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Three Kingdoms of Korea

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/three-kingdoms-of-korea

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the primary kingdoms?
2. What is the approximate period of existence?
3. What were the Three Kingdoms of Korea and when did they exist?
4. Where was each kingdom located?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Polity
Suzerainty
Historiography

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary kingdoms?Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla
2. What is the approximate period of existence?c. 57 BCE – 668 CE
3. What were the Three Kingdoms of Korea and when did they exist?They were Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. They existed from about 57 BCE to 668 CE.
4. Where was each kingdom located?Goguryeo was in the north, Baekje in the southwest, and Silla in the southeast.

Polity: A politically organized community or state.
Suzerainty: A relationship where a dominant state exercises control over a subordinate state.
Historiography: The study of the writing of history and how historical accounts are formed and interpreted.