Religious Ed Flashcards

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What is a ritual? Describe an example

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Rituals are the traditions, habits and actions that are repeated in a family, community or society and have a special meaning to them.
eg. prayer, meditation

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What is the message of the Golden Rule?

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Treat others the way you want to be treated yourself

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Belief

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An idea that people think is true and that they trust

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Worldview

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The way we look at the world and what we think is important in life

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Faith

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A set of beliefs about the world that are connected to a particular religion; also an individuals trust that their religious beliefs are true

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Secular

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Not connected to or associated with a religion

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Sacred

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Something holy, connected to a religion

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The Divine

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God or Gods or something higher that human life

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Denomination

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Religious group with different beliefs and practices from other groups, even though they share the same religion

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Humanism

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A belief that humans can live good happy lives and find meaning in them without religious beliefs and practices

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Symbol

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A picture, image, object, action that represents something else.

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Values

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The things that you consider most important in life and that guide your behaviour

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Five major world religions

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Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism

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List the names of the followers for each of 5 major world religions found in Ireland today

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Christians
Muslims
Hindus
Buddhists
Jews

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Explain what a religious symbol is

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a symbol that represents a religion or religious idea

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Founder of Christianity

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JC

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Founder of Islam

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Muhammad

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Founder of Hinduism

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Unknown

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Founder of Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

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Founder of Judaism

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Abraham & Moses

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Founded before BCE

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Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism

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Began in CE

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Christianity
Islam

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23
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Belief in one god

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Monotheism

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Belief in multiple gods

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Polytheism

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Examples of Monotheism
Christianity Islam Judaism
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Examples of Polytheism
Hinduism
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Prophet
A person who communicates gods message
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Reincarnation
The idea that when you die your soul moves to another body and you are reborn
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Brahman
The one supreme god of Hinduism
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Which religions believe in reincarnation
Buddhism Hinduism
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Sacred text for Muslims
The Qur'an
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Sacred text for Christians
The Bible
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Sacred text for Buddhists
The Tripitaka
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Sacred text for Jews
The Tanakh
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Sacred texts for Hindus
The Vedas and the Bhagavad
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Most important part of Tanakh
Torah
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3 parts of Tripitaka
Vinaya Pitaka Sutra Pitaka Abhidharma Pitaka
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Most important part of the Bible
New Testament
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What language Qu'ran read in most
Arabic
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Oral tradition
Stories and teachings passed by word of mouth
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One of the main secret texts for Hindus
Vedas
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Word for God in Arabic
Allah
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Surah
Chapter of the Qur'an
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What 3 sacred texts will you find the story of Abraham and his family in?
Tanakh Bible Qur'an
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3 religions Abraham associated with
Jews Christians Muslims
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Where was the promised land?
Canaan
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Describe the covenant god made with Abraham
Abraham and Sarai agreed to worship God and leave everything behind. In return, God promised them; a relationship with God a child who would give the many descendants land for Abraham's people to live on
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Sarai's name changed to what and meaning
Sarah meaning princess
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Abram's name changed to what and meaning
Abraham meaning father of a multitude
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Why were Hagar and Ishmael sent away?
Because Sarah had a child of her own
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Which religion considers story of Hagar and Ishmael very important?
Muslims
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Why do you think God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son?
To test his faith
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Why were Jewish people known as the Israelites?
They are descendants of Jacob (Israel)
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Why did Moses live in the Pharaoh's Palace?
Pharaoh's daughter found him on the river Nile
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Explain why Moses left Egypt
he was afraid of being caught for murdering the Egyptian guard
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How did God appear to Moses?
as a burning bush
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What did God ask Moses to do when he appeared in the desert?
Free the slaves
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What excuse did Moses give
He was not a good public speaker
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What was the tenth plague sent by God?
God sent an angel to kill the first born son in every household in Egypt
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outline Moses's instructions to the Israelites to protect themselves from this plague
Sacrifice a lamb and wipe its blood above the doorpost - angel of death would see blood and pass over hence the name of the festival Passover
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Explain how God helped the Israelites escape the Egyptian army
parted waters of red sea
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Name the mountain where Moses received the 10 commandments
Mount Sinai
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What is moral code?
An accepted set of rules that guide people to do the right thing
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What were Israelites worshipping instead of God when Moses returned?
Golden calf
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How did Moses react?
Got angry and smashed the calf
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What are the first four commandments about?
Peoples relationship with God
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What are the last six commandments about?
Peoples relationships with each other
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Commandment
A rule or an order people are expected to follow
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Idol
Something that is used to represent a god
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Yahweh
Hebrew name for God
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Who was David's father?
Jesse
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Where was David born?
Bethlehem
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What does it mean to anoint someone?
pour oil on head for a special reason
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What were David's talents
Musician Poet
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Where would you hear David's psalms being sung today?
Church
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What does it mean to sin and repent?
Sin is an action against God's law Repent is to regret a sin and try not to do it again
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Name the 2 prophets who helped David to follow gods plan for life
Nathan
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Name religion from the symbol
Buddhism
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What does it mean to be in exile?
made to leave your country
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What did the Jews realise when living in Babylon?
Over time they had broken their covenant with god as they spent so much time fighting with each other
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Name religion from the symbol
Christianity
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What did they change during this time?
They started living by the ten commandments and tried harder to follow gods law
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Name religion from the symbol
Islam
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Name 2 foreign powers that invaded and ruled Israel
Greek Roman
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Name religion from the symbol
Judaism
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Festival of lights also known as
Hanukkah
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Name religion from the symbol
Hinduism
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Name religion from the symbol
Slipknotism
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What does the menorah represent?
the creation in seven days of the world
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How long does Hanukkah last?
eight nights and days