WJEC GCSE RS UNIT 2 Key Concepts Exam
Questions and Answers
1. Responsibilities - ANSWER Actions you are expected to carry out
2. Roles - ANSWER patterns of behavior that are representative of a person's
social status
3. Censorship - ANSWER restriction on access to ideas and information
4. Discrimination - ANSWER unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group
and its members
5. Extremism - ANSWER The holding of extreme political or religious views;
fanaticism
6. Human Rights - ANSWER the basic rights to which all people are entitled
as human beings
7. Personal Conviction - ANSWER Something a person strongly feels or
believes in
8. Prejudice - ANSWER A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or
actual experience
9. Relative / absolute poverty - ANSWER a measurement of poverty based on
a percentage of the median income in a given location / a level of poverty
that is life threatening
10.Social justice - ANSWER the defense of human dignity by ensuring that
essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected
for all people
11.Free Will - ANSWER The idea that human beings are free to make their
own choices
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12.Heaven and Hell - ANSWER Heaven, portrayed as a vision of the family of
saints reunited in Paradise, or a place of light, peace and joy, with no more
sorrow or pain, where the faithful join in worship before the Throne of God.
Hell, portrayed as the fate of the damned, a dark and frightening abyss,
where each sinner is punished, and suffering in a manner appropriate to his
or her sin.
13.Judgement - ANSWER The act of judging people and their actions
14.Pilgrimage - ANSWER A journey to a sacred/ holy place
15.reason - ANSWER Our ability to think logically
16.revelation - ANSWER An enlightening or astonishing disclosure: God
revealing Himself to humans
17.vows - ANSWER Promises made between the couple getting married with
God as a witness
18.Akhira - ANSWER An Islamic term for a belief in life after death
19.Al-Qadr - ANSWER Islamic belief in predestination
20.Burkha - ANSWER a loose garment covering the entire body, but the eyes
21.Id-ul-fitr - ANSWER Festival celebrated at the end of Ramadan
22.Isa - ANSWER Arabic name for Jesus
23.Lesser Jihad - ANSWER The external struggle against oppression
24.Makkah - ANSWER Muslim holy city
25.Mosque - ANSWER A Muslim place of worship
26.Muhammad - ANSWER Founder of Islam
27.Prophet - ANSWER A messenger from God
28.Ummah - ANSWER Muslim worldwide community
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29.Hijab - ANSWER A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.
30.Adultery - ANSWER A sexual act between a married person and someone
other than their marriage partner
31.Divorce - ANSWER The legal dissolution of a marriage
32.Cohabitation - ANSWER Living together without being married
33.Commitment - ANSWER A pledge or promise
34.Contraception - ANSWER birth control
35.Gender equality - ANSWER People of all genders enjoying the same rights
and opportunities in all aspects of their lives
36.Baptism - ANSWER Sacrament by which God cleanses all sin and one is
introduced to the Christian family
37.Bible - ANSWER The holy book of Christians
38.Confirmation - ANSWER Religious ritual confirming vows made on your
behalf as an infant: becoming a full member of the Christian family
39.Eucharist - ANSWER A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last
Supper by consecrating bread and wine
40.Free Will - ANSWER The idea that human beings are free to make their
own choices
41.Heaven and Hell - ANSWER Heaven, portrayed as a vision of the family of
saints reunited in Paradise, or a place of light, peace and joy, with no more
sorrow or pain, where the faithful join in worship before the Throne of God.
Hell, portrayed as the fate of the damned, a dark and frightening abyss,
where each sinner is punished, and suffering in a manner appropriate to his
or her sin.
42.Judgement - ANSWER The act of judging people and their actions