ASEAN History 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which ASEAN member was admitted to the organization in 1984, becoming the sixth member?
- Vietnam
- Brunei Darussalam (Correct answer)
- Laos
- Myanmar
Correct answer: Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on January 8, 1984, just days after gaining independence from Britain on January 1, 1984.
Question 2: The Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) declaration in 1971 was a response to what geopolitical development?
- The US withdrawal from Vietnam
- Growing Chinese and Soviet influence in Southeast Asia (Correct answer)
- The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation ending
- The first ASEAN free trade agreement
Correct answer: Growing Chinese and Soviet influence in Southeast Asia
ZOPFAN was adopted in Kuala Lumpur in 1971 in response to growing superpower rivalry, with ASEAN states seeking to keep Southeast Asia free from external interference.
Question 3: Indonesia's 'Konfrontasi' (Confrontation) policy targeted which country before ASEAN's founding and was a major regional destabilizer?
- The Philippines
- Malaysia (Correct answer)
- Singapore
- Thailand
Correct answer: Malaysia
Indonesia's Konfrontasi was a military and political campaign against Malaysia from 1963–1966, ending after Suharto replaced Sukarno and paving the way for ASEAN's creation.
Question 4: Which ASEAN summit in 2003 adopted the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II), outlining the vision for an ASEAN Community?
- The 7th ASEAN Summit in Brunei
- The 9th ASEAN Summit in Bali (Correct answer)
- The 10th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane
- The 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu
Correct answer: The 9th ASEAN Summit in Bali
The 9th ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia in 2003 produced the Bali Concord II, which established the framework for three ASEAN Community pillars.
Question 5: What was the name of the 1992 agreement that created the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)?
- The Singapore Declaration
- The Common Effective Preferential Tariff Agreement (Correct answer)
- The ASEAN Economic Cooperation Treaty
- The Manila Protocol
Correct answer: The Common Effective Preferential Tariff Agreement
The Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Agreement, signed in Singapore in 1992, established AFTA with the goal of reducing intra-ASEAN tariffs.
Question 6: During the Cambodia conflict of the 1980s, ASEAN consistently supported which government-in-exile rather than the Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin regime?
- The Khmer Rouge government alone
- The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (Correct answer)
- The FUNCINPEC party government
- The Cambodian People's Party
Correct answer: The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
ASEAN supported the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK), a tripartite exile coalition including FUNCINPEC, the Khmer Rouge, and the KPNLF, to oppose Vietnamese occupation.
Question 7: The ASEAN Charter, which gave ASEAN a legal personality and institutional framework, entered into force in which year?
- 2003
- 2007
- 2008 (Correct answer)
- 2010
Correct answer: 2008
The ASEAN Charter was signed in November 2007 and entered into force on December 15, 2008, after ratification by all ten member states.
ASEAN History 3
Which ASEAN member was admitted to the organization in 1984, becoming the sixth member?