Korean history trivia

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• In which year did Japan set up the Residency-General in Korea?Modern Korea · colonial era
• The declaration of independence read in the March First Movement bore the names of 33 national representatives.Modern Korea · colonial era
• After leading the March First Movement, Yu Gwan-sun fled to the United States and carried on the independence struggle there.Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which city was the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea established?Modern Korea · colonial era
• After the Daedongbeop came in, what was the tribute tax chiefly paid in?Joseon
• Which policy did the Heungseon Daewongun pursue to weaken the base of the provincial yangban?Joseon
• Which state invaded Joseon in 1636 and began the war known as the Byeongja Horan?Joseon
• What was the main purpose of the Tangpyeong policy pursued by Yeongjo and Jeongjo?Joseon
• Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon was built in the reign of King Sejong.Joseon
• Hanyang, the capital of Joseon, is which city today?Joseon
• Wang Geon, founder of Goryeo, was originally a general of Later Baekje.Goryeo
• Goryeo's metal-type book Jikji is held by the National Museum of Korea.Goryeo
• In August 1950, which defensive line around Daegu and Busan did South Korean and UN forces hold to the end against the North Korean offensive?Contemporary Korea
• What is the name of the founder of Silla?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• The founder of Silla was Bak Hyeokgeose.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• The founder of Balhae was Yi Seonggye.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Where was the capital of Silla?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which king completed Silla's unification of the Three Kingdoms?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Who founded Balhae?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Who was the last king of Silla, the one who handed his kingdom over to Wang Geon of Goryeo of his own accord?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which of the Five Secular Precepts (Sesok Ogye) of ancient Korea means 'do not retreat in battle'?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which kind of tomb, built for rulers in the Bronze Age when Gojoseon took shape in Korea, set a huge capstone on top of supporting stones?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which rock in Buyeo, Korea, carries the legend that court ladies threw themselves into the river when Baekje fell?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which son of King Gwanggaeto succeeded his father as king of Goguryeo?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which festival did Goguryeo hold every tenth month, when the whole country gathered to offer rites to heaven?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• In the Four Guardians painted on the walls of Goguryeo tombs, which mythical creature guards the north?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which power destroyed Balhae in 926?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Daegaya led the Gaya confederacy after Geumgwan Gaya declined. Where in present-day Korea was its center?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• After Baekje fell, Wa (Japan) sent no troops to support the movement to restore it.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Many of the common people of Balhae were Malgal (Mohe).Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which man of Goguryeo, mocked as a 'fool', is said to have married Princess Pyeonggang and become a general?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• In Korean history, Gojoseon was founded before any of the Three Kingdoms.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• After unifying Korea's Three Kingdoms, Silla moved its capital to the Han River valley.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Balhae was a state that lay to the south of Silla.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• In Korean tradition, the name 'Jumong' is said to come from a word for a person skilled with the bow.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Seokgatap and Dabotap are two stone pagodas standing side by side before the main hall of Bulguksa Temple in Korea.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• The Korean chronicle Samguk Sagi records Onjo as a son of Jumong.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Seokguram in Korea is a shrine made by placing a Buddha inside a natural cave left as it was.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• King Seong of Baekje lost his life in a battle against Goguryeo.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which Joseon king reigned the longest?Joseon
• In Korean history, what is the 1871 attack by a US fleet on Ganghwa Island called?Joseon
• Which crown prince did King Yeongjo shut inside a rice chest, where he died?Joseon
• Which Japanese ruler launched the Imjin War against Joseon Korea?Joseon
• After Taejo, Jeongjong and Taejong, who became the fourth king of Joseon?Joseon
• Which class stood at the top of Joseon's four-tier social order?Joseon
• Who made the Daedong yeojido, the great map of Joseon Korea?Joseon
• Which war began when the Later Jin invaded Joseon in 1627?Joseon
• Which king was overthrown in the Jungjong Restoration?Joseon
• Who laid out the framework of the new dynasty's government in the Joseon gyeonggukjeon, but was killed in the coup of 1398?Joseon
• 'Sejong' and 'Jeongjo' were the names officials used for those kings while they were alive.Joseon
• As rice transplanting spread in late Joseon, double-cropping of rice and barley increased.Joseon
• Gwanghaegun steered a course between Ming China and the Later Jin without committing Joseon to either side.Joseon
• In Joseon Korea, the 'sa' in sayak, the poison condemned nobles were made to drink, is the character 死, meaning 'death'.Joseon
• In Joseon, a king's daughter by the queen was titled ongju, and a daughter by a royal concubine was titled gongju.Joseon
• To which country did South Korea send nurses and miners in large numbers during the 1960s to earn foreign currency?Contemporary Korea
• In which decade did South Korea rename its primary schools from gungmin hakgyo to chodeung hakgyo?Contemporary Korea
• Which country sent the most troops to the Korean War as part of the UN forces?Contemporary Korea
• Who was the supreme leader of North Korea when the Korean War broke out in 1950?Contemporary Korea
• Which city in South Korea was the first to open a subway?Contemporary Korea
• Which document did North and South Korea announce at the same time in Seoul and Pyongyang in 1972, setting out three principles for unification?Contemporary Korea