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Uncommon card · History
History of Costa Rica, an Uncommon card
The first indigenous peoples of Costa Rica were hunters and gatherers, and when the Spanish conquerors arrived, Costa Rica was divided in two distinct cultural areas due to its geographical location in the Intermediate Area, between Mesoamerican and the Andean cultures, with influences of both cultures.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
History of Costa Rica quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of Costa Rica card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His forces overcame the ______ people.
Answer
indigenous. His forces overcame the indigenous people. From the History of Costa Rica article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Christopher Columbus first dropped anchor in Costa Rica in ____ at Isla Uvita.
Answer
1500s. Christopher Columbus first dropped anchor in Costa Rica in 1503 at Isla Uvita. From the History of Costa Rica article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Christopher Columbus first dropped anchor in Costa Rica in 1503 at Isla Uvita.
- His forces overcame the indigenous people.
- Subsequent Spanish explorers incorporated the territory into the Captaincy General of Guatemala as a province of New Spain in 1524.
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 Costa Rica article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get History of Costa Rica
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of Costa Rica (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rodtico21, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
