Today in Human Geography class we finished the power point presentation on Grids and time zones. Today we focused mainly on Longitude. I learned that the lines of longitude are known as meridians. The meridians are all equal in length and they are halves of great circles. We also talked about how Eratosthenes was the first person to ever attempt to draw out a map. We learned about all of the significant parallels of latitude also. We also turned on the lights for the first time in class!! We have a map test tomorrow on North and Central America countries and South America countries.
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Republic- a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. Patrician -an aristocrat or nobleman Plebeian-a commoner Tribune-renered in english as Tribune of the Plebs Consul-an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the governments citizens and interests there Senate-the smaller upper assembly in the US congress Dictator-a ruler with total power over a country Legion-a unit of 3,000-6,000 men in the ancient Roman army Punic wars-a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage Hannibal-a Carthaginian general
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