Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
December 2000 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 2000, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in December 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2000What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
- 2nd December 2000Define the term Rasul.
- 3rd December 2000Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 4th December 2000What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 5th December 2000Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 6th December 2000State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 7th December 2000Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 8th December 2000Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 9th December 2000According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 10th December 2000What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 11th December 2000Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 12th December 2000In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 13th December 2000Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 14th December 2000Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 15th December 2000State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 16th December 2000In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?
- 17th December 2000State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 18th December 2000Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 19th December 2000Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 20th December 2000Give 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.
- 21st December 2000At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 22nd December 2000In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 23rd December 2000State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
- 24th December 2000What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 25th December 2000Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
- 26th December 2000Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
- 27th December 2000Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
- 28th December 2000Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
- 29th December 2000In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
- 30th December 2000State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
- 31st December 2000What is meant by adoption?