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  1. What is the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) primarily designed to do? β†’ Eliminate tariffs among ASEAN member states
  2. Which traditional performing art form, recognized by UNESCO, originates from ASEAN member Indonesia? β†’ Wayang (Shadow Puppetry)
  3. What is the largest city in Vietnam? β†’ Thanh Pho Ho Chih Min
  4. On November 9, 1953, France granted Cambodia its independence, thereby ending eight decades of colonial rule. β†’ ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
  5. Which ASEAN financial mechanism was created after the 1997 Asian financial crisis? β†’ Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI)
  6. Which ASEAN country has the largest land area? β†’ Indonesia
  7. Which ASEAN country uses the Ringgit as its currency? β†’ Malaysia
  8. The Lao PDR's capital is β†’ Vientiane
  9. What is the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) cooperation framework's main objective in the socio-cultural sphere? β†’ Promote people-to-people exchange and cultural ties with China, Japan, and South Korea
  10. Singapore's national flower is the Vanda Miss Joaquim. β†’ TRUE
  11. Myanmar (Burma) became an ASEAN member in which year? β†’ 1997
  12. On November 13–14, 2017, where did the 31st ASEAN Summit take place? β†’ Manila, Philippines
  13. Which ASEAN member is an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands? β†’ Philippines
  14. Which of the following earns the second most foreign currency in Malaysia? β†’ Tourism
  15. The main goal of ASEAN was to work together on political and security issues. β†’ FALSE
  16. Which ASEAN country has the most people living in it? Which ASEAN country has the most people living in it? β†’ Vietnam
  17. In 1969, who was the president of Vietnam? β†’ Hα»“ ChΓ­ Minh
  18. Which ASEAN country joined the bloc most recently before Timor-Leste's candidacy? β†’ Cambodia
  19. Which of the following statements regarding the ASEAN members is FALSE? β†’ Cambodia has lowest nominal GDP among the ASEAN members.
  20. During the Cambodia conflict of the 1980s, ASEAN consistently supported which government-in-exile rather than the Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin regime? β†’ The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
  21. The 2019 ASEAN Summits were held in? β†’ Thailand
  22. Which of the following is NOT an official ASEAN dialogue partner? β†’ Brazil
  23. Which declaration, signed in Kuala Lumpur in 1971, sought to make Southeast Asia a nuclear-weapon-free zone? β†’ The Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN)
  24. The Chiang Mai Initiative, launched in 2000, was a direct response to which historical event involving ASEAN members? β†’ The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
  25. ASEAN's Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) was declared in which city? β†’ Kuala Lumpur
  26. What is the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 focused on? β†’ A highly integrated, innovative, and people-centered economy
  27. What is the significance of August 8 to ASEAN? β†’ ASEAN Day β€” the anniversary of ASEAN's founding in 1967
  28. The Regional Forum for ASEAN (ARF) suggests β†’ that carries out coordination of security and foreign policy.
  29. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), signed in November 2020, is primarily significant because it created what? β†’ The world's largest free trade area by GDP and population
  30. What is the ASEAN Declaration on the South China Sea (2002) known as? β†’ Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC)
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