Sub Classwork

October 15th, 2018

Today in class we had a sub so we worked on answering a series of questions in our blog. This blog is worth ten points and this is the information they were suppose to cover today.

                                                         Ancient Cartography

1. Eratosthenes is known for inventing an easier method to find prime numbers which is called Sieve of Eratosthenes. 
2. Eratosthenes was the first person to be able to explain why the River Nile flooded every year.
3. Eratosthenes invented armillary sphere which was the most important instrument in astronomy for 1800 years.                                                          

                                                                 Time Zones

1. If it is 10am in Bel Air Maryland it would be 7am in Portland Oregon.
2. If it is 10am in Bel Air Maryland it would be 3pm in Greenwich England.
3. If it is 10am in Bel Air Maryland it would be 10am in Toronto Ontario.
4. If it is 10am in Bel Air Maryland it would be 4am in the South Pole.

                                                      Location and place names

1. Five physical toponyms are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Champlain, Grand Canyon and the Rocky Mountains
2. Five toponyms named after Native American places are Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Boston and Santa Fe New Mexico.
3. Five toponyms named after a person of prominence are Bolivia, Cambodia, Columbia, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.
4. Five toponyms named after a religious affiliation are Christchurch, Calvin College, Martin Luther King Building, Anderson House and Westin St.Francis.

                                                      Latitude and Longitude

1. The latitude and longitude of Baltimore Maryland is 39.2904, 76.6122
2. The latitude and Longitude of Quito Ecuador is 0.1807, 78.4678
3. The latitude and Longitude of Taveuni an island in Fiji is 16.8414, 179.9813
4. The latitude and Longitude of Christchurch New Zealand is 43.5321, 172.6362
5. The latitude and Longitude of Juneau Alaska is 58.3019, 134.4197

                                                             Antipodes

1. An antipode is two points on the earths surface that are directly opposite from each other
2. The antipode for Beiging China is Departamento Conesa, RN, Argentina
3. The antipode for Bermuda is that there is only water around it
4. The antipode for my house is that there is only water around it as well