Welcome Year 9 AND Year 10 to our Thursday morning Web Quest Thurs 7.6.18
World Religions - Getting to know the place where you live
Today, I want you to get to know the suburb you live in.
Go to the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, to the Census section, and look up your community profile.
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/communityprofiles?opendocument&navpos=230
On the webpage, enter your postcode and download the Excel spreadsheet.
(The overview page is pretty good but only lists the top responses, so let's go hard and get the raw data)
You want to download the Excel spreadsheet zip file NOT the Quickstat. See pic below if you're confused.
World Religions - Getting to know the place where you live
Today, I want you to get to know the suburb you live in.
Go to the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, to the Census section, and look up your community profile.
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/communityprofiles?opendocument&navpos=230
On the webpage, enter your postcode and download the Excel spreadsheet.
(The overview page is pretty good but only lists the top responses, so let's go hard and get the raw data)
You want to download the Excel spreadsheet zip file NOT the Quickstat. See pic below if you're confused.
In the spreadsheet, go to tab G14 and have a read through the data.
Turn to the sheet you've been given and use this tab of the spreadsheet to help you fill it out. Then come back and compare your table to the table below.
Turn to the sheet you've been given and use this tab of the spreadsheet to help you fill it out. Then come back and compare your table to the table below.
Let’s test your general knowledge about some of these religions – a little multiple-choice quiz for you:
Turn your suburb sheet over onto the back and draw two columns. The first column is for your first attempt which you need to answer without looking anything up - just to test what you already know!
The second column can be for your second attempt where you can use the internet to check your answers. Be careful of the sources you use though! Not all of them will give you the correct information!
1. What is the technical term for the belief that everything is God?
2. What are the earliest Hindu Scriptures called?
3. What is the name for the priestly caste in Hinduism?
4. How many different gods to Hindus believe in?
5. What does Samsara mean?
6. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
7. What is the path of denying all worldly comfort and pleasure?
8. What is Nirvana?
9. Where was the Buddha sitting when he achieved enlightenment?
10. What was the Buddha searching for?
11. What was Muhammed’s home-town?
12. In which century was Muhammed ibn Abdullah born?
13. What does the word “jihad” mean?
14. What does the word “Islam” mean?
15. According to Islamic teaching, what comes after death?
Turn your suburb sheet over onto the back and draw two columns. The first column is for your first attempt which you need to answer without looking anything up - just to test what you already know!
The second column can be for your second attempt where you can use the internet to check your answers. Be careful of the sources you use though! Not all of them will give you the correct information!
1. What is the technical term for the belief that everything is God?
- Atheism
- Monotheism
- Polytheism
- Pantheism
2. What are the earliest Hindu Scriptures called?
- Vedas
- Torah
- Old Testament
- The Bhagavad-gita
3. What is the name for the priestly caste in Hinduism?
- Vaisyas
- Sudras
- Brahmans
- Ksatriyas
4. How many different gods to Hindus believe in?
- None
- One
- Five
- Lots
5. What does Samsara mean?
- The “entrapment” in the physical world
- Small, deep-fried rice cakes offered at religious shrines
- The third group of Hindu scriptures
- The path of duty performed by each caste
6. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
- Siddhartha Gautama
- Tenzin Gyatso
- Dalai Lama
- King Asoka
7. What is the path of denying all worldly comfort and pleasure?
- Hedonism
- Schism
- Asceticism
- Atheism
8. What is Nirvana?
- An all-singing, all-dancing boy band
- The extinguishment of all desire
- A small village in north-east India
- The largest river in Bangladesh
9. Where was the Buddha sitting when he achieved enlightenment?
- On a lotus-leaf
- Under the Bodhi-tree
- In his father’s palace
- Next to a coffin
10. What was the Buddha searching for?
- An answer to the problem of suffering
- The love of his life
- A holy man who could teach him to meditate
- The tree of life
11. What was Muhammed’s home-town?
- Mecca
- Jerusalem
- Medina
- Baghdad
12. In which century was Muhammed ibn Abdullah born?
- 4th Century BC (BCE)
- 4th Century AD (CE)
- 6th Century AD (CE)
- 10th Century AD (CE)
13. What does the word “jihad” mean?
- Martyrdom
- Striving
- Slaughter
- Holy War
14. What does the word “Islam” mean?
- It is the name of a river
- Submission
- Conquer
- God
15. According to Islamic teaching, what comes after death?
- Moksha
- Judgment
- Nirvana
- Nothing