Topic 3 Self-checking questions and Vocab List

A. Establishment of British colonial rule

Self-checking questions:

1. What are the names of the wars and treaties that ceded or leased Hong Kong from China
to Britain?

2. What were the names of the positions of the principal officials of Hong Kong called
under the British rule?

3. What were the major functions of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council?

4. Name the features of the early British administration.

5. How does the British rule contribute to the development of Hong Kong’s governance?

Vocab List

1. Opium War 11. Colonial Secretary

2. Treaty of Nanjing 12. Colonial Treasurer
3. Convention of Beijing 13. Attorney General
4. Convention Respecting an Extension of 14. social elites
Hong Kong Territory
5. cede 15. Supreme Court of Hong Kong
6. Kowloon Peninsula 16. pardoning
7. Boundary Street 17. British government
8. Governor 18. appointment system
9. Letters Patent 19. jury
10. Royal Instruction 20. rule of law

B. Economic and social conditions

Self-checking questions:

1. Why did Hong Kong develop from a fishing village to entrepot trade?

2. What kinds of goods were traded?

3. Name one foreign and one Chinese trading company.

4. What are the other industries promoted by the entrepot trade?

5. What were the two major factors of rapid population growth in mid-19th century?

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 6. Name the department which was set up to deal with hygiene problems in the 19th century.

7. What were the major problems regarding law and order in the 19th century?
Suggest three methods which were used to deal with the problems.

8. Suggest two discriminatory measures against local Chinese adopted by the British
government.

9. Name a Chinese elite who served as the bridge between the government and local
Chinese.

10. What was the name of the first government secondary school?

Vocab List

1. entrepot 12. Sanitary Board

2. harbour dues 13. bubonic plague
3. dockyards 14. abduction
4. wharfs 15. curfew
5. ship repair 16. District Watch Force
6. provision of loans 17. discriminatory measures
7. cash deposit 18. segregation
8. famines 19. merchants
9. multi-ethnic 20. comprador
10. hygiene 21. Board of Education
11. reclamation 22. infrastructure

C. Contributions of non-governmental organisations to Hong Kong

Self-checking questions:

1. Name two organisations which were set up by local Chinese leaders.

2. What kinds of social services did foreign organisations provide in the 19th century?

Vocab List

1. Tung Wah Hospital 6. prostitutes

2. burial 7. trafficking
3. elderly 8. Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society
4. Po Leung Kuk 9. missionary
5. orphanage 10. preach