Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: C - Brazil, like many equatorial nations, can have severe droughts, which is the type of natural disaster most likely to affect the country. Semi-arid northeastern Brazil (one of the regions that straddles the Equator) only has enough water to irrigate 20 to 30 percent of the region’s farmland. Over one-third of the nation’s GDP (35 percent) comes from agriculture, and nearly two out of every five workers (37 percent) is employed in the agricultural sector. Even the Amazon River Valley experiences severe droughts that can lead to devastating fires in the Amazon rain forest.