Early Korea
This legendary early Korean kingdom is traditionally dated to 2333 BCE.
What is Gojoseon?
These three kingdoms dominated Korea from the 1st century BC to 668 AD.
What are Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla?
This dynasty gave Korea its modern name.
What is Goryeo?
Japan formally annexed Korea in this year.
What is 1910?
The name of our great and powerful president, Andy Jang, written in Korean (Hangeul).
What is 장앤디?
The Korean Peninsula’s location between these two countries shaped its history and foreign relations.
What are China and Japan?
This kingdom eventually unified most of the Korean Peninsula in 668 CE.
What is Silla?
This writing system was created during the Joseon Dynasty.
What is Hangeul?
The height of the wonderful and benevolent president of the Korean club.
What is 5'5"?
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
What is the Korean War?
The Chinese dynasty that the Gojoseon fell to in BC 108.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This religion spread widely during the Three Kingdoms period.
What is Buddhism?
What is Computer Science?
This global conflict ended Japanese rule over Korea.
What is World War 2?
The war ended in 1953 with this, not a peace treaty.
What is an armistice?
Despite outside influences, Korea developed a distinct version of this key cultural element.
What is language (or culture)?
The university that the president and awe-inspiring leader of the Korean Club attended before going to Cedarville University.
What is the University of Minnesota?
This dynasty ruled Korea for over 500 years, from 1388 - 1910.
What is the Joseon Dynasty?
Korea was divided along this line after liberation in 1945.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This heavily fortified zone separates North and South Korea today.
What is the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)?
The date (including year) that our fearless leader and president of Korean Club was born.
What is November 21, 2002?
The period where the Taebong, Later Baekje, and Shilla Kingdoms were briefly in power after the Shilla Kingdom split apart in 892 AD.
What is the Later Three Kingdoms Period?
This philosophy/religion shaped government and social order during Joseon.
What is Confucianism?
These two countries occupied Korea after World War II.
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
This term describes South Korea’s rapid postwar economic growth.
What is the Miracle on the Han River?