The rich natural resources made the Sacramento Valley a "Garden of Eden." Permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.

Which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas?
A) The rich natural resources made the Sacramento Valley a "Garden of Eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.
B) Permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the Sacramento Valley a "Garden of Eden."
C) The rich natural resources made the Sacramento Valley a "Garden of Eden;" and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.
D) Because of the rich natural resources which made the Sacramento Valley a ‘Garden of Eden,’ Native Americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.

Respuesta :

D) Because of the rich natural resources which made the Sacramento Valley a ‘Garden of Eden,’ Native Americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.

Option D is the best choice. While some of the other options correctly join the two ideas together, they do not achieve a coherent flow of ideas. The use of the conjunction "because" and the addition of "Native Americans" to eliminate passive voice help to create this flow. Now it is clear who established permanent villages and why this fact about the Sacramento Valley being a 'Garden of Eden' is relevant.