Rp End Of Year (8)

Question 1

Where does Sikhism originate?

Answer 1

Punjab

Question 2

Who is the founder of Sikhism?

Answer 2

The Guru Nanak

Question 3

The five beloved are known as what in Punjabi?

Answer 3

Panj Piari

Question 4

What is the Khalsa?

Answer 4

The community of the pure.

Question 5

What is the Sikh term that means ‘there is only one God’?

Answer 5

Ik Onkar

Question 6

List the 5 ‘k’s’

Answer 6

The 5 ‘k’s’ are a comb, uncut hair, shorts, a bangle, a knife.

Question 7

What does the term ‘sewa’ mean?

Answer 7

Sewa is the service to others.

Question 8

Where did Buddhism originate?

Answer 8

Northern India.

Question 9

What is the Buddha’s name?

Answer 9

Siddharta Gautama

Question 10

What were the sights that the Buddha saw?

Answer 10

A sick man, an old man, a poor man, a dead man, a holy man

Question 11

What is word Buddhists use for suffering?

Answer 11

Dukkha

Question 12

What is Nirvana?

Answer 12

The state of being enlightened, understanding the true nature of life and having overcome suffering.

Question 13

What is the Noble Eight-fold Path?

Answer 13

The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the name given to the practical path that Buddhists can follow to gain enlightenment.

Question 14

What can help Buddhists reach enlightenment?

Answer 14

Meditation.

Question 15

What does ‘PETA’ stand for?

Answer 15

‘PETA’ = People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Question 16

What do ‘PETA’ do?

Answer 16

They use lawful ways to try to effect a change in the law to protect animals.

Question 17

In Britain we have the ‘Animal Welfare’ act. What does this aim to do?

Answer 17

It aims to protect animals and promote animals from cruelty and neglect.

Question 18

What is stewardship?

Answer 18

The (Christian) belief that Gid out us (humans) on the Earth to take care of it. We are responsible for those in our care?

Question 19

What is dominion?

Answer 19

Dominion is a (Christian) belief that we (humans) are in charge of the world and animals but have to look after them not abuse them.

Question 20

What does the RSPCA do?

Answer 20

They help animals by rescuing,re-homing, and rehabilitating them, as well as raising welfare issues.
Footnote: The RSPCA are a legal organisation.

Question 22

What is the Animal Liberation Front?

Answer 22

The Animal Liberation Front is an illegal organisation that believes breaking the law is justified to protect the right of animals?

Question 23

True or false: The Animal Liberation Front is a legal organisation.

Answer 23

False. The Animal Liberation Front is an ILLEGAL organisation.

Question 24

What is reincarnation?

Answer 24

Reincarnation is the belief that after your physical body has died, your soul (also referred to as your consciousness) begins a new life in adifferent physical form.

Question 25

What is the Christian view on death and the after life?

Answer 25

Christians be that death is not the end of existence, but rather a transition to a spiritual afterlife. This afterlife could be Heaven (which is where people who are deemed ‘good’ go after death), or Hell (where people who are deemed ‘bad’ go after their physical death). Some branches of Christiananity, including Catholics believe in ‘Purgatory’ which is the state after death in which the soul is cleansed of it’s sin, and is their temporal punishment before entering Heaven.

Question 26

What does NDE mean?

Answer 26

NDE = Near Death Experience.

Question 27

What does the word ‘paranormalrmal’ mean?

Answer 27

Paranormal = something that is behold the scope of normal or natural explanation.