K-pop, Drama, Movie and Travelling
The first song makes K-pop started to be known in the world
Gangnam Style
How long is the tenure of president? Can they re-elect？
5 years. No
The king who invented Hangul
King Sejong
Who is considered as "the Nation of Modern Korea"?
Kim Ku
What was the event that became the turning point of the Korean War?
Battle of Inchon
The early K-pop group broke up into 3 and 2 due to unfair contact
TVXQ (and the three left are JYJ)
Name the municipalities
Seoul, Incheon, Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, Incheon, Daejeon, Gwangju, Sejong, Ulsan
What is the tributary system of Joseon Dynasty?
Recognized Ming as a supremacy in exchange for sovereignty, security, and cultural exchange
The movement of independence of Korea, against the Japanese colonization.
What caused it?
March First Movement. It was suspected that King Gojong was poisoned by the Japanese
Who was the first president that directly elected by the citizens
Roh Tae-woo
The women in Busan and Jeju who are good at swimming and catching seafoods
Haenyeo
The kind of climate of the Korean Penisula
Temperate Monsoon Climate (Four distinct seasons, featuring hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters, heavily influenced by seasonal wind shifts)
Who invaded Korea in 1592? And who was the general defeated the invaders?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Yi Sun-shin
Ahn Jung-geun, Yoon Bong-gil, Lee Bong-chang
What was Yushin Constitution and what are the main contents? It was by whom in which year?
1972 dictatorial rulebook enacted by South Korean President Park Chung-hee
It abolished direct presidential elections, allowed for an unlimited number of six-year terms, and allowed Park to rule by decree, creating a "president for life" system.
The first movie of Korea won Oscar and the director
Parasite by Bong Joon Ho
Which province is not contained in the Paldo?
Jeju
What is the meaning of "Korean Empire"?
Ended the Tributary System to China, Korea’s attempt at modernization and sovereignty before Japanese annexation
The patriotic poet and his most famous piece
Yun Dong-ju
Sky, Wind, Star and Poem
What caused June Democratic Struggle and what did it bring?
The death of two university students, Park Jong-cheol and Lee Han-yeol. The defections of the elites.
It brought the first presidential election after the Yushin constitution and the sixth republic
The transportation methods travelling from Seoul to Busan
KTX, flight, Bus
Gyeongsang, Jeolla, Jeju, Gyeonggi, Hwanghae, Pyongan, Hamgyong, Chungcheong
The name and the ideology of the uprising in 1894?
Donghak Peasant Uprising.To protect the nation from foreign influence (Japan/West), purge corrupt officials, and establish a just, equal society based on the Innaecheon (equality) ideology of the Donghak religion
What is the government-in-exile from 1919 to 1945?
Where was it?
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. In Shanghai
What are PD and NL in the movements in 1980 and 1990s?
What are the differences?
People's Democracy and National Liberation.
NL prioritizes nationalism, reunification, and anti-Americanism, often showing sympathy toward North Korea, while PD focuses on class struggle, labor rights, and socialist politics, often criticizing the NL's nationalist focus.