Study the picture carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Picture interpretation:

With reference to the picture, how can a country be destroyed by a powerful country and be rebuild by the same powerful country?

By paying them through natural resources

The correct answer is Option (3) → By paying them through natural resources

Based on the provided picture and the concept of neocolonialism it depicts, a powerful country can destroy and then rebuild another country by having the latter pay them with natural resources. The cartoon titled "HOW NEOCOLONIALISM WORKS" shows a powerful country's soldiers telling a civilian that after destroying their country, the powerful country will rebuild it, but the payment for this "reconstruction" will be in the form of the less powerful country's natural resources, such as oil. This illustrates a key aspect of neocolonialism: the use of economic and military power to gain control over a country's resources, even after that country has gained political independence. Instead of direct colonial rule, the powerful country uses debt, foreign aid, or military intervention to create a relationship of dependence, thereby securing uninterrupted access to the resources it needs.