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King Sejong Fact or Fiction?

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  • What invention was created during King Sejong's rule?
    An instrument for measuring rainfall
    An underground tunnel from the mainland to Jeju Island
    The first Kimchi refrigerator
    A floating palace laboratory
  • What does King Sejong's legacy teach us today?
    Leaders should avoid trying to change society
    Leaders should support inequality
    Leaders should only support wealthy people in society
    Access to education can strengthen society
  • Which of the following is not true about King Sejong?
    He conducted a jazz band under a silk canopy
    He worked with scholars
    He supported music
    He valued education
  • Which best describes King Sejong's leadership style?
    Focused only on building military strength
    He did not like working with students
    He preferred to be lazy and not do much of anything
    He was interested in education, science, and fairness
  • What was King Sejong's most important achievement?
    Creating Hangul
    Building a royal submarine
    Inventing pizza
    Discovering Jeju Island
  • King Sejong became king in:
    1392
    1500
    1446
    1418
  • Which of these is not historically accurate about King Sejong?
    He created Hangul
    He used Parrots to test how Hangul sounded
    He ruled in the 1400s
    His legacy is still celebrated today
  • The book that introduced Hangul was called:
    Hunminjeongeum
    The Golden Scroll
    The World According to Sejong the Great
    The Royal Code
  • Which one of the following is NOT true about King Sejong?
    He tested letters using carrier hawks
    His face is on the 10,000 won bill
    He created Hangul
    He supported scientific tools
  • Why did King Sejong create Hangul?
    To make reading and writing more difficult
    To give his subjects something to do when it snowed
    To help common people read and write
    To confuse his enemies
  • King Sejong's leadership shows that he valued
    Only military power
    Wealth over everything
    Education and fairness
    Being popular
  • Before Hangul, most Koreans used:
    Classical Chinese characters
    Japanese Kana
    English letters
    Drums and smoke signals
  • Why is King Sejong still important today?
    He helped design the first computer in Korea
    He built Korea's highway system
    He banned homework for kids under the age of 19
    His system of writing is still used in Korea today
  • Which of the following is NOT true about King Sejong?
    He built a floating greenhouse
    He improved agriculture
    He is the reason Koreans celebrate Hangul Day on October 9
    He supported scholars
  • What was the Hall of Worthies?
    The group of scholars who worked with King Sejong
    Sejong's secret spy organization
    A group of palace Ninjas
    The palace jazz band
  • Why was it difficult for the common people to read and write?
    Only city people were allowed to read
    Books were illegal
    Chinese Hanja was very difficult for common people to learn.
    Schools did not exist
  • King Sejong ruled Korea during which Dynasty?
    Ming Dynasty
    Silla Dynasty
    Joseon Dynasty
    Qing Dynasty
  • If Hangul had not been invented what might have happened?
    People would have stopped speaking
    Nothing would have changed
    The common people would not have learned to read
    Koreans would have stoppped farming
  • Why was Hangul so important?
    It replaced spoken language
    It used only numbers
    It was the first alphabet ever made
    It was easier for common people to learn
  • Which of the following is NOT true?
    King Sejong improved farming techiques
    King Sejong created Hangul
    King Sejong did not not want women & girls to read and write
    Koreans celebrate King Sejong on Hangul Day every October
  • Which statement best shows the effect of Hangul on society?
    Spoken Korean decreased as the number of books increased
    As Literacy increased, knowledge also increased for everyone
    Military power increased by improving wartime communication
    Koreans were able to trade more easily with other countries