From the earth is precious, what is the best definition for the word “dominion”? question 6 options: a) a domain such as one specific to wildlife b) involving climate and vegetation c) a combination of complex environmental elements d) the power to rule, authority

D) the power to rule ,authority

Because the word authority itself means sovereignty or control. Which also means authority.

d)   the power to rule, authority

Explanation:

Chief Seattle says

"But in your perishing you will shine brightly fired by the strength of the God

who brought you to this land and for some special purpose gave you dominion over

this land and over the red man"

Which makes it clear that the Dominion here means to command and control.

The best definition for the word "plundered" in The Earth is precious is To steal, to take something without any kind of respect for it

Explanation:

The formal definition of Plunder is to steal or remove something precious from something, in a way that does not consider moral laws or is more severe than it need be.

So in the excerpt from the speech The earth is precious, we can see the word being used in its literal meaning, describing how the white man takes whatever they need or want from the land whiout respecting it holliness and all the sacred value that it has for other.

"His father’s grave, and his children’s birthright are forgotten. He treats his mother, the Earth, and his brother, the same, as things to be bought, plundered, sold like sheep or bright beads. His appetite will devour the Earth and leave behind only a desert."

B

Explanation:

D) free or excepted from something expected of others

Because the word exempt originally means free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

d) free or excepted from something expected of others

Explanation:

If we paegamos to the meaning of the term in cuention we will be able to see that the exempt term, derives from the Latin word exemptus, allows to qualify to that or that one is free of something. Therefore, it has independence or autonomy with respect to a certain issue.

d) free or excepted from something expected of others

Explanation:

In Chief Seattle's environmental speech about the American government's attempts to buy their land, he emphasized the importance of the sanctity of their land. He reiterates that to 'the red man', the earth and everything in it are all related to them, be it a brother or a mother or anything. Even the air and the wind are precious to them, which the white men have no regard for. The ground is sacred for it holds the ashes of their forefathers. By pointing out that "Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny", he shows the sameness of everyone, be it them or the white men, for even the white man is not exempted or free from the common fate of all, that is death. So, what is expected of them (the Red Indians) will also one day happen to the white men too.

d) stolen from, raided, or destroyed by force.

d)  stolen from, raided, or destroyed by force

Explanation:

D

Explanation:

Plundered just means to steal something or raid it like looting/pillaging.