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History of cartography, an Uncommon card
Maps have been one of the most important human inventions, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
History of cartography quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of cartography card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ putative maps include cave paintings and etchings on tusk and stone.
Answer
earliest. The earliest putative maps include cave paintings and etchings on tusk and stone. From the History of cartography article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kepler space telescope. Kepler space telescope 94 · History of cartography 90 · Elasmosaurus 87 · Night 84 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson. Health and appearance of Michael Jackson 1,300,000 · Epsilon Eridani 110,000 · History of cartography 73,000 · Variable star 39,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- When and how the earliest maps were made is unclear, but maps of local terrain are believed to have been independently invented by many cultures.
- The earliest putative maps include cave paintings and etchings on tusk and stone.
- Maps were produced extensively by ancient Babylon, Greece, Rome, China, and India.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of cartography article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get History of cartography
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Text : Wikipedia, History of cartography (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bnurs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
