Which 1824 treaty between two European powers carved the Malay world into separate spheres of influence, with all territories north of the Strait of Malacca going to one and those south to the other?

• A Treaty of Pangkor
• B Anglo-Dutch Treaty ✓
• C Treaty of London
• D Treaty of Versailles

The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 exchanged British Bencoolen (in Sumatra) for Dutch Malacca; it effectively divided the Malay archipelago into what would later become British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies.