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Uncommon card · History
Historical race concepts, an Uncommon card
The concept of race as a categorization of anatomically modern humans has an extensive history in Europe and the Americas.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Historical race concepts quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Historical race concepts card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
With the rise of modern genetics, the concept of distinct human races in a ______ sense has become obsolete.
Answer
biological. With the rise of modern genetics, the concept of distinct human races in a biological sense has become obsolete. From the Historical race concepts article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Historical race concepts. Historical race concepts 86 · Robert Ballard 76 · The Castle 73 · Cyrenaica 70 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 contemporary word race itself is modern, historically it was used in the sense of "nation, ethnic group" during the 16th to 19th centuries.
- Race acquired its modern meaning in the field of physical anthropology through scientific racism starting in the 19th century.
- With the rise of modern genetics, the concept of distinct human races in a biological sense has become obsolete.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Historical race concepts article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Historical race concepts
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Historical race concepts in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CashUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 65
- CyrenaicaUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 69
- Diamond SutraUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 68
- PrairieUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 65
- The CastleUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 66
- Aubrey BeardsleyUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 70
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Historical race concepts (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : G. Ellka, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
