Year 7RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Exam Revision Guide

SECTION AWORLD RELIGIONS

Religion Judaism Hinduism Sikhism Islam

Place of Worship

Synagogue Mandir Gurdwara Mosque

Holy Book Torah Vedas Guru Granth Sahib

Qur’an

Name for God

Yahweh Brahman Waheguru Allah

SECTION BRELIGIOUS BELIEFS

Moses threatens the Pharaoh that if he does not release the Hebrews from their slavery, God will send ten plagues upon the Egyptians. Time and time again, the

Pharaoh refuses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_A710BQPUE

Time and time again, the Pharaoh

refuses and so God sends

plagues of flies, frogs darkness, boils and finally

the first born sons of

Egyptians are killed by the

Angel of Death

Moses parts the Red Sea

Moses is given the Ten Commandments

Moses dies

The Exodus is the journey the Israelite slaves took to escape slavery in Egypt. Jews remember this event each year at Passover to remind themselves of how Jews have been persecuted (picked on) throughout history, especially during the Holocaust in World War Two

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Jewish FoodKOSHER

(food fit to eat)

.NON KOSHER FOOD(food unfit to eat)

As much blood as possiblemust be drained from the animal.

SECTION CSIKHISM

SEWA Serving others

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/sikh-beliefs-and-worship/3777.html

Everyone is equal before GodGood actions are more important than words

SIKH BELIEFS

The Gurdwara has a community kitchen called a LANGAR where people from any faith can eat. Everyone sits on the floor to be equal. Sikhs see this as helping others (SEWA) and they provide vegetarian food. This reflects Guru Nanak’s teachings of serving others and treating everyone the same.

Established in 1999, Khalsa Aid is an international non-profit aid and relief

organization founded on the Sikh principles of selfless service and love for everyone. Sikhs work for free in

disaster zones and Sikhs donate money to help run it.

The Making of the Khalsa and the Five K’sGuru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa, a spiritual brotherhood devoted to purity of thought and action. He gave the Khalsa an identity to remind them of their commitment to Sikhism. Every Sikh baptized as Khalsa vows to wear the Five "K's and they are proud to show their identity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/birth-of-the-khalsa/3780.html

SECTION DPILGRIMAGE

A pilgrim is a person who goes on a special journey (or pilgrimage) to visit a place where an important religious miracle took place. You might have different reasons to go there such as to improve your health or to seek forgiveness for something you have done wrong. Pilgrimage also helps bring you closer to your religion and your God.

What is a pilgrimage?

Three of the most important places for Christian pilgrimage are Canterbury Cathedral where Thomas Becket died and Walsingham in Norfolk where the Virgin Mary appeared. Christians also visit Lourdes in France as well as the city of Jerusalem in Israel. It was here that Jesus died on the cross

Christianity