Reading ID terms

Question 1

What is the historical significance of The Plastic People of the Universe?

Answer 1

• 1968-1989
• Rock band from Prague, Czech Republic
• Emerge out of the underground culture in Communist ruled society
• Heavily influenced by contemporary American Rock artists
• Become more experimental and Avant-Grande as they go against “Normalization” and include issues in society
• Help influenced the Velvet Revolution

Question 2

What is the historical significance of King Leopold II?

Answer 2

• King of Belgium from mid 1800’s to 1900’s
• During the Conference of Berlin obtains the Congo
• Uses it as his personal estate
• He extracts resources from the land, uses African labor, and does not set up any long term infrastructure
• After millions of natives death reform is bought to the Congo
• anomaly to imperialism to have a weak country have large piece of land
• Influences freedom in the Congo from European control

Question 3

What is the historical significance of Cercles Coloniaux?

Answer 3

• Is a organization that emerges after King Leopold is removed from the Congo
• The groups goal is to keep the idea of colonialism alive and ties to the Congo
• Consider King Leopold in high regard and rewrite history of colonialism with no consideration to the natives
• They represent a group part of a fading culture
• American is delegitimizing imperialism