Time Zones

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Today, we started off class by taking a quiz. The quiz was on the countries of North and South America. I studied a lot last night, so it was very easy. I think I got everything right. I am not nervous to get it back. After the quiz, we moved on to our notes. Today, I wrote a little bit faster than yesterday and got all the notes down. 
We spent most of the class discussing time zones. Time zones are a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. 

 We talked about how the world is divided into many different time zones (24). I think that it would be much easier if all of the world used a 24-hour clock. This way, we could get rid of am/pm, and the day could actually start when we get up, instead of the middle of the night.



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