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