Question

while researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes. the azores is a group of islands about 870 miles off the coast of portugal. historians have long believed that in the fifteenth - century portuguese mariners were the first humans to populate the azores. a 2015 study co - authored by sofia gabriel and maria da luz mathias found that vikings from scandinavia may have populated the azores as early as the ninth century. the researchers found a genetic connection between house mice at the azores and house mice in scandinavia. house mice may have traveled from scandinavia to the azores on viking ships. the student wants to specify who may have first populated the azores according to the 2015 study. which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? choose 1 answer: a in their 2015 study, the researchers found a genetic connection between house mice in the azores and those in scandinavia. b historians have long believed that the first humans to populate the azores, a group of islands about 870 miles off the coast of portugal, arrived in the fifteenth century. c according to a 2015 study, the first humans to populate the azores may have been vikings from scandinavia, not mariners from portugal as previously believed.

Explanation:

The student wants to know who may have first populated the Azores according to the 2015 study. Option C directly states that according to the 2015 study, the first humans to populate the Azores may have been Vikings from Scandinavia, which is the key - relevant information for the student's goal. Option A only mentions the genetic connection of mice, Option B refers to the previous belief of historians, and Option D is incomplete.

Answer:

C. According to a 2015 study, the first humans to populate the Azores may have been Vikings from Scandinavia, not mariners from Portugal as previously believed.