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Directions
• The information in this Nearpod will be
very important for your final test of the
year on Japan and Korea
• Read and screenshot each slide
• Complete all activities within this Nearpod
Thinking Questions
• Study the Map
• Based on Korea’s Geography, why would
it serve as a “bridge” of cultural traditions
between China and Japan?
• Based on Korea’s Geography, why might
maintaining its independence have been a
struggle throughout its history?
Korea
“A shrimp among
whales”
Thinking Question Summary
• Due its geography, many cultural traditions from
China and Japan have appeared in Korea such
as:
• The Civil Service exam
• The style of Chinese writing and
• The teachings of Confucius
• Several times throughout its history Korea has
been a tributary state of China or Japan, due to
its closeness to both nations, but Korea has
always maintained its own culture
Korea 300 AD-600 AD
• Divided into three separate kingdoms
• Kingdoms share some common values such as Buddhism
• Three Kingdoms spend most of their time fighting each other or China
• *Kaya was a separate Kingdom more influenced by Japan than Korean culture
• In 668 the Shilla Kingdom, with the backing of China, united the Korean Peninsula
• Korea would have three dynasties in its history known as the:
• Shilla (668-918)
• Koryo (918-1392)
• Choson (1392-1910)
Korea United
The Influence of China
• Under the Shilla Dynasty Korea was a Tributary state of China
• Korea began to see itself in relation to China as the Confucian relationship:
• “Older brother superior to younger brother” and therefore must show China respect
• Korea makes certain modifications to Chinese tradtions for example:
• Civil service exams could only be taken by gentry unlike in China
Advances in Technology Adapted
from China but made Korean • Woodblock printing from China is used to
produce Buddhist texts under Koryo
dynasty
• Celadon ware – blue/green porcelain –
Technology lost forever with Mongol
invasions in 1200’s
Preservation of Culture • Hangul – Korean alphabet –
symbols represented the sounds of spoken Korean and was far easier to write than the thousands of letters in the Chinese alphabet
• Led to very high literacy rate
• Think back to the “Thinking questions” on geography, why would the creation and widespread use of their own alphabet be a very important step in allowing Korea to maintain its culture?
• The development and use of the Hangul language helps Korea preserve its culture in the face of both Chinese and Japanese aggression
Preserving culture (cont) • Mongols occupy Korea from 1200s until 1350s
• 1392 General Yi Song-gye establishes the
Choson Dynasty and sets up a government
based on Confucianism
• Japan tried to invade Korea in 1590’s
• Koreans, with Chinese help, defeat Japan
• Used “turtle boats” (metal-plated) under the
command of the admiral Yi Sun-Shin to defeat
the Japanese
Yi Sun-shin uses “turtle boats” to
stop the Japanese invasion
Summary Prompts
• In your notes:
• List 4 examples of cultural traditions which
have been passed onto Korea from China
• List and explain 4 ways that Korea has
preserved its culture despite its close
proximity to China and Japan
Cultural traditions
Adopted from China (Answer Key)
• Confucian Teachings
• Buddhism
• Woodblock printing
• Porcelain
• Civil service exams
Ways Korea has preserved its culture
(Answer Key)
• Civil service exams could only be
taken by gentry unlike in China
• Celadon ware – blue/green porcelain
• Hangul alphabet (Language)
• Used “turtle boats” (metal-plated) under
the command of the admiral Yi Sun-Shin
to defeat the Japanese in the 1590s