GCSE Religious Studies - revision

Question 1

What is the 'principle of utility'?

Accepted Answer

Act to produce the greatest good for the greatest number.

Question 2

What does conservation mean?

Accepted Answer

Protecting and preserving the environment

Question 3

what does stewardship mean?

Accepted Answer

looking after the world

Question 4

What does tanha mean?

Accepted Answer

Craving, Thirst

Question 5

What are the Three marks of existence?

Accepted Answer

dukka, anicca and anatta

Question 6

How many doctors have to approve an abortion in England and Wales?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 7

what does Retribution mean?

Accepted Answer

punishment imposed on a wrongdoer for repayment or revenge

Question 8

Hate crimes are based on _______.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

Who said "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish..."

Accepted Answer

Mother Teresa

Question 10

In the story of Kisa Gotami what did the Buddha send her looking for?

Accepted Answer

Mustard Seed

Question 11

To become a Theravada monk what does a person need to be?

Accepted Answer

Healthy, without debts and without family responsibility

Question 12

Corporal punishment is

Accepted Answer

being whipped/beaten

Question 13

What is mala?

Accepted Answer

Pray beads

Question 14

What is Community Service?

Accepted Answer

A sentence where offenders work for a community agency

Question 15

What does the word "Euthanasia" literally mean

Accepted Answer

A Good Death

Question 16

When do Roman Catholics believe that life begins?

Accepted Answer

Conception

Question 17

What does the word Euthanasia mean

Accepted Answer

Dyng well, Good death

Question 18

When was the Abortion Act passed in England and Wales?

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 19

What are the Jataka?

Accepted Answer

Popular stories about the life of the Buddha

Question 20

What is the cause of hate crimes?

Accepted Answer

Prejudice

Question 21

What does Reformation mean? (reform)

Accepted Answer

A change.

Question 22

What does 'Sangha' refer to?

Accepted Answer

The community

Question 23

An advance directive is...

Accepted Answer

A living will, instructs doctors not to treat in some cases

Question 24

According to Buddhist tradition, what did Siddhartha do as soon as he was born?

Accepted Answer

Walk and Talk

Question 25

What does Imago Dei mean?

Accepted Answer

Made in the image of God

Question 26

What does 'deterrence' mean?

Accepted Answer

To put someone off doing something again

Question 27

What is Capital Punishment?

Accepted Answer

Punishment of death by the court of the law

Question 28

How can we protect our Environment?

Accepted Answer

Limiting water usage, use more Eco friendly products and eat less meats., Use Reusable shopping bags, and bike/walk more., Reduce. Reuse and Recycle., When people don't Reuse, Reduce and Recycle.

Question 29

What were the three watches of the night?

Accepted Answer

The realisations the Buddha made to achieve enlightenment

Question 30

What are the 3 sections of The Eightfold Path?

Accepted Answer

Ethics, meditation and wisdom, Sila, samadhi and panna

Question 31

Active Euthanasia is...

Accepted Answer

Illegal in the UK

Question 32

After 12 weeks the unborn child is called a...

Accepted Answer

Foetus

Question 33

What is dependent arising?

Accepted Answer

The idea that all things arise in dependence upon conditions

Question 34

What are the three poisons

Accepted Answer

Greed, hatred and ignorance

Question 35

The law relating to Euthanasia in England and Wales is

Accepted Answer

1961 Suicide Act

Question 36

What does 'dhamma' mean?

Accepted Answer

Truth, Law

Question 37

Which is true about fathers' rights in the UK?

Accepted Answer

No rights

Question 38

The principle of double effect is...

Accepted Answer

Side-effects are justified by primary intention being good, A way of approving abortions where mothers' lives at risk, A way of justifying giving big doses of morphine to dying

Question 39

Which of these arguments are against Capital Punishment?

Accepted Answer

Miscarriages of Justice - Innocent people can die, Only a deity (God) can decide when to take a life

Question 40

Which of these countries does not currently use the Death Penalty?

Accepted Answer

UK

Question 41

Which of the following are reasons why people commit crimes?

Accepted Answer

All of these reasons and more

Question 42

What does Buddha-nature mean?

Accepted Answer

The idea that everyone has the essence of a Buddha inside

Question 43

What does 'Buddha' mean?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightened / Awakened One

Question 44

Where is Euthanasia legal?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands

Question 45

What does Dominion mean?

Accepted Answer

Duty to rule over the Earth

Question 46

What are the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha collectively known as?

Accepted Answer

Refuges / treasures / jewels

Question 47

What are the five aggregates?

Accepted Answer

Form, sensation, perception, mental formation, consciousness

Question 48

What is the meaning of 'Ascetic'?

Accepted Answer

Living a simple and strict life

Question 49

The death penalty is also known as

Accepted Answer

capital punishment

Question 50

Which Buddhist denomination follows the Arhat idea and what is Arhat?

Accepted Answer

Theravada Buddhism and 'perfect person'

GCSE Religious Studies - revision

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GCSE Religious Studies - revision

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