GRADE FOUR REVIEW QUESTIONS
X CHAPTERS/QUESTIONS ANSWERS
___ 1/What is providence? God's loving care for all things, God's will and plan for creation.
___ 1/What is scripture? Another name for the Bible, the word of God written in human words.
___ 1/What is revelation? The way God tells humans about himself and makes his plan known.
___ 2/What is original sin? The choice of the first people to disobey God.
___ 2/What is a covenant? A sacred promise or agreement between God and humans.
___ 2/What does it mean to be faithful? To be steadfast and loyal in your commitment to God, just as he is faithful to you.
___ 2/Why is sin present in the world? Because of human choice.
___ 3/What are the Ten Commandments? The summary of laws that God gave Moses on Mount Sinai.  they tell what is necessary in order to love God and others.
___ 4/What is dignity? Self-worth.  Every human is worthy of respect because he or she is made in the image of God.
___ 4/What is a soul? The spiritual part of a human that lives forever.
___ 4/What is sin? A deliberate thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to the law of God.
___ 4/What is social sin? A sinful social structure or institution that builds up over time so that it affects the whole society.
___ 5/What is a community? A group of people who hold certain beliefs, hopes, and goals in common.
___ 5/What is morality? Living in right relationship with God, yourself, and others.  It is putting your beliefs into action.
___ 5/What is a parish? A Catholic community with shared spiritual beliefs and worship.
___ 6/What is free will? The God-given ability to choose between good and evil.
___ 6/What is conscience? The gift from God that helps you know the difference between right and wrong and helps you choose what is right.
___ 7/What are the Beatitudes? The teachings of Jesus that show the way to true happiness and tell the way to live in God's kingdom now and always.
___ 8/What is the Great Commandment? The twofold command to love God above all and your neighbor as yourself.
___ 8/What is charity? The virtue of love.  It directs people to love God above all things and their neighbor as themselves for the love of God.
___ 8/What are the Corporal Works of Mercy Actions that meet the physical needs of others:  clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, feed the hungry. give drink to the thirsty, visit the imprisoned, visit the sick, and bury the dead.
___ 9/What is worship? To adore and praise God, especially in prayer and liturgy.
___ 9/What is idolatry? Worshiping an object or a person instead of God.  It is letting anything or anyone become more important than God.
___ 9/What is blasphemy The sin of showing contempt for the name of God, Jesus Christ, Mary, or the saints in words or actions.
___ 10/What is a vocation? God's call to love and serve him and others.
___ 10/What is the kingdom of God? God's rule of peace, justice, and love that is here now but has not yet come in its fullness.
___ 10/Who is the laity? The name for all of the baptized people in the Church who share Christ's mission but are not priests or consecrated sisters and brothers.
___ 11/What is a saint? A person who the Church declares has led a holy life and is enjoying eternal life with God in heaven.
___ 11/What is Immaculate Conception? The title for Mary that recognizes that God preserved her from sin from the first moment of her life.
___ 11/What is a patron saint? A model of faith and a protector for you.
___ 12/What is the magesterium? The Church's teaching authority to interpret the word of God found in Scripture and Tradition.
___ 12/What are the precepts of the Church? Some of the minimum requirements given by Church leaders for deepening your relationship with God and the Church.
___ 13/What does it mean to obey? To do things or act in certain ways that are requested by those in authority.
___ 13/What are vows? Solemn promises that are made to or before God.
___ 13/What is modesty? The virtue that helps people dress, talk, and act in appropriate ways.
___ 14/What is murder? The intentional killing of an innocent person.
___ 14/What does the fifth commandment forbid? Anything that takes a human life.
___ 15/What is a martyr? Someone who gives up his or her life to witness to the truth of the faith.
___ 15/What is reparation? Action taken to repair the damage done by sin.
___ 16/What is the Paschal mystery? The mystery of Jesus' suffering, death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
___ 16/What is the liturgical year? The cycle of feasts and seasons that make up the Church's year of worship.
___ 16/What is the Triduum? A celebration of the passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ.  In the Church year, the Triduum begins on Holy Thursday evening and concludes on Easter Sunday night.
___ 17/What are sacraments? Signs that give grace.  Sacraments were instituted by Christ and are celebrated by his Church.
___ 17/What is the Eucharist? The sacrament through which Catholics are united with the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus.
___ 18/What is the Sacrament of Reconciliation? A sacrament that celebrates God's mercy and forgiveness and a sinner's reconciliation with God and with the Church through the absolution of the priest.
___ 18/What is absolution? Words spoken by the priest during the Sacrament of Reconciliation that makes you know that God has taken your sins away.
___ 18/What is penance? The name for the prayer, offering, or good works the priest gives you in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
___ 18/What is the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick? A sacrament that brings Jesus' healing touch to strengthen, comfort, and forgive the sins of those who are seriously ill or close to death.
___ 19/What is envy? To resent or be sad from wanting for yourself what belongs to others.
___ 19/What is greed? The desire to acquire earthly goods without limit or beyond one's means.
___ 20/What is a mission? To be sent on a mission means to be sent to share the good news of Jesus and the kingdom of God.
___ 20/What is justice? The virtue of giving to God and people what is due them.
___ 20/What is diversity? Variety, especially among people.
___ 21/What is heaven? The state of eternal happiness with God.
___ 21/What is particular judgment? The individual judgment by God at the time of your death.
___ 21/What are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit? Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
___ 21/What is the last judgment? The last judgment will occur at the end of time when Jesus returns to judge all who have ever lived.  Then, all will fully see and understand God's plan for creation.