Antarktos Rising (Chapters 61-73) Flashcards

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

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more mica

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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why did aimee regret helping the neph

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she felt like she betrayed humanity

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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what fertilizer caused everything in antarctica to grow so fast
the neph slit their own wrists and used their blood as fertilizer
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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
Lassie
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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
her sniper rifle
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merrill could see where merrill and mira were headed and realized that they were going to need help
they were headed to the gate wherethere were 2 or 4 nephalimim
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how did they escape ? aimee talked to guards and
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
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what occured to merrill as a way to kill the neph
they could drown like osme in the bible did - not all apparently but some
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for the next two guards whit and lei went to task while aimee and merrill waited
in the tunnel whit and lei used ak4 exploding rounds
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the exploding rounsd didnt work but what did
explosions in the distance which might have been alazizi and cruz blasting out in the distance helped distract a little
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when the neph got hit with the exploding rounds they
opened up thir demon wings and lei screamed
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after the exploding rounds healed mra picked up her xm29 but knew she was going to die when a
single shot got the giant - it was wright telling whit to move her ass
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how did wright know to hit in the headpiece
he had been watching them from afar and figured it out
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when ferrell heard timed charges every 15 seconds she realized that
cruz was still alive
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cruz used charges to flood areas and escape in a
boat
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while in the boat what started to attack
bird like creaturesl ferrell said to aim for wings
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wright and ferrill missed the boat and said they would
catch up with htem downstream
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they realized that one of the winged creatures that was chasing them was
enki
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enki grabbed ferrell and wright and
tried to take them to the fortress
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merrill told the rest to
set off an explosion
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the boat was a sitting duck but lei had
grenades left
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merill told them to get down and not say a word as the neph stood in the river they heard
turkey calls from the forest
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enk with hor on left and anubis on right never saw
22 crylos coming with their claws extended
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wright ferrell jacobson make it
no
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alaziz lei merrill aimee make it
yes
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as they floated in a blue inflatable boat one figured circle above them
enki dove toward them with folded wings like amissile - again with the purple haze, whit breathed through shirt
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merrill and whit grabbed leis grenade - mira told merrill
she wouldnt let mom lose dad agian
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merrill was most worried about
whit's soul
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enki grabbed whit and she
pulled the grenade pin - she put the grenade in his breast plate
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mira fell in lake and
sank to bottom
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the journey down the river took
2 weeks of eating cruzs rations
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what did lei lose
his father and 200 men
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what did al aziz lose
his religion and direction
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what did cruz lose ?
teammates and friend
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what did merrill and aimee lose
mira - but felt they would see her again whit said there was hope for her yet
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what did they see rising out of the water
the uss peeble an aegis destroyer
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how many teams activated beacon
just one
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cruz adopted who as his new teammates for now
al aziz and lei
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on the destroyer they were
interviewed individually
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who did the intervieweing
Dr COle Gorski
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the president wanted to know what to do when we
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
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on the boat an alarm sounded why
they thought a man fell overboard as they found a blue inflatable boat
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who was in the blue inflatable boat
it was mira she had survived - the 20 seals helped her like the whale helped jonah
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merrill was right about defending the homeland - how do we know this
winged shapes, flying in formation, were headed for the world
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merrill prayed that
god was still at work - his will be done