Historical Personalities
Dates and Years 1
Dates and Years 2
Political and Administrative Structures
"Language"
100
Name of the King who died just before the March 1st Movement
Who is King Kojong 고종?
100
The year of the March First Movement, in which Korea announced its “Declaration of Independence”
What happened in 1919?
100
The year when Korea became a Japanese protectorate
What happened in 1905?
100
It is the parallel chosen as the dividing line between North and South Korea
What is the 38th parallel?
100
The first decade of colonial rule, from 1910 to 1919, is often called this, with the Korean term as amhŭkki (暗黑期, 암흑기)
What is the "Dark Peiod"?
200
The first leader of North Korea
Who is Kim Il Sung 김일성?
200
The year of the assassination of Queen Min
What happened in 1895?
200
The year when the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out
What happened in 1937?
200
It was a puppet state of Japan, controlled by the Japanese Army since 1932. It was a base for further expansion into China
What is Manchukuo?
200
Upon his return from the Russian legation in 1897, King Kojong declared himself emperor and renamed the country this. The Korean name is Taehan Cheguk
What is the "The Great Han Empire"?
300
The first elected president in South Korea
Who is Syngman Rhee 이승만?
300
The year in which the first Sino-Japanese War, the Tonghak Rebellion, and the Kabo Reforms all occurred
What happened in 1894?
300
The year when the Cairo Conference was held. Here, Roosevelt suggested a period of international trusteeship rather than immediate independence for Korea
What happened in 1943?
300
The name of the policy of the Japanese military rule in Korea after the March First movement
What is “culture policy”?
300
The slogan represents the dominant ideology of womanhood in Korea throughout the 20th century. The Korean phrase is hyŏnmo yangch’ŏ (현모양처)
What is "wise mother, good wife"?
400
He was one of the founders of modern Korean linguistics. He helped to standardize the Korean language, based on the spelling and grammar of vernacular Korean
Who is Chu Si-gyŏng?
400
The day on which an anti-communist suppression campaign was carried out by the South Korean government on Jeju Island, which led to about 30-thousand civilians on Jeju being killed
What happened on April 3rd, 1948?
400
The day that Japan surrendered, marking the National Liberation Day of Korea
What happened on August 15, 1945?
400
A series of sweeping administrative and social changes proposed to the Korean government in 1894, following the Tonghak Rebellion
What are the Kabo Reforms?
400
The slogan represents the Japanese colonial policy enforced in Korea, primarily from the late 1930s to 1945, aimed at assimilating Koreans into Japanese subjects. The Japanese phrase is Nai-sen ittai (內鮮一體)
What is "Japan and Korea as one body"?
500
He was a Korean independence activist who assassinated Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan and Japanese Resident-General of Korea, in 1909
Who is An Chung-gŭn 안중근?
500
The day when the Republic of Korea, 대한민국, was established
What happened on August 15, 1948?
500
The day when Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 조선민주주의인민공화국, was established
What happened on September 9, 1948?
500
It is American Cold War policy against the expansion of Soviet communism. It originated with the primary goal of countering the growth of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War
What is the Truman Doctrine (1947)?
500
Name of the Korean War that started on June 25, 1950
What is 六二五 - 육이오, yuk-i-o.