1: How does Father Gabriel view the indigenous people who inhabited the areas above the falls?How does the Bishop view these people?How do Spain, Portugal and the landowners view these people?2: Which social definition best reflects the status of the indigenous people; lower social economic group, or lower cast group? Why? Is there any way for them to overcome their position by achievement, or are they forever subject to an ascribed stigma?3: What social functions does religion provide Captain Rodrigo Mendoza? Do you believe that he would have become a Jesuit if he had not killed his brother?4: What threat do the Jesuits represent to the landowners?5: If the Catholic Church had the power to prevent the slaughter of the Indians and the Jesuits why didn’t they use it? Why did they side with the landowners? How did religion, politics and economics work together to oppress and exterminate the indigenous people?6: List two examples of Functionalist behaviors, two of Conflict, and two Symbolic Interaction which you can identify in this film....
