| A | B |
| celadon | a porcelain with an unusual blue-green glaze |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read or write |
| hangul | an alphabet using symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean |
| Silla | 1st dynasty to unite Korea which became a tributary state of China but preserved their independence |
| Koryo | 2nd dynasty of Korea during which Buddhism became very influential |
| Choson | 3rd dynasty of Korea after Mongols were expelled in which Korea based its government on Confucian principles and refined their writing by creating an alphabet |