Theme D: Religion, peace and conflict quiz - AQA GCSE Religious Studies A quiz

The idea that absolutely all war is morally acceptable in every situation

A set of conditions under which war can be morally acceptable

The belief that every war ever fought is automatically a holy war

A strict rule that completely bans all forms of fighting and violence

Fought purely to take revenge on an enemy

Aimed mainly at gaining more land and territory

Declared by a proper authority

Deliberately targeting innocent civilians

Solomon Asch and Stanley Milgram

George Murdock and Talcott Parsons

Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins

Augustine and Aquinas

A war fought to defend or promote religion

A war that meets all the just war conditions

A war fought only for land

A war declared by pacifists

War is sometimes a moral duty to protect the innocent

All war and violence are wrong

Only holy wars commanded by God are acceptable

Nuclear weapons keep the peace by deterring enemies

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

Having a just cause before going to war

Love your enemies (Matthew 5:44)

Using only proportionate force in a war

Reconciliation between the two opposing sides

Forgiveness offered to those who have done wrong

Stewardship of the natural world and its resources

Greed for land, resources or power

Armed struggle fought under strict conditions to defend the faith or the oppressed

The inner, personal struggle to be a good and faithful Muslim throughout every single day

The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca that each Muslim should make once

The set of daily prayers that a Muslim performs five times every day

They are simply far too expensive for most of the countries in the world to be able to afford to build

They cannot discriminate and kill many innocent civilians, breaking just war principles

They always succeed in preventing war from breaking out anywhere in the world

They are specially blessed by God and so their use is always fully justified

Using overwhelming force at all costs to win as quickly as possible

Ignoring the rights of the enemy and their soldiers completely

Using only the force needed and protecting civilians

Fighting the war for as long as it is physically possible to continue

Paper 1

Coursework

A practical exam

Paper 2

Between the just war position (war can be the lesser evil) and the pacifist position (all war is wrong)

Between two different views that are completely identical to each other and share exactly the same beliefs

Between the practice of couples cohabiting together and the religious institution of marriage

Between the aim of deterrence in punishment and the aim of reforming the offender instead