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European exploration of Africa, an Uncommon card
The geography of North Africa has been reasonably well known among Europeans since classical antiquity in Greco-Roman geography.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
European exploration of Africa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the European exploration of Africa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Northwest Africa was known as ______ Libya or Africa, while Egypt was considered part of Asia.
Answer
either. Northwest Africa was known as either Libya or Africa, while Egypt was considered part of Asia. From the European exploration of Africa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Aktobe. Aktobe 78 · European exploration of Africa 74 · Joseph Addison 70 · Abul Fazl 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Northwest Africa was known as either Libya or Africa, while Egypt was considered part of Asia.
- European exploration of sub-Saharan Africa begins with the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, pioneered by the Kingdom of Portugal under Henry the Navigator.
- The Cape of Good Hope was first reached by Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488, opening the important sea route to India and the Far East, but European exploration of Africa itself remained very limited during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The European exploration of Africa article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get European exploration of Africa
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, European exploration of Africa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Thomson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
