Reading ID terms Flashcards
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What is the historical significance of The Plastic People of the Universe?
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- 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
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What is the historical significance of King Leopold II?
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- 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
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What is the historical significance of Cercles Coloniaux?
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- 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