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Uncommon card · History
History of the Americas, an Uncommon card
The human history of the Americas is thought to begin with people migrating to these areas from Asia during the height of an ice age.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 63,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
History of the Americas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of the Americas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ of today's American Indigenous peoples were the Paleo-Indians, they were hunter-gatherers who migrated into North America.
Answer
ancestors. The ancestors of today's American Indigenous peoples were the Paleo-Indians, they were hunter-gatherers who migrated into North America. From the History of the Americas article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the people of the "Old World" until the coming of Europeans in ____ with the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
Answer
1490s. These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the people of the "Old World" until the coming of Europeans in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus. From the History of the Americas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of the Americas. History of the Americas 81 · Marquis de Condorcet 78 · Bobby Abreu 74 · Beta vulgaris 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.
- These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the people of the "Old World" until the coming of Europeans in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
- The ancestors of today's American Indigenous peoples were the Paleo-Indians, they were hunter-gatherers who migrated into North America.
- The most popular theory asserts that migrants came to the Americas via Beringia, the land mass now covered by the ocean waters of the Bering Strait.
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 the Americas article was read about 63,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get History of the Americas
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- Beta vulgarisUncommon · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 85
- Justin FaulkUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 78
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of the Americas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
