Year 7
Revision guide
You will be tested on the following areas…
1. Core knowledge on the six main religions
2. Symbols
3. Hindu ideas about God
4. Rites of passage – Baptism, Bar Mitzvah and Marriage
5. Miracles
6. Parables
7. Community
In this booklet, you will have a number of different weblinks and lots of
information for you to learn. Make sure you do look at the web links in
order to give yourself the best chance of doing well in this exam
Firstly, make sure you know these key terms…
Theist – a person who believes God exists
Atheist – a person who believes God does not exist
Agnostic – a person who believes we can never be sure whether God
exists or not.
Qualities of God…
Omnipotent – all powerful
Omniscient – all knowing
Omnibenevolent – all loving
Key words list
Symbol a thing that represents or stands for something
else, often a more complicated idea
Ikthus An early Christian symbol shaped like a fish.
Brahman The divine and absolute power of being in
Hinduism.
Trimurti The triad of gods consisting of Brahma the
creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the
destroyer.
Deity God or goddess
Rite of passage An important event in your life that marks the end
of one part of your life and the start of the next
one. e.g Baptism, marriage etc
Baptism A Christian rite of passage where a person
becomes a member of the Christian church.
Infant baptism A baptism ceremony for young children. This is
favoured by some denominations such as
Catholics.
Believers’ A baptism ceremony reserved only for people
baptism who are old enough to choose to be baptised.
This is favoured by some denominations such as
Baptists.
Font Where the holy water is kept in a church.
Full immersion When a person goes completely under the water
during a baptism. This is typical of a believers’
baptism.
Baptistry A part of a church or a separate building used for
baptizing.
testimony A speech made by a person during a believers’
baptism.
Baptism classes These are lessons that people sometimes have
before being baptised (not for infant baptism, of
course!)
Bar / Bat Mitzvah A rite of passage in Judaism for boys (13) and girls
(12) symbolising them becoming responsible for
their actions
Mazel tov Congratulations in Hebrew. Often said after a
wedding or bar/bat mitzvah
Commandment Rule from God
Tallit Prayer shawl in Judaism
Kippah A skull cap worn by orthodox male Jews
Torah The Jewish holy book
Miracle A rare event that breaks the laws of nature or is a
seemingly impossible coincidence. Caused by
God or God acting through people
Parable Stories told by Jesus with a lesson at the end
Community A group of people living in the same place or
having a particular characteristic in common.
Core knowledge on the six main religions
Here are the core words you need to know. A blank grid is on
the next page so you can test yourself. Remember that spelling is
Religion Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism Sikhism
What do
we call Buddhists Christians Hindus Muslims Jews Sikhs
followers
of this
religion?
Where do
they Temple Church Temple Mosque Synagogue Gurdwara
worship?
What
symbol is
associated
with the
religion?
important so try to remember the spellings if you can!
Religion
What do
we call
followers
of this
religion?
Where do
they
worship?
What
symbol is
associated
with the
religion?
Symbols
Here is a web link to a site on Christian symbols. Try to remember
the symbols and their meanings. Remember to use the arrows at
the side to scroll through them!
https://request.org.uk/life/spirituality/christian-symbols/
Hindu ideas about God
Try to remember the names of a few gods and goddesses in Hinduism.
These websites will help you. Don’t forget the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu
and Shiva!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010xbb1
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zyfm97h/revision/1
Rites of passage – Baptism, Bar Mitzvah and Marriage
Here are the videos we watched in class about Baptism and Bar/ Bat
mitzvah. Try to learn the main parts and the key words for each of
these. Also, try to remember the differences between:
Infant Baptism and Believers’ Baptism
Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hysJSb38mCQ - Baptism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEBnpxhb0rc - Bar / Bat Mitzvah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZMUhZknCIs -Christian Weddings
There are articles / videos on Jewish and Hindu weddings here for your
information…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/rites/weddings_1.shtml
- Jewish
https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/a-hindu-
wedding/zmqrkmn
- Hindu
Miracles
Examples of miracles…
THE MILK DRINKING STATUES
Religion: HINDUISM
Summary must include: In Sept 1995 and
again in 2006 statues of Ganesha were said to
What do drink milk. This happened in Hindu temples
miracles all over the world and could not be disproved.
suggest
about God? Shows: Immanence (God is present and active
in the World)
A miracle is seen as a rare event that
either breaks the laws of nature or is a THE NEBRASKA CHURCH MIRACLE
Religion: CHRISTIANITY
seemingly impossible coincidence. It is
Summary must include: in the 1950s 15
believed to be caused by God or God members of a church choir missed a gas
working through people. Not all people explosion because all 15 were at least 10 mins
late for rehearsal that should have started at
THE FEEDING OF THE 5000
7.20. The church blew up at 7.25. Nobody
Religion: Christianity
was harmed.
Summary must include: Jesus was teaching to
Crowd of approx. 5000 people. It was in the believe in miracles.
middle of nowhere and they were all hungry.
Jesus sent his disciples to gather food from
everyone but all they could get was 5 loaves
and 2 fish. Jesus blessed them and broke them Not everyone believes in
And everyone ate until they were full. There
Miracles. Here are some
were 12 baskets of leftovers.
MOSES PARTING THE RED SEA thoughts from philosophers…
Religion: JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY
Moses and the Israelites were escaping from
slavery, being chased by the Egyptians. When David Hume believes miracles
they got to the Red Sea, all seemed lost, when
Moses stretched his hands over the sea and the cannot happen today. He says
waves parted. This enabled the Israelites to that we should trust our
cross to safety. When the Egyptians followed everyday experiences and
them, the water returned to its normal state this shows us that people do
and they were drowned. not walk on water or come
JESUS TURNED WATER INTO WINE
Miracle from: SCRIPTURE back from the dead. People
Religion: CHRISTIANITY are either mistaken or
John 2: 1-11 Jesus was at a wedding in Cana mistake miracles with good
when they ran out of wine. His mother asked luck.
Jesus to help so he told then servants to fill the
6 stone water jars with water and give some of
the contents to the master. When they did so,
the water had turned into wine. This is
considered to be Jesus’ first miracle.
Maurice Wiles believes God is cruel if he heals one person and leaves
millions of other people suffering e.g. in natural disasters or people dying
from diseases.
Parables
Parables are stories that were told by Jesus which have a lesson for us
to remember. Stories are a really good way to help us to remember
information. Here are a few of the parables we looked at…
The parable of the Good Samaritan – reminds people to be kind and
help people no matter who they are.
The parable of the Sheep and the Goats – reminds people that God
wants you to be kind to people who need our help. People will be
judged on whether we do this and the good people will go to Heaven
The parable of the Unforgiving Servant and the parable of the Prodigal
Son. – Both of these parables remind people to forgive others as we
want God to forgive us.
The parable of the Rich Fool – reminds people to share and not to be
greedy.
All of these parables are available as little cartoons on Youtube or you
can google them for summaries if you forgot them.
Community
We have only just started learning about this so we won’t ask you
much! Be sure to know what a community is and things that religious
communities have in common. For example…
- Places of worship
- Rules / commandments
- Leaders
- Special clothing
- Festivals
- Shared values and so on…
Good luck in your exams! Try your best and make sure read each
question carefully
