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May 2018 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in May 2018, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in May 2018

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

  1. 1st May 2018Give one reason why owing debt can trap a developing country in poverty.
  2. 2nd May 2018State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  3. 3rd May 2018Which Christian tradition, associated with the reformer John Calvin, places strong emphasis on predestination and God's sovereign choice in salvation?
  4. 4th May 2018State one way a persecuted Christian community might continue to worship safely.
  5. 5th May 2018Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  6. 6th May 2018Define adab as used in this topic.
  7. 7th May 2018What does tahrif mean?
  8. 8th May 2018Name the bridge that, according to Muslim tradition, will stretch over Jahannam on the Day of Judgement.
  9. 9th May 2018What is meant by Zakah?
  10. 10th May 2018True or false: charity given voluntarily, beyond the obligatory zakah, is called sadaqah.
  11. 11th May 2018On which day of the week is Jummah prayer performed?
  12. 12th May 2018Give one reason a couple might choose to cohabit rather than marry.
  13. 13th May 2018What is meant by a nuclear family?
  14. 14th May 2018In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  15. 15th May 2018According to Genesis 1:28, what authority did God give humans over animals?
  16. 16th May 2018Give one psychological explanation sceptics use to challenge visions as reliable evidence of God.
  17. 17th May 2018In which decade did the charismatic Christian phenomenon known as the Toronto Blessing begin?
  18. 18th May 2018What do believers in afterlife compensation hope will happen to suffering after death?
  19. 19th May 2018What historical conflict is commonly used as a case study of 'holy war'?
  20. 20th May 2018Why might a Muslim link justice (adl) to a desire for peace?
  21. 21st May 2018State one criticism of retribution as the sole aim of punishment.
  22. 22nd May 2018Name one form of corporal punishment used historically in the UK.
  23. 23rd May 2018Name the Act of Parliament, and the year it was passed, that lists the protected characteristics in UK law.
  24. 24th May 2018Name one piece of US legislation that followed from the civil rights movement King helped lead.
  25. 25th May 2018Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  26. 26th May 2018According to Acts 1:10-11, what did the two men in white tell the disciples as Jesus ascended?
  27. 27th May 2018Give one factor that has contributed to falling attendance at traditional Sunday services in Britain.
  28. 28th May 2018Give one symbol associated with Pentecost and state what it represents.
  29. 29th May 2018According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  30. 30th May 2018Which two people are believed to have rebuilt the foundations of the Ka'bah, according to Qur'an 2:127?
  31. 31st May 2018What is the Arabic term for the angels who record human deeds, sometimes translated 'Noble Recorders'?