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German colonial empire, a Rare card
The German colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Ranked #616 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
German colonial empire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the German colonial empire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Unified in 1871, the ______ of this time period was Otto von Bismarck.
Answer
chancellor. Unified in 1871, the chancellor of this time period was Otto von Bismarck. From the German colonial empire article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Short-lived attempts at colonization by individual German states had occurred in preceding centuries, but Bismarck resisted pressure to construct a colonial empire until the Scramble for Africa in ____.
Answer
1880s. Short-lived attempts at colonization by individual German states had occurred in preceding centuries, but Bismarck resisted pressure to construct a colonial empire until the Scramble for Africa in 1884. From the German colonial empire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1990s. 1990s 97 · German colonial empire 91 · John A. Macdonald 87 · Congo Crisis 83 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.
- Unified in 1871, the chancellor of this time period was Otto von Bismarck.
- Short-lived attempts at colonization by individual German states had occurred in preceding centuries, but Bismarck resisted pressure to construct a colonial empire until the Scramble for Africa in 1884.
- Claiming much of the remaining uncolonized areas of Africa, Germany built the third-largest colonial empire at the time, after the British and French.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The German colonial empire article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get German colonial empire
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Text : Wikipedia, German colonial empire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original: Imperial Colonial Office of the German Empire Vector: David Liuzzo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
