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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Balcony House in southwestern Colorado is a former Ancestral Puebloan settlement.
• [It was built underneath a rock] overhang on the side of a cliff and inhabited from...
• Pueblo Bonito in northwestern New Mexico is another former Ancestral Puebloan settlement.
• It was constructed on a relatively flat plain and inhabited from approximately 1126 CE.
• The Ancestral Puebloan civilization was the precursor of modern Pueblo tribal nations.
The student wants to contrast Balcony House and Pueblo Bonito. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Balcony House was built underneath a rock overhang on the side of a cliff, whereas Pueblo Bonito was built on a relatively flat plain.
A
In contrast to Balcony House, Pueblo Bonito was built underneath a rock overhang on the side of a cliff.
B
Although they were once occupied by the Ancestral Puebloan civilization, Balcony House and Pueblo Bonito are no longer inhabited.
C
Unlike Balcony House, Pueblo Bonito was constructed by the Ancestral Puebloan civilization, the precursor of modern Pueblo tribal nations.
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