Culture
Language
Educational System
Korea vs American Practices
100

Korea's traditional and formal greeting is?

To bow to everyone showing respect

100

Korean's call their native language ____

Hangul

100

How many years of elementary school do Koreans have?

6

100

Korean's value uniformity and American's Value _____

diversity

200

Joseon Dynasty made ____ the new structure that had to be followed thus being strongly believed as a “system of ethics”.

Confucianism 

200

The English language consists of 26 letters while the Korean language has ___ letters

40

200

High school is optional in Korea

True or False

True

200

Korean parents are heavily involved in their child's education. Why?



Korean's believe entering a good education and getting into the top college will give them good life.

300

In Korea they only write a person's name in red ink because....

that person has passed away

300

Korea has school on every other Saturday

True or false

True

300

Confucian Philosophy consists of four values:

Loyalty, Dutifulness, ___, and ____

obedience and diligence 

400

The 2 most important Korean holidays are called...

Chuseok and Lunar New Year's day

400

Students in Korea often go to school for 8.5 hours a day. This includes small breaks and a long lunch break. In America, students go to school for 6.5 hours a day, with short lunch breaks and short breaks integrated. 

Do you guys prefer the American schedule or the Korean schedule for school? 

No right or wrong answer