HK Flashcards
name 6 major events in hk
the opium war the extension of hk boundary agreement the convention of beijing the chinese civil war the second world war 1911 revolution
the opium war
qing china was defeated and the hk island was ceded to britain according to the treaty of nanjing
the convention of beijing 北京條約
(where was ceded to whom as a result of what
kowloon was ceded to britain aa a result of China’s defeat in the second anglo-chinese war 第二次鴉片戰爭
the extension of hk boundary agreement
(after defeated in which war, where was leased to whom for how many years
after china was defeated in the sino-japanese war甲午戰爭, the new territories were leased to britain for 99 years
1911 revolution
(affect whom’s what and hence whom’s what
some hk people supported what by whom)
affected china’s trade and hence hk’s entrepot trade
some hk people supported the revolution by dr sun yixian
the chinese civil war
(chinese turned what, who (verb) to hk with (noun) and (noun) and helped with what
chinese turned communist, refugees escaped to hk wuth money and skills and helped to develop the light industry
the second world war (whose (noun) (verb) and (verb) hk's what hk is (verb) by whom for how long during the war
china’s trade fell sharply and hit hk’s entrepot trade
occupied by the japanese for 3 years and 8 months during the war
name of hk when ruled by queen victoria
city of victoria
buildings/ roads named after queen victoria (3
victoria park, queen’s road, queen’s pier
area covered in city of victoria 四環九約
four circuits and nine yeuks
four circuit
ha wan 下環
sheung wan 上環
chung wan 中環
sai wan 西環
head of government of city of victoria
governer
name 3 governer
henry pottinger (1st
john pope hennessy
arthur kennedy
major economic activities pf city of victoria 3
entrepot trade
shipping industry
banking
types of residents of city of victoria
local chinese european settlers (british
main problems of city of victoria 8
overcrowded slums/ poor living conditions disease (bubonic plague high crime rate gambling water shortage poverty/ sale of daughter as 'meizai' poor hygiene opium-smoking (drugs
two local chinese organization
po leung kuk
tung wah hospital
aspects of difference between european settlers and local chinese 4
residence and living environment
religion
legal system
occupation
residence and living environment of european settler 4
the peak, mid-levels
the city of victoria
spacious mansions with different facilities
hygienic living conditions
residence and living environment of local chinese 4
tai ping shan street area, sheung wan
outskirt of the city of victoria
overcrowded slums
unhygienic and poor living conditions
religion of european settlers 2
Christianity
churches and cathedrals (st john’s cathedral
religion of local chinese 2
buddhism, taoism, chinese folk religion (man cheong - god of literature, mo ti - god of martial arts, tin hau) chinese temples (man mo temple, tin hau temples)
legal system of european settlers 3
british laws
western model of government (legislative council) law courts (supreme court)
using the law courts (supreme court) to settle disputes
legal system of local chinese 2
chinese laws (great qing legal code) combined with the doctrines of certain indigenous religion temples for settling disputes and community matters (kung sor at man mo temple)
occupations of european settlers 2
worked for the governments as goe=vernment officials, councilors, admirals and soildiers (the former french mission building was next to barrack - used as the residence of the fist two governors)
big merchants in banking, shipping, insurance (thomas jackson of hsbc)
occupations of local chinese
rarely given chance to take part in government posts (first chinese member in legislative council only in 1880)
mainly low salary jobs like coolies (manual labour), clerks, some local merchants in nam pak hong trade
