topic 1: Rights and Responsibilities (Christianity only) DEFINITIONS

Question 1

Define: Church

Answer 1

Community of Christians

Question 2

Define: church

Answer 2

Christian place of worship

Question 3

Define: Conscience

Answer 3

Inner feeling of rightness or wrongness of an action

Question 4

Define: The Decalogue

Answer 4

Ten Commandments

Question 5

Define: Democratic Processes

Answer 5

All citizens take part in government through elections

Question 6

Define: Electoral Processes

Answer 6

Voting is organised

Question 7

Define: The Golden Rule

Answer 7

Jesus’ teaching that you should treat others as you would like to be treated

Question 8

Define: Human Rights

Answer 8

Rights and freedoms which everyone is entitled to

Question 9

Define: Political Party

Answer 9

A group that tries to be elected into power on the basis of their policies e.g Labour

Question 10

Define: Pressure Group

Answer 10

A group formed to influence the government policy on a particular issue

Question 11

Define: Situation Ethics

Answer 11

Christian should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do

Question 12

Define: Social change

Answer 12

Ways in which society has changed and is changing for the future

Question 13

Define: Genetic Engineering

Answer 13

Process where DNA from one life form is taken out, altered ad replaced to continue growing

Question 14

Define: Cloning

Answer 14

Creating an identical copy of a living organism (a form of genetic engineering

Question 15

Define: Parable

Answer 15

A religious story with a moral meaning

Question 16

Define: Citizen

Answer 16

A person who lives in a country