Which conference, held in 1955, focused on economic and cultural cooperation and opposing neocolonialism among African and Asian nations?

• A. Bandung Conference
• B. Yalta Conference
• C. Potsdam Conference
• D. Geneva Conference

Answer: (A)

This item tests recognition of a 1955 gathering that linked African and Asian nations to pursue economic and cultural cooperation while opposing neocolonialism. The Bandung Conference, held in Bandung, Indonesia, brought together many newly independent states to discuss how to develop together, respect sovereignty, and resist domination by former colonial powers. It helped set the tone for anti-imperialist solidarity and contributed to the later idea of nonalignment in Cold War politics.

The other events listed happened at different times and contexts. Yalta and Potsdam were 1945 wartime conferences among the Allies planning postwar Europe, not about Afro-Asian cooperation or anti-neocolonialism in 1955. The Geneva Conference dealt with the Korean War and issues in Indochina, not the broad economic-cultural collaboration of African and Asian nations in 1955.