This document is an assessment for a Year 8 Christian Studies class. It presents students with 7 multiple choice questions to test their knowledge of different religions by matching images to religions. The images include depictions of Jesus on the cross, the Kaaba, a depiction of the Eucharist, a Buddha statue, indigenous Australian dreamtime art, the Blue Mosque, and a Star of David. After answering the questions, students are instructed to do additional research and choose one of the religions studied to assume the role of a church spokesperson and demonstrate their knowledge and understanding.

1. Year 8 Christian Studies
Introduction to the Assessment

2. ROLL
QUESTION
Look at the following images and guess which
religion you think it belongs to

3. Christianity
According to the canonical
gospels, Jesus was arrested and tried by
the Sanhedrin, and then sentenced by
Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and
finally crucified by the Romans.Jesus
was stripped of his clothing and offered
wine mixed with myrrh or gall to drink
after saying I am thirsty. He was then
hung between two convicted thieves
and, according to the Gospel of Mark,
died by the 9th hour of the day (at
around 3:00 p.m.).

4. QUESTION 2
WHICH RELIGION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
IMAGE?

5. Islam
◦ The Kaaba, meaning "cube" in Arabic, is considered
by Muslims to be the house of God; it rests within
the Grand Mosque of Mecca. Muslims flock to the
sacred city in order to pray toward and touch the
structure as part of the annual Islamic pilgrimage
known as Hajj. The patterns of this spiritual journey
are based on a visit to the site by Islamic Prophet
Muhammad in 632, but like the Kaaba itself, the
rituals themselves can be traced far back to the time
of Abraham, whose tradition is the basis for Islam,
Christianity and Judaism and who is believed to have
built the Kaaba on a site originally founded by Adam
and Eve.

6. Question 3
◦WHICH RELIGION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS IMAGE?

7. Christianity
◦ Eucharist, also called Holy
Communion or Lord’s Supper,
in Christianity, ritual commemoration
of Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples, at which
(according to tradition) he gave them bread with
the words, “This is my body,” and wine with the
words, “This is my blood.” The story of the
institution of the Eucharist by Jesus on the night
before his Crucifixion is reported in four books
of the New Testament (Matthew 26:26–28; Mark
14:22–24; Luke 22:17–20; and I Corinthians
11:23–25).

8. Question 4
◦WHICH RELIGION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
IMAGE?

9. Buddhism
◦ Buddha statues are more
than a physical depiction of
Buddha, they all have
meaning. Each pose,
posture, expression and
hand gesture is significant
to the life of Buddha.
There are over 100 different
poses that illustrate the life
of Buddha, also called an
asana or attitude, and hand
gestures are referred to as a
Mudra.

10. Question 5
◦WHICH RELIGION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS IMAGE?

11. Indigenous Dreamtime
◦ The Dreamtime is a commonly used term for describing important
features of Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and existence. It is not generally
well understood by non-indigenous people.
◦ Aboriginals believe that the Dreamtime was way back, at the very
beginning. The land and the people were created by the Spirits. They
made the rivers, streams, water holes the land, hills, rocks, plants and
animals. It is believed that the Spirits gave them their hunting tools
and each tribe its land, their totems and their Dreaming.
◦ The Aboriginals believed that the entire world was made by their
Ancestors way back in the very beginning of time, the Dreamtime.
The Ancestors made everything.

12. QUESTION 6
WHICH RELIGION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
IMAGE?

13. Islam
◦ Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet
Camii), also known as the Blue Mosque, is a
historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It
remains a functioning mosque, while also attracting
large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed
between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I.
Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a
hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s
interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in
blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes,
six minarets and eight secondary domes.[2] It sits next
to the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site.

14. QUESTION 7
WHICH RELIGION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
IMAGE?

15. Judaism
◦ Judaism, monotheistic religion developed among
the ancient Hebrews. Judaism is characterized by a
belief in one transcendent God who revealed
himself to Abraham, Moses, and
the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in
accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions.
Judaism is the complex phenomenon of a total
way of life for the Jewish
people, comprising theology, law, and innumerable
cultural traditions.

16. The Assessment
Step 3
Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding by
assuming the role of the church spokesperson. There
are many ways you can choose to demonstrate your
learning
Step 2 Do some extra research
Step 1 Choose one of the religions we have studied

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