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December 2019 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 2019, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in December 2019

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 2019What does the principle of discrimination require in war?
  2. 2nd December 2019Suggest one reason a Humanist might oppose weapons of mass destruction without appealing to any religious teaching.
  3. 3rd December 2019According to Qur'an 2:190, what limit is placed on fighting?
  4. 4th December 2019Complete the quotation: 'Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as ______' (Ephesians 4:32).
  5. 5th December 2019What does 'fitrah' mean in Islam?
  6. 6th December 2019Give one example of a structural change that could help reduce poverty in the long term.
  7. 7th December 2019Name the United Nations goal that aims to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030.
  8. 8th December 2019State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  9. 9th December 2019Which Genesis verse states that God created humankind 'in his own image'?
  10. 10th December 2019Give one task typically carried out by a Christian relief or aid organisation supporting persecuted communities.
  11. 11th December 2019Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  12. 12th December 2019Give the one-word meaning of the name Al-Kareem.
  13. 13th December 2019Name the prophet associated with the Tawrat (Torah) in Islamic belief.
  14. 14th December 2019State what the term Mizan refers to in Muslim belief about the Day of Judgement.
  15. 15th December 2019Name the Pillar that involves pilgrimage to Makkah.
  16. 16th December 2019What is expected of a woman who does not fast during Ramadan due to menstruation?
  17. 17th December 2019What is the name for the sermon delivered as part of Jummah prayer?
  18. 18th December 2019Which Bible verse do many Christians use to support the idea that companionship is a purpose of marriage?
  19. 19th December 2019What is meant by a same-sex family?
  20. 20th December 2019In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  21. 21st December 2019What does the 'R' for Reduction mean in the 3Rs principle for animal research?
  22. 22nd December 2019What does Peter's vision of the sheet of animals in Acts 10:9-16 come to be interpreted as meaning?
  23. 23rd December 2019Name William James's philosophical approach of judging a belief partly by the practical difference it makes in a person's life.
  24. 24th December 2019What is a theodicy?
  25. 25th December 2019Name the just war criterion that requires only a recognised ruler or government, not a private group, to declare war.
  26. 26th December 2019State one reason Christians might value freedom as a route to peace.
  27. 27th December 2019Give one example of a reparative sentence a court might impose.
  28. 28th December 2019State one requirement classical Islamic law places on courts before certain fixed (hadd) punishments can be applied.
  29. 29th December 2019Give one non-legal way that prejudice in a community can be challenged.
  30. 30th December 2019Give one way a UK faith community might promote racial harmony locally.
  31. 31st December 2019Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.