ASEAN REVIEWER

1. What are the three non- Southeast Asian countries included in the ASEAN + 3?
Answer: Korea, Japan, China
2. When was the establishment of ASEAN?
Answer: August 8, 1967
3. Who was the foreign minister of Singapore during the establishment of ASEAN in August
8, 1967?
Answer: Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
4. What is the nationality of the incumbent secretary general of ASEAN, Lim Jock Hoi?
Answer: Bruneian
5. Who are the five founding fathers of ASEAN in 1967?
Answer:
Philippines – Narciso Ramos
Indonesia – Adam Malik
Malaysia – Tun Abdul Razak
Thailand – Thanat Khoman
Singapore – Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
6. What is the fourth proposed additional pillar of ASEAN?
Answer: Environmental Community
7. What is the constituting instrument that appoints the secretary general of ASEAN?
Answer: ASEAN Charter
8. T/F. The Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is appointed by
the ASEAN Summit that elected from among nationals of the ASEAN Member States
based on alphabetical rotation for a period of five years.
Answer: True
9. ASEAN Declaration is also known as ______________________.
Answer: Bangkok Declaration
10. T/F. The original ASEAN logo presented five brown sheaves of rice stalks, one for each
founding member. Beneath the sheaves is the legend “ASEAN” in blue.
Answer: True
11. T/F. In the original ASEAN logo, Brown stands for strength and stability, yellow for prosperity
and blue for the spirit of cordiality in which ASEAN affairs are conducted.
Answer: True
12. When was the 30th celebration of ASEAN?
Answer: August 8, 1997
13. Who wrote the history of ASEAN in the first chapter ASEAN at 30, a publication of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations in commemoration of its 30th Anniversary on 8
August 1997?
Answer: Jamil Maidan Flores and Jun Abad.
14. How old is Narciso Ramos, Philippines’ Foreign Minister to the ASEAn during the
establishment of ASEAN?
Answer: 66 years old
15. ASEAN Declaration back then, was short, simply-worded document containing only of
_________ articles.
Answer: 5 articles
16. ____________ serves as a firm foundation in achieving the ASEAN Community by providing
legal status and institutional framework for ASEAN. It also codifies ASEAN norms, rules and
values; sets clear targets for ASEAN; and presents accountability and compliance .
Answer: ASEAN Charter
17. The ASEAN Charter has become a legally binding agreement among the 10 ASEAN
Member States. It will also be registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations, pursuant
to_______________________.
Answer: Article 102, Paragraph 1 of the Charter of the United Nations
18. What is the capital city of Brunei Darussalam?
Answer: Bandar Seri Begawan
19. When was the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 adopted?
Answer: October 28, 2010
20. Where was the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 adopted?
Answer: Ha Noi, Vietnam
21. Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025, shall be an integral part of the
___________________.
Answer: ASEAN 2025: “Forging Ahead Together”
22. Connectivity in ASEAN encompasses the three linkages that are the foundational supportive
means to achieving the economic, political-security, and socio-cultural pillars of an
integrated ASEAN Community.
Answer:
1. Physical connectivity
2. Institutional connectivity
3. People to people connectivity
23. Who is the current president of Indonesia?
Answer: Joko Widodo
24. What is the capital city of Myanmar?
Answer: Nay Pyi Taw
25. When was the General Secretariat of ASEAN set up by the Foreign Ministers?
Answer: February 1976
26. T/F. The existing ASEAN Secretariat at 70A Jalan Sisingamangaraja, Jakarta was
established and officiated in 1981 by the then President of Indonesia, H.E. Mohamed
Soeharto.
Answer: TRUE
27. The ____________is a collaborative platform where cities from the ten ASEAN Member
States (AMS) work towards the common goal of smart and sustainable urban development
in April 28, 2018.
Answer: ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN)
28. How many articles does ASEAN Charter has in the present?
Answer: 55 Articles
29. What article in the ASEAN Charter can we find the statement “ the chairmanship of ASEAN
shall rotate annually based on the alphabetical order of the English names of the member
states.
Answer: Article 31
30. Who is the president of the Philippines who signed the ASEAN Charter?
Answer: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
31. How many colors does and ASEAN flag have?
Answer: 4 colors
1. Blue – peace and stability
2. Red – courage and dynamism
3. Yellow – prosperity
4. White – purity
32. What does the ASEAN flag represents?
Answer: stable, peaceful, united, and dynamic ASEAN
33. In the ASEAN flag, it represents the dream of ASEAN’s founding fathers.
Answer: stalks of padi
34. The circle in the ASEAN flag represents what?
Answer: unity of ASEAN
35. The colors of the emblem – red, yellow, blue, and white – represent the _____________ of
all the ASEAN member states.
Answer: the main colors of the crest
36. What is the largest country in Southeast Asia based on its land mass?
Answer: Indonesia
37. What is the font used for the word “ASEAN” in the emblem?
Answer: lower-case Helvetica
38. When did the Southeast Asian leaders signed the ASEAN Charter?
Answer: November 20, 2007
39. In the Article 8 of ASEAN Charter, the ASEAN Coordinating Council shall comprise the
ASEAN Foreign Ministers and meet ________________.
Answer: atleast every two years
40. What is the ASEAN supreme policy-making body of the ASEAN?
Answer: ASEAN Summit
41. What is the ASEAN motto?
Answer: One Vision, One Community, One Identity
42. What prepares the meeting of the ASEAN Summit?
Answer: ASEAN Coordinating Council
43. What is the working language of ASEAN council?
Answer: English
44. From what country in the chair of the ASEAN this 2019?
Answer: Thailand
45. In what year does the Philippines chair the ASEAN?
Answer: 2017
46. What country first chair the ASEAN in 1976?
Answer: Indonesia
47. What is the theme of the 50th ASEAN?
Answer: Under one light, we are one ASEAN
48. Who was the chair of ASEAN during its 50th Anniversary?
Answer: President Rodrigo Duterte
49. What was the theme of the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore chaired by Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong in 2018?
Answer: Resilience and Innovation
50. What was the theme of 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on June 23, 2019 chaired
by its Prime Minister Mr. Don Pramudwinai?
Answer: Advancing Partnership for Sustainability
51. How many years does an ASEAN’s secretary general term of office?
Answer: 5 years
52. What is adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN,
agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian nations,
outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in
partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies?
Answer: ASEAN Vision 2020
53. Vietnam joined ASEAN last ___________?
Answer: July 28, 1995
54. What is the observed day of ASEAN?
Answer: August 8
55. T/F. The name “ASEAN” is protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property, adopted in 1883 and revised in Stockholm in 1967.
Answer: TRUE
56. T/F. The use of the name “ASEAN” aims to promote ASEAN and its purposes and principles
as stipulated in the ASEAN Charter. It shall not be used for political propaganda or for
activities that harm the dignity and integrity of ASEAN, and adversely affects ASEAN or
ASEAN Member States.
Answer: TRUE
57. What is meant by the acronym ASEAN
Answer: ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
58. What is the rank of the Philippines in terms of smokers in Southeast Asia in 2017?
Answer:
1. Indonesia -76.2%
2. Vietnam – 47.7%
3. Philippines – 43%
59. What was adopted at the 10th ASEAN Summit, stipulates that ASEAN shall work towards
the convening of an annual ADMM (ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting). Against this
background, the Inaugural meeting of the ADMM was held in Kuala Lumpur established on
May 6, 2006.
Answer: ASEAN Security Community (ASC) Plan of Action
60. _____________ is to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security
issues of common interest and concern; and to make significant contributions to efforts
towards confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Answer: ARF (ASEAN Regional Forum)
61. What are the ten dialogue partners of ASEAN?
Answer: Australia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Japan,
Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States.
62. Are characterized by regular high-level exchanges and dialogue, including
ministerial meetings and summit meetings.
Answer: ASEAN Dialogue Partnerships
63. When was the formal establishment of ASEAN Economic Community?
Answer: December 31, 2015
64. What serves as a single reference document to inform stakeholders of the key action lines,
drawn from the sectoral work plans, which will be implemented in pursuit of the ASEAN
economic integration agenda from 2016 to 2025?
Answer: AEC 2025 Consolidated Strategic Action Plan (CSAP), or AEC 2025 CSAP
65. T/F: The ASEAN Youth Volunteers Program (AYVP) is intended to create opportunites for
youth volunteerism in ASEAN.
Answer: TRUE
66. What is the National language of Cambodia?
Answer: Khmer
67. What country in Southeast Asia has as currency, Kip?
Answer: Lao PDR
68. What is the capital of Lao PDR?
Answer: Viantiane
69. What is the Language of Lao PDR?
Answer: Lao
70. What is the largest Southeast Asian Country by land size?
Answer: Indonesia
71. What is the rank of the Philippines based on the land size of countries in Asia?
Answer: 18th
Rank 4th in Southeast Asia
72. What country in Southeast Asia is considered the biggest oil producers?
Answer: Indonesia
73. How many times does an ASEAN Summit held annually?
Answer: twice
74. T/F. The secretary general shall also be the Chief Administrative Officer of ASEAN.
Answer: TRUE
75. It aims to ensure that countries in the region live at peace with one another and with the
world in a just, democratic and harmonious environment.
Answer: ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC)
76. It aimed towards achieving the vision of having an AEC by 2025 that is highly integrated and
cohesive; competitive, innovative and dynamic; with enhanced connectivity and sectoral
cooperation; and a more resilient, inclusive, and people-oriented, people-centered
community, integrated with the global economy.
Answer: AEC Blueprint 2025
77. When was Cambodia joined ASEAN?
Answer: April 30, 1999
78. It is the commitment to lift the quality of life of its peoples through cooperative activities that
are people-oriented, people-centered, environmentally friendly, and geared towards the
promotion of sustainable development to face new and emerging challenges in ASEAN.
Answer: ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
79. When was Lim Jock Hoi assumed office as the secretary general of ASEAN?
Answer: January 5, 2018
80. What country/countries joined ASEAN on June 8, 1984?
Answer: Laos and Myanmar
81. It is a community anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security
Community, Economic Community, and Socio-Cultural Community. Launched in 2015, it
encapsulates ASEAN’s resilience and dynamism in a journey of nearly half a century, and
how far and how well the ASEAN Member States have achieved in coming together as one
community.
Answer: ASEAN Community 2015
82. What country is the last to join in the ASEAN?
Answer: Cambodia
83. What is the ASEAN literacy rate in 2015?
Answer: 90% Source: ASCC Scorecard 2015
84. How many are declared by UNESCO as the Cultural World Heritage Sites?
Answer: 24
85. How many member states does ASEAN have according to ARF (ASEAN Regional Forum)
Answer: 27
86. When was Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN?
Answer: January 8, 1984
87. What are the three documents where the establishment of ASEAN Charter was based?
Answer: 1. Vientaine Action Programme
2. Kuala Lumpur on the establishment of the ASEAN Charter
3. Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint of the ASEAN Charter
88. It is the first in a series of action plans or programmes leading to the end-goal of ASEAN
Vision 2020, ends in 2004 and that a successor action plan or programme is needed to guide
further progress towards ASEAN Vision 2020.
Answer: HANOI PLAN of ACTION
89. It serves as a concert of Southeast Asian Nations, outward-looking, living in peace, stability
and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community
of caring societies.
Answer: ASEAN Vision 2020
 90. T/F. The ASEAN Anthem is an expression of ASEAN unity. It also strengthens the sense of
ASEAN identity and belonging among the peoples of the region.
Answer. TRUE
91. Who wrote the ASEAN anthem, The ASEAN Way?
Answer: Payom Valaiphatchra
92. What is the capital of Myanmar?
Answer: Nay Pyi Taw
93. How many chapters does ASEAN charter has?
Answer: 13
94. T/F. The ASEAN Charter was adopted on its 40th Anniversary or Ruby Anniversary on
August 8, 2007 in Singapore?
Answer: TRUE
95. T/F. ASEAN, as the inter-governmental organization, is hereby conferred legal
personality.
Answer TRUE
Source: ASEAN Charter, Article 3, Legal Personality of ASEAN
96. What serves as the national focal point and the repository of information on all ASEAN
matters at the national level?
Answer: ASEAN National Secretariat
97. In what chapter of ASEAN Charter you can find the Immunities and Privileges of
ASEAN?
Answer: Chapter VI, Article 17
98. When a dispute remains unresolved, after the application of the preceding provisions
of the chapter, this dispute shall be refer to the ASEAN Summit, for its decision. In
what article of the ASEAN Charter this statement be found?
Answer: Article 26, Unresolved Dispute
99. ASEAN and its member states shall adhere to existing diplomatic protocol and
practices in the conduct of all activities relating to ASEAN. In what article of the ASEAN
Charter this statement be found?
Answer: Article 33, Diplomatic protocol and Practicies
100. Recite all the Articles found in ASEAN Charter.

Prayer before studying:

Dear Lord Jesus,
I pray that as I settle down to do my review today that You would help me to collect the
thoughts of my mind so that I may become really focused on my work and complete all that needs
to be covered today.
Give me a focused mind, help me to make the best use of the time today and keep me from
the many distractions that too often divert my attention away from this important study.
Lord, You know that I have an Quiz Bee coming up in the not too distant time and I pray that
You would give me the grace to learn my studies, and to retain what I have learned. Give me an
understanding mind and help me to concentrate so that I may retain and apply the knowledge that I
am gaining. Thank You Lord for in Jesus' name I pray,
Amen!