When you use exponents, think of it like this. 1 squared is 1 x 1. 1 cubed is 1 x 1 x 1. And 1 to the power of 4 is 1 x 1 x 1 x 1. And so on. You basically just multiply them by themselves. 0 to the power of any exponent is 1, well that's just a rule. It doesn't make much sense but it's easy to remember and I wouldn't worry about it.
