Amount of energy released by the earthquake, and distance from the epicenter. hope that helps!
Explanation:
Verkhoyansk Mountains, also spelled Verkhoiansk or Verchojansk, Russian Verkhoyansky Khrebet, mountains of Sakha (Yakutiya), far northeastern Russia, extending for 700 miles (1,100 km)—in a huge arc parallel to and east of the lower Lena River—to the Laptev Sea.
The best answer to fill in the blank would be D) because if Maori couldn't understand the treaty, than it couldn't be fair and equal for both sides than.