Grade Four Religion
Study Guides

Quiz 1
God Reveals Himself Through Creation
1. How does God reveal Himself to us?
2. What does creation tell us about God?
3. When did we receive the gift of faith and a share in God's life?
4. How is God most perfectly revealed to us?
5. What do we call the mystery of God becoming Human?
6. What is faith?
7. How can we grow in faith?
8. How can we know Jesus?
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Quiz
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God Speaks to Us in Scripture
Words to Know
The Old Testament
The Book of Psalms
Sacred Scripture
The New Testament
The Acts of the Apostles
The Gospels
prophet
Book of Revelation
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Quiz
3
God Speaks to Us Through the Church
1. What is a Catholic?
2. Who is called to spread the good news?
3. Who is called to show Christ's love for the Church by their love for
one another?
4. Who was the first Pope?
5. Who is the head of the Church?
6. Who is the representative of Christ on earth?
7. Who guides the Church leaders?
8. What is the role of the Church leaders?
9. What can we do to support Church leaders?
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Unit 1 Test
Words to Know
faith
pope
Jesus
Good News
Sacred Scripture
Incarnation
Baptism
Catholics
Acts of the Apostles
Gospels
Hebrew Scripture
Book of Psalms
What has God revealed about Himself?
How can you make your faith grow stronger?
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Quiz 5
1. May we tell our friends about another person's low grade?
2. Should we pray when we are frightened?
3. What can we do for a neighbor who is sick?
4. When someone apologizes to us, how should we react?
5. Is it important to always be first in line?
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Quiz
6
Jesus Invites Us to
Receive God's Mercy
1. Is it more important to remember your sins or to be sorry for them?
2. What should I listen to when making a decision?
3. What is the most important job of conscience?
4. Who forgives your sins in the sacrament of Reconciliation?
5. What is absolution?
6. What is contrition?
7. What is penance?
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Quiz 7
We Worship the Good God
1. Is the Eucharist the same sacrifice Jesus offered on the cross?
2. Is the Eucharist the one perfect sacrifice we can offer to God?
3. What
is worship?
4. In what prayer do we offer God all we say and do?
5. At the Eucharist we offer __________ and ___________ to God.
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Quiz 8
God Gave Us Laws for
Living
1. Why do we keep God's laws?
2. Does God force us to obey the commandments?
3. What did God promise those who keep His
4. Who received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai?
5. What was the covenant God made with His people?
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Unit 2 Test
God Strengthens Us to
Be Holy
Words to Know
covenant
commandment
sacrifice
Act of Contrition
conscience
absolution
priest
forgiveness
Reconciliation
Jesus
penance
1. Why do we worship God?
2. How do you keep the covenant of love you made with God at Baptism?
3. Who was the best disciple?
4. What is the greatest sacrifice?
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Quiz
10
The First Commandment
1. Be able to write the first commandment:
I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides
me.
2. Name the four types of prayer: praise, sorrow, petition, and
thanksgiving.
3. Know the definition of prayer: the lifting up of the mind and
heart to God.
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Quiz 11
The Second Commandment
1. Be able to write the second commandment:
You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
2. Why do we respect holy persons, places, and things?
Vocabulary:
in
vain
Yahweh
swearing
holy
cursing
Father
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Quiz 12
The Third Commandment
1. Memorize the third commandment: Remember to keep holy the Sabbath
day.
2. What did God do on the seventh day?
3. What day to Jewish people still observe as the Sabbath?
4. Be able to name at least one holy day of obligation besides
Christmas and Easter.
5. Name two reasons why we celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday.
6. Name three ways in which we can celebrate Sunday.
7. What is our greatest prayer?
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Unit 3 Test
1. Name the four types of prayer.
2. Be able to write the first three commandments.
3. There will be ten fill in the blanks and six true or
false.
Vocabulary
swearing
cursing
Jesus
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Quiz 14
We Honor and Obey
1. Should we obey our leaders if they tell us to do wrong?
2. Be able to name four ways in which to honor your parents.
3. From whom does our parents' and leaders' authority come?
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Quiz 15
We Respect the Gift of Life
1. To whom does your life belong?
2. Is all life precious?
3. Be able to write the fifth commandment.
4. Name two ways to break the fifth commandment besides killing .
5. What does the story of the Good Samaritan teach us?
6. Could drinking, smoking, and doing drugs be against the fifth
commandment?
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Quiz 16
We Are Faithful to Ourselves and Others
1. Be able to write the sixth and ninth commandments.
2. What do a bride and groom promise each other?
3. Will our bodies be raised some day?
4. Can we help our friends to be holy?
5. How can we keep ourselves holy? |

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Quiz 17
We Respect What God Has Given Us
1. Be able to write the seventh and tenth commandment.
2. If we damage something that belongs to another or steal something
that belongs to another, what must we do?
3. Is cheating stealing?
4. May we keep something that we find without trying to find the owner?
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Quiz 18
We Respect the Gifts of the Earth
There will a ten point fill in the blanks quiz with a word
box. Make sure you reread the chapter. Keep studying all
ten commandments.
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Quiz 19
We Speak the Truth With Love
1. Why do people sometimes lie?
2. Will people mistrust us if we lie?
3. Is it all right to tell our family's or friend's secrets to others?
4. What does "bearing false witness" mean?
5. May we talk about someone's wrongdoing to a person who can help?
6. Is it all right to say something unkind if it is true?
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Unit 4 Test
We Love God's People
1. Respecting people's rights is being
___ ___ ___ ___.
2. We should keep our bodies pure because we are
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ of the Holy Spirit.
3. We show respect for life by being ___ ___ ___ ___ to others.
4. To covet things that belong to others is to
___ ___ ___ ___ others.
5. Because the earth belongs to everyone, we must ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
its gifts.
6. When we obey leaders, we obey ___ ___ ___.
7. The ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ commandment tells us to honor our
parents.
8. At their wedding, a man and a woman
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ to be faithful.
9. Paying for what we damage is being
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
10. A way to honor our parents is to ___ ___ ___ ___ them.
There will be yes or no questions.
BONUS:
How can you show respect for life?
How can you honor your parents?
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Quiz 21
Happy Are the Poor in Spirit
1. Does God want us to be happy?
2. Can poor people be happy?
3. Are happy people satisfied with what they have?
4. Who is the only one who can give us true happiness?
5. Did sorrows and sufferings take away Jesus' happiness?
6. What does it mean to be poor in spirit?
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Quiz 22
God's Sorrowing and Meek People
Receive a Special Promise
1. Why is there suffering in our world?
2. Do only wicked people suffer?
3. Can we offer our suffering to God to make up for our sins?
4. Are meek people weak?
5. Are meek people often angry and upset?
6. How can we help people who suffer?
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Quiz 23
God's People Long to be Clean of
Heart and Holy
1. Is a clean heart filled with love for God and others?
2. Are we pure of heart when we are selfish?
3. Does God want us to be holy?
4. What does it mean to hunger and thirst for holiness?
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Quiz 24
God's People Bring Mercy and
Peace to Others
1. Do merciful people forgive those who hurt them?
2. Did Jesus tell us to love our enemies?
3. Is it all right to be mean to those who are mean to us?
4. Is it best to solve problems without using violence?
5. Should children work to bring peace in our world?
6. Is it all right to watch violent shows on tv and play violent
video games?
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Unit 5 Test
Jesus Leads Us to Happiness
1. Peacemakers are called _________________________.
2. Jesus said that the clean of heart will
_________________________.
3. Saints who died willingly for Jesus are
_________________________.
4. Those who hunger and thirst to be holy want
_________________________.
5. When hurt by others, merciful persons will
_________________________.
6. Jesus' way to happiness is called _________________________.
7. The poor in spirit are _________________________.
8. Those who sorrow will receive _________________________.
9. God's meek people are _________________________.
10. Those who show mercy will receive _________________________.
People to Know
St. Isaac Jogues
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Joan of Arc
St. Frances Cabrini
Our Blessed Mother
Bonus Questions: Choose one or
both. Prepare a well thought out answer ahead of time. Use
proper capitalization and punctuation. Be very specific!
Choose two of the Beatitudes. How did Jesus live them out?
Choose two of the Beatitudes. How can you live them out?
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