The river not only served as a source of water and food, but also acted as the natural boundary between the Muscogee or Creek people to the east and the Cherokee people to the west.
Which sentence from the passage shows that the function of the river depicted here has carried through to modern times?
A
The river provides natural boundaries for states and counties.
B
The river then continues southwesterly to the suburbs of Atlanta.
C
After the war, the river became important as a major transportation route between the Gulf of Mexico and Georgia.
D
Both Florida and Alabama have sued Georgia over its unrestricted rights over the use of the river’s water.