University of Hong Kong

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/university-of-hong-kong

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Pokfulam, Hong Kong
2. What is the academic organization?Features ten academic faculties and twenty residential halls and colleges
3. When was the University of Hong Kong founded?The University of Hong Kong was officially founded in 1911, but it began as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1887.
4. Who was a famous student of HKU?Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Republic of China, studied at HKU’s earlier medical college.

Geopolitical Influence: The impact of geography and politics on international relations and power dynamics.
Tertiary Institution: An educational establishment that provides higher education, such as a university or college.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The integration of knowledge and methods from different academic disciplines to address complex issues.