First thing I learned in Nomenclature

The first thing that I learned in the Nomenclature unit was how to name Type I Binary compounds.  Type I compounds include both a metal cation and a nonmetal anion. The cation is always positively charged, and the anion is negatively charged. We learned the periodic table and how to classify the cations and anions. At first, I believed that this would be a tough unit, but it turned out to be relatively easy to name Type I compounds. There are only two elements in each compound, so the names tended to be obvious.