Antarktos Rising (Chapters 61-73) Flashcards

1
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cruz woke up stuck in the tunnel and was afraid to mov because he

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might break a rib. he had tears but was fearless

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when cruz was stuck in the tunnel al aziz

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unpacked the bag item by item and then helped cruz

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3
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once cruz was freed from the tunnel he looked around and noticed

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more mica

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4
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al aziz and cruz got out some

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C4 to blow a whole through the floor but it all cracked like ice anfd they fell through it

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once al aziz and cruz fell through they

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found a way to escape where water was escaping

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6
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since the nephilim were real it gave mira the tought

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that maybe there was some credence in belief

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define credence

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::
credence

/ˈkriːdəns/

noun

1.

acceptance or belief, esp with regard to the truth of the evidence of others: I cannot give credence to his account

2.

something supporting a claim to belief; recommendation; credential (esp in the phrase letters of credence)

3.

short for credence table

Word Origin

C14: from Medieval Latin crēdentia trust, credit, from Latin crēdere to believe

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n.

mid-14c., from Medieval Latin credentia “belief,” from Latin credentum (nominative credens), past participle of credere “believe, trust” (see credo).

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8
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when aimee merrill and mira decided it was time to escape what information did aimee/merrill share with mira

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the story of GOliath, the gold bands, strike the philistine in the forehead - and try to escape like grasshoppers in their sight

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9
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where did ferrell and wright get married

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in vegas

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10
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how did wright get saved from the water when he fell in off the log the nephalimim were carrying

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vesuvius grabbed him and ferrell did CPR and broke his ribs and gavehim morphne which slowed hm down

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11
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who turned on the beacon claiming antarctica

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wright and ferrell they hid the beacon in the brush

aand ferrell commemorated by sticking up her middle finger

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12
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merrill and ferrell wanted to go for some R&R where

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since the florida keys, the tropical islands, Jamaixa and Japan were all gone that might just go somewhere cole

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13
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define R&R

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xx

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14
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merrill mira and aimee tried to escape through the tunnels and saw symbols for words, glass tubes like Egyptian tubes and and armory thenthey ran intoo an asian man - who

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Zhou dressed in olive green with twisted glassed, wept that his army was dead and that he squeezed throught the bars to find help but hid instead

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15
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why did the neph let aimee live

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she was a good teacher with knowledge of the bible

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16
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why did aimee regret helping the neph

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she felt like she betrayed humanity

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17
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when merrill left antarctica the first itme what did he do

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taught Harvard paleontology and arthropology and lived with Vesuvius in Cambridge

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18
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aimee’s name means

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love

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19
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where did the neph females live

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underground with children; food was scarce during the freeze so the neph often ate their children

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20
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when al aziz and cruz slipped out of the tunnel into the water what would cruz not let go of

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his backpack

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21
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what was the first thing he used from the backpack after getting out of the water

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a waterproof flashlight

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22
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where did cruz and al aziz end up after slipping out in the water

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on the shore of another underground lake

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23
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why were merrill aimee and mira in a hurry to escape

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becuase enki planned to interrogate merrill a second time that night

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24
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what was their escape plan

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kill the guards at an entrance, remove their headbands, and escape before more arrived

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25
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what fertilizer caused everything in antarctica to grow so fast

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the neph slit their own wrists and used their blood as fertilizer

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26
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ferrell couldnt see where vesuvius was going and when she did she felt like she was in an episode of the old show

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Lassie

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27
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vesuvius drew their attention the the castle where they could make out the shapes of merrill aimee and mira ferrell wanted to use something that she had lost a while back

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her sniper rifle

28
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merrill could see where merrill and mira were headed and realized that they were going to need help

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they were headed to the gate wherethere were 2 or 4 nephalimim

29
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how did they escape ? aimee talked to guards and

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merrill and mira slipped out; the neph did not trust aimee so they kept their eyes fixed on her; got past the first 2 guards

30
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what occured to merrill as a way to kill the neph

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they could drown like osme in the bible did - not all apparently but some

31
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for the next two guards whit and lei went to task while aimee and merrill waited

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in the tunnel whit and lei used ak4 exploding rounds

32
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the exploding rounsd didnt work but what did

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explosions in the distance which might have been alazizi and cruz blasting out in the distance helped distract a little

33
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when the neph got hit with the exploding rounds they

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opened up thir demon wings and lei screamed

34
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after the exploding rounds healed mra picked up her xm29 but knew she was going to die when a

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single shot got the giant - it was wright telling whit to move her ass

35
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how did wright know to hit in the headpiece

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he had been watching them from afar and figured it out

36
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when ferrell heard timed charges every 15 seconds she realized that

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cruz was still alive

37
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cruz used charges to flood areas and escape in a

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boat

38
Q

while in the boat what started to attack

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bird like creaturesl ferrell said to aim for wings

39
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wright and ferrill missed the boat and said they would

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catch up with htem downstream

40
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they realized that one of the winged creatures that was chasing them was

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enki

41
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enki grabbed ferrell and wright and

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tried to take them to the fortress

42
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merrill told the rest to

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set off an explosion

43
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the boat was a sitting duck but lei had

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grenades left

44
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merill told them to get down and not say a word as the neph stood in the river they heard

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turkey calls from the forest

45
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enk with hor on left and anubis on right never saw

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22 crylos coming with their claws extended

46
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wright ferrell jacobson make it

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no

47
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alaziz lei merrill aimee make it

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yes

48
Q

as they floated in a blue inflatable boat one figured circle above them

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enki dove toward them with folded wings like amissile - again with the purple haze, whit breathed through shirt

49
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merrill and whit grabbed leis grenade - mira told merrill

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she wouldnt let mom lose dad agian

50
Q

merrill was most worried about

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whit’s soul

51
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enki grabbed whit and she

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pulled the grenade pin - she put the grenade in his breast plate

52
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mira fell in lake and

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sank to bottom

53
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the journey down the river took

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2 weeks of eating cruzs rations

54
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what did lei lose

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his father and 200 men

55
Q

what did al aziz lose

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his religion and direction

56
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what did cruz lose ?

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teammates and friend

57
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what did merrill and aimee lose

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mira - but felt they would see her again whit said there was hope for her yet

58
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what did they see rising out of the water

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the uss peeble an aegis destroyer

59
Q

how many teams activated beacon

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just one

60
Q

cruz adopted who as his new teammates for now

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al aziz and lei

61
Q

on the destroyer they were

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interviewed individually

62
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who did the intervieweing

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Dr COle Gorski

63
Q

the president wanted to know what to do when we

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invade antarktos; wanted to be preemptive merrill thought that was a bad idea and they needed to rethink it, he though they better quickly defend the homeland

64
Q

on the boat an alarm sounded why

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they thought a man fell overboard as they found a blue inflatable boat

65
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who was in the blue inflatable boat

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it was mira she had survived - the 20 seals helped her like the whale helped jonah

66
Q

merrill was right about defending the homeland - how do we know this

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winged shapes, flying in formation, were headed for the world

67
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merrill prayed that

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god was still at work - his will be done