Vocabulary . when his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court. what is dominions? a farms b fortunes c homes d lands i think it's a or d?

The correct option is D. lands

Explanation:

Dominions is commonly defined as a territory of considerable size, ruled by a single sovereign or government. Some other synonymous of this word are dependency, colony, territory,  and province, to name a few.

Bearing the above in mind, it could be said that in the sentence "When his DOMINIONS were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court." the word dominions represents "lands".

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.