The original Sanskrit term for a class division was varna, which refers to what characteristic?
a. language family
b. skin color
c. gender
d. intelligence
e. political power
b
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a. establish penalties for Americans who attacked Indians for any reason besides self-defense. b. provide for California Indian citizenship, so they could elect representatives to help them protect their interests. c. indenture Indian children and arrest unemployed Indians for vagrancy. d. allow them to testify in court against whites.
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