used to stop conception

Question 27

Hormonal contraception

Answer 27

Contraception which uses hormones to prevent pregnancy

Question 28

Barrier contraception

Answer 28

Contraception which uses a physical barrier to prevent pregnancy

Question 29

Abortifacient contraception

Answer 29

Contraception taken after sex which destroys the fertilised egg

Question 30

Natural family planning

Answer 30

Lowering the chance pregnancy using only the women’s natural fertility cycle

Question 31

Heterosexuality

Answer 31

Being sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex/gender to you

Question 32

Homosexuality

Answer 32

Being sexually attracted to people of the same sex/gender to you

Question 33

Gay rights

Answer 33

The legal rights given to homosexual people, particularly the right to be treated equally to heterosexual poeple

Question 34

Same-sex marriage

Answer 34

Legal marriage between two people of the same sex

Question 35

Same-sex parenting

Answer 35

A homosexual couple raising children