Korean History and Culture Seminar for American Educators Handbook 2017 NKS Seminar-Handbook-Final with Daniel | Page 25

What Koreans Want Americans to Know about Korea – Key Ideas
1. List three ways in which the United States has had a significant impact
on Korean history since the late 19 th century.
2. What are two distinctive features of Korea’s geography?
3. Koreans are very proud of their long history and achievements. List 3
achievements.
4. How has Buddhism influenced Korean culture?
5. What are four beliefs associated with Confucianism?
6. What understanding do you now have of Korean traditional values?
7. Korea was occupied by Japan from __________ to ___________.
8. What is the legacy of Japanese occupation?
9. When was Korea divided and why?
10. When was the Korean War?
11. List three reasons why South Korea’s economy improved so rapidly
after the Korean War?
12. In what decade did South Korea become democratic?
13. What is interesting about the comparison between the two Koreas?
14. Why is North Korea so interested in becoming a nuclear power?
15. What is distinctive about Korean Americans as indicated on the last
slide?
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