Form 4 CSD Quiz 1

Hong Kong was successively under the (a)   of four counties - Panyu County, Bao'an County, Dongguan County and Xinan County.

When were the Treaty of Nanking, Convention of Peking and Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory signed respectively?

• 1840, 1862 & 1899

• 1842, 1860 & 1898

• 1857, 1874 & 1888

• 1940, 1962 & 1998

The Qing Government signed the Treaty of Nanking after its defeat in the _________ and ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain.

• First World War

• Siege of the International Legations

• First Opium War

• Second Opium War

The Qing Government was forced to sign the Convention pf Peking and ceded the __________ (including Stonecutters Island) to Britain.

• The Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street

• Half of Hong Kong

• The Kowloon Peninsula north of Boundary Street

• Entire Hong Kong

Which treaty did the Qing Government sign to lease the New Territories to Britain for 99 years?  

• Treaty of Nanking 

• Convention of Peking

• Treaty of Tientsin 

• Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory

According to the _____________ & ____________, the three unequal treaties which were signed with use of force should have been void and the British occupation of Hong Kong through aggression was unlawful.

(a)  

The UN General Assembly adopted the relevant report of the Special Committee on Decolonization and deleted Hong Kong and Macao from the list of colonial territories on ____.

• 1898

• 1969

• 1972

• 1974

Concept of "One country, two systems" : one China and two types of systems.

Mainland: Socialist System & Hong Kong: (a)   System

In 19 December 1984, China and Britain signed the ______________. Britain agreed to return the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. In 1990, the ____________ was officially promulgated together with the regional flag and regional emblem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

• Basic Law, Sino-British Joint Declaration

• Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, Basic Law

• Basic Law, Constitution of the People’s Republic of China

• Sino-British Joint Declaration, Basic Law

What is the significance of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland? (State one significance and explain it)