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Epic card · History
Great Recession, an Epic card
The Great Recession was a period of contraction in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009, overlapping with the closely related 2008 financial crisis.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 520,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Great Recession quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Great Recession card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The scale and timing of the recession varied from ______ to country.
Answer
country. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country. From the Great Recession article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the time, the International Monetary Fund concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression of the ____s.
Answer
1930s. At the time, the International Monetary Fund concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s. From the Great Recession article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Iran–Israel proxy conflict. Iran–Israel proxy conflict 97 · Great Recession 89 · Warsaw Pact 84 · Seneca the Younger 78 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.
- The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country.
- At the time, the International Monetary Fund concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
- The Great Recession was caused by many weaknesses that slowly developed in the global financial system, along with a series of concurrent and triggering events that began with the bursting of the United States housing bubble, which had formed in 2005 and lasted until 2012.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Great Recession article was read about 520,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Great Recession
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Great Recession (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gdp_real_growth_rate_2007_CIA_Factbook.PNG : Sbw01f, Kami888, Fleaman5000, Kami888 derivat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
