Korea: Quick Facts by Terri Florio https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z Here are some facts about Korea to help you understand the novel Year of Impossible Goodbyes en-us 2018-05-06 19:46:30 UTC 2019-11-19 15:19:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350363870 How do people greet one another in Korea?Bow?Shake hands?Embrace?How do they part?

The bow is the traditional Korean greeting, although it is often accompanied by a handshake among men. To show respect when shaking hands, support your right forearm with your left hand. Korean women usually nod slightly and will not shake hands with Western men.]]> 2019-04-10 14:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350363870 garciad012 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350365451 Whats is the latitude and longitude of Korea?
The latitude and longitude of Korea are 35.9078N and 127.7669’E :v

What is the significance of the 38th parallel
The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.]]> 2019-04-10 14:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350365451 How far do Koreans travel to work? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350365670 Most people in Korea travel 10 to 15m to work.]]> 2019-04-10 14:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350365670 What is the official language of Korea? What other languages are spoken there? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350365936
 The  Korean language is the official language of Korea. Hangugeo is the language of South Korea and  Chosŏnmal is the language of North Korea.]]> 2019-04-10 14:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350365936 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350366352 do most koreans live in urban or rural areas
 

The rapid increase in the urbanpopulation and the resultant depopulation of vast rural areas areSouth Korea's main demographic issues. More than four-fifths of the population is classified as urban; roughly half the population lives in the country's seven largest cities]]> 2019-04-10 14:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350366352 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350366743 What is the traditional and modern dress of koreans?
Do clothes for special occansions differ? How?]]> 2019-04-10 14:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350366743 How large is the country?Describe its size in term familiar to the rest of the class:Is it as big as Canada?Is it bigger than our province https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350367263  Korean peninsula measures 84,565 square miles. The DMZ division allocated more territory to the North (47,541 square miles) than to the South (38,024 square miles). Canada is bigger than korea]]> 2019-04-10 14:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350367263 What are the most common occupations in Korea? What kind of unemployment does the country have? What are the major products manufactured in Korea? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350367316
Teaching English is a very popular job for foreigners, working abroad in South Korea can also mean fulfilling a variety of non-teaching jobs too.



]]> 2019-04-10 14:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350367316 What religions are practiced in korea? Is there an official korean religion? What kinds of religious freedom exit here? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350367814 2019-04-10 14:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350367814 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350368379 What is the traditional and modern dress of koreans?
Do clothes for special occansions differ? How?


Answer:  The colors of nature are imbued in the cloth, giving hanbok a depth and richness not found from artificial dyes. A full set of hanbok formen consists of a vest, jeogori (top jacket), and a pair of pants while women's include a jeogori, undershirt, skirt, and a pair of pantaloons.

The reason they are different is because they have their own style in korea and they want to be different from other asian countries.]]> 2019-04-10 14:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350368379 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350368429 DO THEY DWELL IN HOUSES OR APARTMENTS

Townhouses attached to a high-rise building are also classified as row houses. Apartment or flat in a duplex. One of two dwellings, located one above the other, may or may not be attached to other dwellings or buildings. ... Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys]]> 2019-04-10 14:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350368429 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350368972 Describe the country’s main geographic features. Are there mountains?rivers?

   South Korea is very hilly and mountainous in the east, where the Taebaek Mountains dominate the landscape. The rugged land slopes west into undulating, flatter coastal plains, where most of its people live, and useable agricultural land is found. While North Korea is a series of medium-sized mountain ranges and large hills, separated by deep, narrow valleys.]]> 2019-04-10 14:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350368972 Do children ride school buses? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350369127  Korea International School provides school bus service to help families with their children's transportation. Busroutes cover most areas in Seoul including the southern area of Bundang. ... Students need to be on time at designated bus stops; bus drivers are not permitted to wait for late arrivals.]]> 2019-04-10 14:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350369127 How many years do Korea students attend school? Are the schools there public or private? What subjects are studied? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350370022 Koreans have public and private schools, all of them are recieving fundings by the governments. Koreans study three years from the age of 15-18/19. 

The subjects that they study are:
* Korean
*Algebra
*Geometry
*English
*Social Studies
*Science 
*Music
*Art
*PE
*Korean History 
*Ethics
*Home Economics
*Secondary Language
*Technology
* Hanja]]> 2019-04-10 14:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350370022 https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350370331 how many people typically live in a korean household 

Finally, 8.8 percent were larger than 50 pyeong. According www.earoph.info, in 2005 average apartment size was 106.43 sqm and average household size 3.37 persons. However same source says that in 2005 were 12,494,827 dwelling units, South Korea population being 47,278,951 according Wikipedia, resulting 3.78 persons]]> 2019-04-10 14:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350370331 How old do you have to be to drive in Korea? https://padlet.com/teresa_florio/r0lol1iuj27z/wish/350370844 You must be at least 21 years old.

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