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Gwangju Uprising, a Rare card
The Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as the May 18 Democratization Movement, was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup d'état of May Seventeenth by Chun Doo-hwan that strengthened his power.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gwangju Uprising quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gwangju Uprising card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The uprising was violently ______ by the South Korean military who retook Gwangju.
Answer
suppressed. The uprising was violently suppressed by the South Korean military who retook Gwangju. From the Gwangju Uprising article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Chun had previously taken power and become military dictator through the coup d'état of December Twelfth at the end of ____.
Answer
1970s. Chun had previously taken power and become military dictator through the coup d'état of December Twelfth at the end of 1979. From the Gwangju Uprising article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Unification of Italy. Unification of Italy 91 · Stanley Baldwin 86 · Gwangju Uprising 83 · Selim I 79 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Chun had previously taken power and become military dictator through the coup d'état of December Twelfth at the end of 1979.
- He implemented martial law, arrested opposition leaders, closed all universities, banned political activities, and suppressed the press.
- The uprising was violently suppressed by the South Korean military who retook Gwangju.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gwangju Uprising article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Gwangju Uprising (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Schlarpi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
