The collapse of Brazil's rubber cycle was due to
A) a blight on the rubber trees.
B) attacks on rubber collectors by hostile natives.
C) competition from more efficient plantations in the Far East.
D) the development of synthetic rubber.

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The collapse of Brazil's rubber cycle was primarily due to competition from more efficient rubber plantations in Southeast Asia, particularly in British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, which could produce rubber more cheaply and in larger quantities.

The Collapse of Brazil's Rubber Cycle Was Due to