Question

Analyze the chart below and answer the question that follows.
A circle graph titled Arable Land. A key shows countries by color. From largest to smallest: Rest of World, U S A, India, China, Russia, Brazil, Canada, Australia.
Data courtesy of the CIA World Factbook, 2010

Which of the following statements is true, based on the chart above?
A.
The United States controls the same amount of arable land as China and India combined.
B.
Brazil has so little arable land that it is an underdeveloped country.
C.
Seven countries control almost half of the planet's arable land.
D.
Most arable land is located in the Northern Hemisphere.

Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

A
B
C
D

Answer 1

C

The chart shows one large "Rest of World" slice and the seven named countries together make up roughly the remaining half of global arable land. The other choices are unsupported by the chart.