Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
May 2008 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in May 2008, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in May 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2008State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
- 2nd May 2008State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
- 3rd May 2008Give 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.
- 4th May 2008What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
- 5th May 2008Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
- 6th May 2008Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
- 7th May 2008What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 8th May 2008What does As-Sirat mean?
- 9th May 2008Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
- 10th May 2008Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
- 11th May 2008Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
- 12th May 2008What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
- 13th May 2008Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
- 14th May 2008What is meant by cohabitation?
- 15th May 2008What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
- 16th May 2008Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
- 17th May 2008What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
- 18th May 2008Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
- 19th May 2008Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?
- 20th May 2008What does the principle of discrimination require in war?
- 21st May 2008Suggest one reason a Humanist might oppose weapons of mass destruction without appealing to any religious teaching.
- 22nd May 2008According to Qur'an 2:190, what limit is placed on fighting?
- 23rd May 2008Complete the quotation: 'Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as ______' (Ephesians 4:32).
- 24th May 2008What does 'fitrah' mean in Islam?
- 25th May 2008Give one example of a structural change that could help reduce poverty in the long term.
- 26th May 2008Name the United Nations goal that aims to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030.
- 27th May 2008State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
- 28th May 2008Which Genesis verse states that God created humankind 'in his own image'?
- 29th May 2008Give one task typically carried out by a Christian relief or aid organisation supporting persecuted communities.
- 30th May 2008Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
- 31st May 2008Give the one-word meaning of the name Al-Kareem.