Theme A : Religion and Relationships Key words

Question 1

What is adultery?

Answer 1

Having an affair, a sexual relationship with someone you are not married to.

Question 2

What is the age of consent?

Answer 2

When a person is legally old enough to agree to have sex

Question 3

What is an annulment?

Answer 3

The cancellation of marriage

Question 4

What is civil marriage?

Answer 4

A marriage performed, recorded and recognised by a government official

Question 5

What is commitment?

Answer 5

the state of being dedicated ( to a person or an activity)

Question 6

What is celibacy?

Answer 6

Not having sexual relationships

Question 7

What is chastity/ abstinence?

Answer 7

The practice of not having any sexual relations. Refraining from all sexual acts

Question 8

What is cohabiting?

Answer 8

living together as a couple

Question 9

What is contraception?

Answer 9

The methods used to prevent a pregnancy from taking place

Question 10

What is a contract?

Answer 10

The binding agreement between both sides

Question 11

What is a covenant?

Answer 11

An agreement

Question 12

What is a divorce?

Answer 12

The legal ending of a marriage

Question 13

What is an extended family?

Answer 13

A family that extends beyond just parents and their children including grandparents

Question 14

What is a family?

Answer 14

Parents and their children as a group

Question 15

What is family planning?

Answer 15

the practice of controlling the number of births , by contraception

Question 16

What is gender prejudice?

Answer 16

Acting on prejudices against someone because of their gender. Unfairly judging someone before the facts are known

Question 17

What is gender equality?

Answer 17

the idea that people should be given the same opportunities regardless of their gender

Question 18

What is a heterosexual?

Answer 18

to be sexually attracted to a person of the opposite sex

Question 19

What is a homosexual?

Answer 19

someone physically attracted to the same sex

Question 20

What is a nuclear family?

Answer 20

A couple and their dependant children regarded as a basic social unit

Question 21

What is polygamy?

Answer 21

the practice of a man having more than one wife at the same time

Question 22

What is procreation?

Answer 22

Bringing babies into the world, producing offspring

Question 23

What is remarriage?

Answer 23

marriage a second time after divorce

Question 24

What is responsibility?

Answer 24

the duty to care or for having control over something or someone

Question 25

What is pre - martial sex?

Answer 25

sexual relations prior to being married

Question 26

What is a single parent family?

Answer 26

only one parent raising children, could be a mother or a father

Question 27

What are vows?

Answer 27

promises made in a wedding ceremony

Question 28

What are the benefits/ negatives of having an extended family?

Answer 28

• the benefits is that the couple are able to seek advice from relatives as they have more experience from their families
• negatives: the couple and family will lack privacy and some people may find it stressful

Question 29

What is the Sex Discrimination act? (1975)

Answer 29

• made gender discrimination illegal, however it still happens to this day.
• women get paid less than men on average
  -men hold a higher proportion of senior positions

Question 30

Examples of Gender discrimination in Britain?

Answer 30

• women being asked unfair questions in interviews (kids)
• sexual harrasment in the work place
• top women earning less than top men in sport

Question 31

Why might couples want to cohabit?

Answer 31

• due to financial reasons, expensive to get married today
• want to test and see whether the relationship will work and because divorce also requires money