Korean history trivia

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• In which year did the Donghak Peasant Revolution begin in earnest?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which city was the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea established?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which year did the Gapsin Coup take place?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which year did Japan set up the Residency-General in Korea?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which year did the March First Movement take place?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which year was the Korean Empire proclaimed?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which year did Japan annex Korea?Modern Korea · colonial era
• Who led the founding of the Independence Club?Modern Korea · colonial era
• What was the highest Japanese body governing Korea during the colonial period?Modern Korea · colonial era
• In which year was the Eulsa Treaty concluded?Modern Korea · colonial era
• The Eulsa Treaty was concluded in 1910.Modern Korea · colonial era
• The Donghak Peasant Revolution took place in 1919.Modern Korea · colonial era
• The Gapsin Coup took place in 1884.Modern Korea · colonial era
• The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was established in Shanghai.Modern Korea · colonial era
• The Shanghai Provisional Government was established soon after the March First Movement.Modern Korea · colonial era
• Liberation Day in Korea marks 15 August 1948.Modern Korea · colonial era
• The March First Movement took place in 1945.Modern Korea · colonial era
• Gojong was the first emperor of the Korean Empire.Modern Korea · colonial era
• An Jung-geun shot Ito Hirobumi in Harbin.Modern Korea · colonial era
• Yu Gwan-sun, well known for taking part in the March First Movement, was a figure of the Goryeo period.Modern Korea · colonial era
• Hanyang, the capital of Joseon, is which city today?Joseon
• Which king of Joseon built Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon?Joseon
• After the Daedongbeop came in, what was the tribute tax chiefly paid in?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
• Which policy did the Heungseon Daewongun pursue to weaken the base of the provincial yangban?Joseon
• Who founded Joseon?Joseon
• Which Joseon commander fought with the turtle ships during the Imjin War?Joseon
• In which year did the Imjin War break out?Joseon
• Which king of Joseon created Hangul?Joseon
• The original name of Hangul was Hunminjeongeum.Joseon
• Joseon took Confucianism as its guiding principle of government.Joseon
• Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon was built in the reign of King Sejong.Joseon
• The Hullyeon Dogam was established during the Imjin War.Joseon
• The Baekdusan boundary stele was set up in the reign of King Sukjong.Joseon
• King Yeongjo enacted the Gyunyeokbeop to lighten the burden of the military cloth tax.Joseon
• The Gyeongguk daejeon, the basic law code of Joseon, was completed in the reign of King Sejong.Joseon
• The king who created Hangul (Hunminjeongeum) was Taejong.Joseon
• The Imjin War began in 1636.Joseon
• Joseon was founded in 1492.Joseon
• Who was the last king of Goryeo?Goryeo
• In which year was Goryeo founded?Goryeo
• In which year did Goryeo come to an end and Joseon take its place?Goryeo
• Where was the capital of Goryeo?Goryeo
• Which king of Goryeo enacted the law reviewing the status of slaves?Goryeo
• In which year did the military coup take place in Goryeo?Goryeo
• Who negotiated during the first Khitan invasion and won the Six Garrison Settlements East of the River?Goryeo
• Who wrote the Samguk Sagi in the Goryeo period?Goryeo
• The Samguk Sagi was written in the Goryeo period by Iryeon.Goryeo
• Which temple holds the Tripitaka Koreana?Goryeo
• Which pottery is the signature ceramic of the Goryeo period?Goryeo
• Goryeo was founded in 918.Goryeo
• Goryeo treated Buddhism as a religion of central importance to the state.Goryeo
• The capital of Goryeo was Hanyang.Goryeo
• Goryeo put Confucianism first and pursued a policy of suppressing Buddhism.Goryeo
• The king who founded Goryeo was Wang Geon.Goryeo
• Gang Gam-chan defeated the Khitan army at the Battle of Gwiju.Goryeo
• The Tripitaka Koreana was created in the face of the Mongol invasions.Goryeo
• The man who won the Six Garrison Settlements East of the River by negotiation during the first Khitan invasion was Gang Gam-chan.Goryeo
• Goryeo was founded by Yi Seong-gye.Goryeo