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GRADE FIVE REVIEW QUESTIONS |
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| X | CHAPTERS/QUESTIONS | ANSWERS |
| ___ | 1/What is religion? | The group of beliefs, prayers, and practices through which people express longing for God. |
| ___ | 1/What is grace? | God's free, loving gift of his own life and help. It is participation in the life of the Holy Trinity. |
| ___ | 1/What is faith? | Both a gift given by God and your free choice to seek God and believe in him. |
| ___ | 2/What is providence? | God's loving care for all things. It is God's will and plan for creation. |
| ___ | 2/What is stewardship? | The human response to God's many gifts. It includes respect for all life and the responsible care of creation. |
| ___ | 3/What is a covenant? | A sacred agreement between God and his people. |
| ___ | 3/What are sacraments? | Effective signs of God's life, given by Christ to the Church. |
| ___ | 3/List the seven Sacraments and their symbolic actions. | Baptism-water and words; Confirmation-chrism and laying on of hands; Eucharist-bread, wine, and the words of consecration, eating and drinking; Reconciliation-words of absolution; Anointing of the Sick-anointing with the oil of the sick; Matrimony-mutual consent and total giving of the man and woman to each other in married love, Holy Orders-the laying on of hands and the Prayer of Consecration prayed over the man |
| ___ | 4/What is a mystery? | A truth of faith that you cannot fully understand but that you believe because God has shown it to people in Scripture, in the life or Jesus, or in the teachings of the Church. |
| ___ | 4/What is the Holy Trinity? | The mystery of one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. |
| ___ | 4/What is a virtue? | A habit of doing good that helps you grow in love for God. |
| ___ | 4/What is the Image of God? | The divine likeness in each person, the result of being created by God. |
| ___ | 5/What is prayer? | Talking to and listening to God. Prayer can be private or public; spoken, sung, or silent; formal or spontaneous. |
| ___ | 5/What is worship? | Public adoration and honor shown to God in prayer. |
| ___ | 5/What is liturgy? | The official public worship of the Church. The word means "the work of the people." |
| ___ | 6/What are cardinal virtues? | Virtues acquired by human effort and cooperation with God's grace. |
| ___ | 6/Name the four cardinal virtues. | Prudence: Knowing what is right and
good and choosing it. Helps you see ahead to the consequences of
actions. Temperance: Keeping a balance in life. Temperance helps you enjoy all good things in moderation and promotes self-control. Justice: Giving God and people their due. Justice helps you build up the community by respecting rights and promoting the common good. Fortitude: Showing courage, especially in the face of evil. Fortitude helps you resist temptation and overcome obstacles to doing good. |
| ___ | 7/What is the Incarnation? | The mystery that the Son of God took on a human nature in order to save all people. |
| ___ | 7/What is meant by divine? | Divine means God, like God, or of God. Sometimes God is referred to as The Divine. |
| ___ | 8/What is the kingdom of God? | God's reign of justice, love, and peace. Jesus came to bring the kingdom of God, which is both present now and yet to come. |
| ___ | 8/What are parables? | Stories that make comparisons in order to teach something. Jesus used parables to teach about the kingdom of God. |
| ___ | 8/What are miracles? | Signs and wonders of the divine power that help you see the presence of the kingdom of God. |
| ___ | 8/What is conversion? | The process of turning away from sin and toward God and his ways. It is a response to God's love and forgiveness. |
| ___ | 9/What is the Paschal mystery? | Christ's work of redemption through his Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension. |
| ___ | 10/Who are the People of God? | The Church, called by Christ to share in his mission. |
| ___ | 10/What is the Body of Christ? | The Church. Jesus is the head, and his followers are the members. |
| ___ | 10/What are the four marks of the Church? | The Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. These marks, or characteristics, are signs to the world that God's reign is already present, though incomplete. |
| ___ | 11/What is the magisterium? | The teaching office of the Church. |
| ___ | 11/What is infallibility? | A gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church by which the pope and the bishops together declare definitively that a matter of faith or morals is free from error and must be accepted by the faithful. |
| ___ | 12/What is the Sanctifier? | The Holy Spirit who makes holy or sanctifies the Church. |
| ___ | 12/What is holiness? | The quality of being sacred or belonging to God. |
| ___ | 12/What does it mean to canonize? | The pope can canonize a person by making a solemn declaration that he or she is enjoying eternity with God and that his or her life can be a model for all Christians. |
| ___ | 12/What is the liturgical year? | The Church's public celebration of the whole mystery of Christ in the liturgy through the feasts and seasons of the Church calendar. |
| ___ | 13/What is original sin? | The sin of the first humans, which led to the sinful condition of the human race from its beginning. |
| ___ | 13/What is personal sin? | The deliberate choice to think, say, or do something that goes against your relationship with God or goes against God's law. |
| ___ | 13/What is mortal sin? | The most serious form of person sin, through which a person turns completely away from God. |
| ___ | 13/What is venial sin? | A less serious personal sin that weakens, but does not destroy, a person's relationship with God. |
| ___ | 14/What is the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults? | RCIA is the process by which adults and some children become members of the Catholic Church through the Sacraments of Initiation. |
| ___ | 14/What is catechumen? | A person preparing to celebrate the Sacraments of Initiation--a "learner." |
| ___ | 14/What is a sponsor? | A representative of the Christian community who is a witness to the commitment of an older child or adult celebrating the Sacraments of Initiation. |
| ___ | 14/Explain how Jesus shares his ministry as priest, prophet, and king. | Priest: Praise God, offer your life
to God, pray with and for others. Prophet: Know the Church's teachings on morality and justice; stand up for what is right; speak God's Word. King: Be responsible; be a leader; act with justice, mercy, and love. |
| ___ | 15/What is contrition? | Sincere sorrow for having sinned. |
| ___ | 15/What is absolution? | The forgiveness of sins in God's name through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. |
| ___ | 16/What is the liturgical assembly? | The community of believers who come together for public worship, especially in the Eucharist. |
| ___ | 16/What is the Real Presence? | The true presence of Christ in the Eucharist under the appearance of bread and wine. |
| ___ | 17/What is scripture? | The holy writings of the Old and New Testaments, the written word of God. |
| ___ | 17/What is tradition? | The living process of handing on the message of Jesus through the Church, especially through its teachers. |
| ___ | 17/What happens during the Liturgy of the Word? | First Reading: From the Old Testament
or the Acts of the Apostles. Responsorial Psalm: Assembly usually sings a response taken from the psalm, and the choir sings the verses. Second Reading: From one of the New Testament Letters or from the Book of Revelation. Acclamation: An alleluia is sung, except during Lent, to express the assembly's anticipation of the Gospel. Gospel: Each person traces a cross on forehead, lips, and heart before the Gospel is proclaimed. Homily: The priest or deacon explains God's word. Creed: Usually, the Nicene Creed is professed. General Intercessions: The assembly prays for the needs of Church leaders, the faithful, and the world. |
| ___ | 18/What is consecration? | That part of the Eucharistic Prayer in which the words of Jesus are prayed over the bread and wine, and these elements become the Body and Blood of Christ. |
| ___ | 18/What is transubstantiation? | The process by which the power of the Holy Spirit and the words of the priest transform the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus. |
| ___ | 19/Who are ordained ministers? | People who through the Sacrament of Holy Orders, serve God and the Church as bishops, priests, and deacons. |
| ___ | 19/Who are lay people? | Members of the Church who have not been ordained and have not taken vows in religious life. |
| ___ | 19/What is religious life? | Religious life refers to the lives of men and women in religious communities who make vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as religious priests, sisters, brothers, monks, or friars. |
| ___ | 20/What is eternal life? | Life forever with God for all who die in friendship with God. |
| ___ | 20/What is viaticum? | The Eucharist given to a person who is near death to sustain him or her on the journey to eternity. |
| ___ | 21/What is a missionary? | A person who answers a call from God to devote a period of his/her life to bringing Christ's message to people who do not know it. |
| ___ | 21/What is evangelization? | Sharing the good news of Jesus in a way that invites people to accept the gospel. |
| ___ | 21/What are Corporal Works of Mercy? | Actions that show justice, love, and peace, as Jesus did when caring for the physical needs of people. |
| ___ | 21/What is social justice? | Social justice involves the respect, rights, and conditions that societies must provide. |