Question

base your answer to question 17 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

\whos next to be liberated from freedom, comrade?\
source: david low, evening standard, march 1948 (adapted)

17 which issue is the focus of this cartoon?
(1) the spread of communism to parts of europe and the middle east
(2) soviet support for anticolonial nations in africa and southeast asia
(3) proxy wars being fought in south america and the caribbean
(4) development of nuclear weapons by south asian and east asian countries

Explanation:

The cartoon is from 1948, a time of Soviet expansion of communism. The phrase "liberated from freedom" is ironic, implying Soviet - style "liberation" (spreading communism). Option (1) matches as it's about communism spreading in Europe/Middle East. Option (2): 1948 - Soviet support for African/SE Asian anticolonial nations was less prominent then. Option (3): Proxy wars in S. America/Caribbean were more in Cold War later. Option (4): Nuclear weapons by South/East Asian countries in 1948 is incorrect.

Answer:

(1) the spread of communism to parts of Europe and the Middle East