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Worksheets11 SOR Unit 1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Beliefs, ethics and rituals can all be classified as
Characteristics of ancient religions
Characteristics of modern religions
Characteristics of all religion traditions
Insignificant in the study of religion
Sacred texts refer to which of the following?
Writings considered to be the Word of God
Writings of central importance to religious traditions
Writings from the Old and New Testaments
Writings of ancient origin
The study of moral standards and how they affect conduct is known as:
Beliefs
Sacred Texts and Writings
Rituals and Ceremonies
Ethics
The Ramayana, the Qur'an and the Torah are all examples of:
Ethics
Rituals and Ceremonies
Sacred Texts and Writings
Sacred Places
Hajj, Shabbat and Baptism are all examples of:
Beliefs
Rituals and Ceremonies
Sacred Texts and Writings
Ethics
A series of actions performed in a prescribed order describes which characteristic of religion?
Ritual and Ceremonies
Beliefs
Ethics
Sacred Texts and Writings
Which of the following is a Christian belief?
Reincarnation
Resurrection
Eucharistic Adoration
Ramadan
What does the word 'adherent" mean?
Believer
Book
Tradition
Belief
Which of the following is true of the Qur'an?
Muslims believe it to be the word of Allah
Muslims believe it to be the words of Muhammad
Hindus believe it to be the word of Vishnu
It is sacred to Muslim and Jews
Which religious worldview accepts the existence of many gods?
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Which of the following is the best example of how religion makes a contribution to the lives of believers?
Religion gives life meaning and purpose
Religions accepts all humans equally
Religion shows concern about climate change
Religions unite people of all faiths
A condition or state of being that surpasses physical existence is?
Religion
Transcendance
Nirvana
Immanence
What is one reason why people turn to religion when they search for the meaning of life?
Religion holds shared human experience and knowledge from thousands of years.
Religion contains all the answers to Man's questions.
Religion comes from God.
Religion is more reliable than Science
A divine presence is manifested in the material world.
The above statement is characteristic of which view?
Belief
Immanence
Transcendence
Spirituality
Which of the following contains features common to all religions
Monotheism and sacred text
Baptism and ethics
Ethics and polytheism
Beliefs and practices
Which of the following are Abrahamic religions?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
Buddhism and Judaism only
Judaism and Islam only
Religions have existed for centuries as a means for cultures to
have control of their environment
Answer the enduring questions of life: why do I exist? What happens when I die? Why is there suffering in the world?
have control of people
respond to God's Will
Monotheistic religions believe that there is only one God. Examples of this type of religion are
Hinduism and Sikhism
Buddhism and Zorastrianism
Christianity and Judaism
Islam and Taoism
The notion that religion makes a significant contribution to the lives of the individual and society as a whole is: -
transcendance
relevance
innovative
dynamic and living
When studying religion, students should:
Accept everything written in books about religion.
Recognise that people's experience of their religion might be different to the textbooks.
Become a member of every religion.
Only look at religions in their local area.
Define Indigenous.
Those people who are the original inhabitants of any country.
Derived from a Latin term, meaning 'from the beginning.' It is the term used to refer to the first nations people of Australia.
Indigenous refers to something that originated before the ancient historical period. It is used to define anything 'from the beginning of time.'
Define the Dreaming
A complex concept of fundamental importance to Aboriginal culture that embraces the long-ago creative era of the Ancestral Beings
Of fundamental importance to the Aboriginal people, the Dreaming is the story of creation and how man are supposed to live in the world.
A complex concept of fundamental importance to Aboriginal culture that embraces the long-ago creative era of the Ancestral Beings as well as the present and future.
Define inextricable.
Something that is a part of another thing.
Can be extracted from another thing.
Impossible to seperate
Define Totem
An animal which represents an Aboriginal person
A symbol for each clan
An object (animal, plant, landmark) through which a person is linked to the Ancestral Being responsible for his or her existence.
Define Metatemporal
The time from the beginning
A concept which incorporates the past, present and future reality as a complete and present reality
Time that only exists for as long as the Aboriginal culture survives.
2. The belief and worship of many gods.
Agnosticism
b. Monisim
Polytheism
Atheism
Why are rituals and ceremonies an important aspect of religion?
They are all performed in sacred places.
They are an expression of religious belief.
They only re-enact important religious events.
They enable adherents to hear the sacred texts.
Which of the following is correct about the Dreaming?
It is a worldview which is monotheistic
It is the term used for the creation stories
It encompasses all aspects of Aboriginal life
Ancestor Spirits are worshipped at sacred sites
What is a 'transcendent worldview'?
A belief in a realm of earth that is inhabited by a supreme being.
A belief in a divine power that resides beyond human limitations.
A belief that recognises that a divine being resides within people.
A belief in an afterlife beyond mortal existence with a supreme being.
Which of the following statements about Aboriginal Spirituality is correct?
The Dreaming refers only to past events
The Dreaming lays down the patterns of life for Aboriginal people
The Dreaming is a transcendent worldview
The Dreaming explores the belief in a single creator god
Within Aboriginal spirituality, who is responsible for the creation of the sacred world and the landscape?
Ancestor beings
A supreme being
Angels
The Aboriginal peoples themselves
Which of the following is true of Aboriginal spirituality?
It was universal throughout Australia before the arrival of Europeans
It was diverse and differed according to different groups
It was based on a single religious text
It was based on numerous texts
What does the map of Aboriginal language groups indicate?
The diversity of Aboriginal Dreaming
The location of sacred sites in New South Wales
Outback river systems
The numbers of Aboriginal peoples in New South Wales
Aboriginal spirituality is most closely linked to
spirit
land
identity
ownership
A key concept within Australian Aboriginal spirituality is
reconciliation
interconnectedness
community
revelation
Which of the following is a common belief held by Aboriginal people in relation to the origins of the universe?
War between deities caused the formation of the universe
Humans were made in the image of the ancestor beings
The universe was created in a very short period of time
Ancestor beings were integral in the creation of the earth
In Aboriginal spirituality, responsibility for one’s country is primarily established through which of the following?
The performance of corroboree at sacred sites
The system of kinship among Aboriginal peoples
The enactment of stories through symbols and paintings
The maintenance of the site where an Aboriginal person was born
Statement 1: Aboriginal kinship creates a bond of understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
Statement 2: In Aboriginal spiritualities, the Creator Spirit is primarily responsible for caring for the land.
Which of the following is correct?
Both statements are true.
Both statements are false.
Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
I would like to pay my respect and acknowledge the traditional owners
of the land on which this meeting takes place, and also pay respect to
Elders both past and present.
Which aspect of Aboriginal spirituality is being acknowledged in the statement?
The worship of traditions
The importance of meeting places
The ongoing role of custodianship
The significance of ceremonial life
What is Kinship?
Relationship to people
Relationship with Mum and Dad
Relationship with others, the universe and their role
Relationship to oneself
