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Greek government-debt crisis, an Uncommon card
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 96
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Greek government-debt crisis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Greek government-debt crisis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the ____ financial crisis.
Answer
2000s. Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. From the Greek government-debt crisis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Greek government-debt crisis. Greek government-debt crisis 96 · History of England 90 · History of writing 86 · Deb Haaland 81 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Widely known in the country as The Crisis, it forced the government to carry out a series of sudden reforms and austerity measures, concurrently with loss of income and property.
- In all, the Greek economy suffered the longest recession of any advanced mixed economy to date and became the first developed country whose stock market was downgraded to that of an emerging market in 2013, only starting to be reclassified back as a developed market by FTSE Russell in October 2025, followed by other index/market classification providers.
- As a result, the Greek political system was upended, social exclusion increased, and hundreds of thousands of well-educated Greeks left the country, although the majority of those who left had returned as of 2024.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Greek government-debt crisis article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 96 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Greek government-debt crisis
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Text : Wikipedia, Greek government-debt crisis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikideas1, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
