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December 2011 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 2011, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in December 2011

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

  1. 1st December 2011What does it mean when a Christian says 'I forgive you' to someone who wronged them?
  2. 2nd December 2011What does the Christian idea of 'the Fall' refer to?
  3. 3rd December 2011State one reason poverty should not be seen as the fault of the person experiencing it.
  4. 4th December 2011What is meant by the 'cycle of poverty'?
  5. 5th December 2011State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  6. 6th December 2011According to Romans 2:14-15, what inner faculty is described as 'bearing witness' to right and wrong?
  7. 7th December 2011Name the Roman emperor traditionally associated with blaming Christians for the great fire of Rome.
  8. 8th December 2011Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  9. 9th December 2011State one example of adab when speaking one of Allah's names aloud.
  10. 10th December 2011Which earlier scripture do Muslims associate with the prophet Dawud (David)?
  11. 11th December 2011Give one way belief in Akhirah might help a Muslim cope with suffering or injustice experienced in this life.
  12. 12th December 2011How many Obligatory Acts make up Furu al-Din in total?
  13. 13th December 2011A Muslim's qualifying savings are 5,000 pounds. Calculate 2.5 per cent zakah on this amount.
  14. 14th December 2011According to Qur'an 40:60, what does Allah promise in response to dua?
  15. 15th December 2011Give one legal protection a married couple has that a cohabiting couple does not automatically have.
  16. 16th December 2011What is meant by an 'empty nest' family?
  17. 17th December 2011In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  18. 18th December 2011Which UK Act of Parliament licenses and regulates scientific procedures on protected animals?
  19. 19th December 2011In which cave is Muhammad believed to have first encountered the angel Jibril?
  20. 20th December 2011Who wrote The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), the key study of mystical experience?
  21. 21st December 2011Give one virtue that the soul-making theodicy says can be developed through facing suffering.
  22. 22nd December 2011Give one just war criterion that judges how proportionate the harm of a war is to the good it might achieve.
  23. 23rd December 2011Give one Bible reference that Christians associate with peacemaking.
  24. 24th December 2011Which of the five statutory purposes of sentencing focuses on making amends to those affected by a crime?
  25. 25th December 2011Give the definition of corporal punishment.
  26. 26th December 2011Explain what religious discrimination means, giving a brief example.
  27. 27th December 2011State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
  28. 28th December 2011Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  29. 29th December 2011According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  30. 30th December 2011A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
  31. 31st December 2011Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.