Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

February 1989 5-a-day

Every sheet in February 1989

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1989Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
  2. 2nd February 1989Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.
  3. 3rd February 1989In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
  4. 4th February 1989What is the name of the biblical account, found in John chapter 2, in which Jesus is said to have changed water into wine?
  5. 5th February 1989Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
  6. 6th February 1989What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
  7. 7th February 1989Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
  8. 8th February 1989What is restorative justice?
  9. 9th February 1989Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
  10. 10th February 1989State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
  11. 11th February 1989State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  12. 12th February 1989Give the name for the Christian interpretation of Genesis 1 which reads each 'day' as a long period of time rather than a literal 24-hour day.
  13. 13th February 1989What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
  14. 14th February 1989Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
  15. 15th February 1989Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
  16. 16th February 1989What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  17. 17th February 1989What does As-Sirat mean?
  18. 18th February 1989Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
  19. 19th February 1989Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
  20. 20th February 1989Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
  21. 21st February 1989What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
  22. 22nd February 1989Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
  23. 23rd February 1989What is meant by cohabitation?
  24. 24th February 1989What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
  25. 25th February 1989Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
  26. 26th February 1989What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
  27. 27th February 1989Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
  28. 28th February 1989Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?