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100

The March 1st protests were met with brutal suppression by what occupying force? 

The Japanese colonial government

100

The March 1st Movement took place in this year.

1919

100

This independence activist assassinated Ito Hirobumi in Harbin.

Ahn Jung-geun

100

What was the main thing they did in the March 1st movement?

?Recite the Proclamation of Korean Independence

100

During the March 1st Movement, Korean protesters often carried this item as a symbol of their national pride and independence.

Korean National Flag (태극기)

200

Approximately this many people participated in the March 1st Movement protests.

Over 2 million

200

Korea finally achieved independence from Japan in this year.

1945

200

Which protester was a teenager who continued to lead demonstrations even after her arrest?

Yu Gwan-sun

200

What was the main impact of the March 1st movement?

Trigger for establishing the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

200

In addition to peaceful protests, Korean activists engaged in this method to spread awareness internationally about the March 1st Movement.

Sending diplomatic letters/appeals to foreign governments

300

When was the beginning of Japan's annexation of Korea? 

1910

300

Ahn Jung-geun assassinated Ito Hirobumi in this year.

1909

300

This Korean activist carried out a bombing at Hongkou Park, Shanghai, against Japanese military officials.

Yoon Bong-gil

300

What was the main concept behind Koreans stating their independence?
(Hint: first emerged by Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference)

National Self-Determination (민족 자결 주의)

300

Many activists arrested after the March 1st Movement were tried in this type of court under Japanese colonial law.

Military tribunal (군사 법정)

400

After the March 1st protests, many captured activists were detained and tortured in this notorious location.

Seodaemun Prison

400

This year marked the death of Yu Gwan-sun in Seodaemun Prison.

1920

400

Known for his leadership in the Korean Provisional Government, this figure wrote Baekbeom Ilji.

Kim Gu

400

Considering probable violence during the movement, the representatives moved the place of the Declaration of Independence Ceremony where was it?

Taehwa Restaruant (태화관)

400

The March 1st Movement became a national holiday in this year, after the Republic of Korea was officially established.

1949

500

Where in central Seoul was the Korean Declaration of Independence first read?

Tapgol Park

500

Yoon Bong-gil's bombing attack on Japanese officials occurred in this year.

1932

500

Who is the Japanese military General that Yoon Bong-gil killed during his bombing attack in Shanghai? 

General Shirakawa Yoshinori

500

What did the Government-General of Chosen change after observing the impact of the March 1st movement?

Stole economic independence of Koreans (through rice industry and unfair estate transaction) & increased the number of police officers

500

This historic agreement between Japan and Korea in 1905, often considered an illegal annexation, stripped Korea of its sovereignty.

Japan–Korea Protectorate Treaty (을사조약)