enlightenment Crossword Puzzles
Blaise Pascal Crossword 2022-08-31
10 Clues: Last Name • Invention • Profession • First Name • Profession • Period of Societal Reform • Pascal's Principle of ... • Laid the foundation for ... • Created the First Digital ... • Important People in the Enlightenment
the ancient indian culture and the development of religion 2016-12-06
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- the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during a persons life
- having broken the endless cycle of reincarnation
- a system of organizing society into groups and rank order them in order of importance to the society
- a written collection of sacred hymns,prayers,chants and other religion writings that combined have become one of the most sacred texts of hinduism
- the goal in both hinduism and buddhism is the to reach of state where your soul joins forces with the universal spirit of the world and can break the cycle of reincarnation
- the steps necessary to reach spiritual enlightenment in buddhism
- means the enlightened one the name given to gautama and other who have discovered the path to enlightenment
- the belief that one gets reborn perhaps in a different form after dies
- having the qualities or meeting the expectations of someone who is divine or a deity
- a strict ancient social hierarchy that has government the people of india for 3000 years
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- hindu religion laws the outline the behavior hindu's are supposed to follow
- is the universal spirit of hinduism often viewed as god,brahman is the main creative force in the universe
- the four fundamental principles of buddhism
- process of clearing ones mind so one can relax and see the spiritual path needed to take to find enlightenment
- a wealthy privilegrd india prince who was unhappy with suffering he saw within the world and was determined to find a path to a life without it
- the world's oldest religion and dominate one found in idian
- an ancient form of writing in india
- religion founded in idian by prince siddhartha gautama and found most in east and southeast asia
18 Clues: an ancient form of writing in india • the four fundamental principles of buddhism • having broken the endless cycle of reincarnation • the world's oldest religion and dominate one found in idian • the steps necessary to reach spiritual enlightenment in buddhism • the belief that one gets reborn perhaps in a different form after dies • ...
Pig chapter 22 Crossword 2017-05-25
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- This revolution in commerce changed the way business was done following the Renaissance
- This took the place of government in Europe after the fall of rome
- An era of scientific experimentation and political rethinking towards democracy
- Group of revolutions in this continent following the French Revolution
- Form of government based on government ownership of the means of production
- The economic and political theory emphasizing money as the chief source of wealth to increase the absolute power of the monarchy and the nation
- The first Democracy
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- This republic encompassed the entire Mediterranean region
- This religion took over midway through the Roman empire
- Second revolution to be inspired by the Enlightenment
- Belief that the monarch is placed on the throne by god himself
- The control of one nation over lands abroad
- First revolution to be inspired by the Enlightenment
- Form of government with a king or queen
- Describes a centralized form of government where the ruler believes in extreme nationalism
15 Clues: The first Democracy • Form of government with a king or queen • The control of one nation over lands abroad • First revolution to be inspired by the Enlightenment • Second revolution to be inspired by the Enlightenment • This religion took over midway through the Roman empire • This republic encompassed the entire Mediterranean region • ...
Buddhism 2022-12-12
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- the soul travels with you into a new body
- This means multiple gods
- Hindu believe that if you do good in your life it will repay you with good stuff but if you are bad for your life it will come back and haunt you.
- this path is the eight steps the Buddha say you take to reach enlightenment
- to be free from pain and suffering
- the are the top of the caste system
- it means born into a caste
- the part of life and rebirth
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- is a name for a person who has reached enlightenment and is helping others reach enlightenment too.
- types of Buddhism
- a Hindu price that becomes a buddha
- Noble Truths the Buddha teaches four reasons of why surviving in the Buddha is suffering.
- this means to focus on yourself just being you.
- at the bottom of the caste system
- The levels of Hindus they are placed in when they are born.
15 Clues: types of Buddhism • This means multiple gods • it means born into a caste • the part of life and rebirth • at the bottom of the caste system • to be free from pain and suffering • a Hindu price that becomes a buddha • the are the top of the caste system • the soul travels with you into a new body • this means to focus on yourself just being you. • ...
Biblical Times - French Revolution 2023-10-09
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- John ______ wrote "Paradise Lost and Refound" during the Renaissance.
- Daniel _____ wrote "Robinson Crusoe" during the enlightenment.
- John Locke proposed the Three _______ Laws.
- The _____ Ages began around 500AD when the Romanons left the British Isles.
- Which Age began in 1066 with the Norman invasion?
- Who invaded Britain in 800-900AD?
- France and America had a __________ in the late 18th century as a result of Enlightenment ideas.
- The first Biblical books were written in 1000BC. That's over 3,000 _____ ago.
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- The Odyssey and The _____ were the Greek Classic poems which greatly influenced the Renaissance writers.
- Otherwise known as the cavaliers, these troops fought for the monarchy (king) in the Civil War.
- What was the name of the King who was beheaded during the English Civil War?
- Jean-Jacques Rosseau said that government was a ______ contract.
- Which movement in 1550 had a focus on humanism?
- In 1660, the age of the _____________ began.
- England, Scotland and _____ make up Great Britain.
15 Clues: Who invaded Britain in 800-900AD? • John Locke proposed the Three _______ Laws. • In 1660, the age of the _____________ began. • Which movement in 1550 had a focus on humanism? • Which Age began in 1066 with the Norman invasion? • England, Scotland and _____ make up Great Britain. • Daniel _____ wrote "Robinson Crusoe" during the enlightenment. • ...
Enlightenment Crossword 2025-03-20
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- Enlightenment thinker who advocated for free speech and religious tolerance
- peaceful overthrow of King James of England; replaced with a limited monarchy
- time period when people started to develop new ideas surrounding government
- developed the 'social contract' theory
- Monarch of Russia who became an enlightened despot
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- examples of these are life, liberty and property
- Enlightenment thinker who developed the concept of separation of powers
- Enlightenment thinker who supported natural rights and consent of the governed
8 Clues: developed the 'social contract' theory • examples of these are life, liberty and property • Monarch of Russia who became an enlightened despot • Enlightenment thinker who developed the concept of separation of powers • Enlightenment thinker who advocated for free speech and religious tolerance • ...
Hinduism and Buddhism Review 2021-10-25
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- A Hindu god that comes back to Earth a lot!
- Good or bad energy created by deeds.
- Enlightenment to a Buddhist.
- The belief that your soul is reborn.
- Hand symbols of Buddhist statues.
- Your duty as a Hindu.
- An ethical system that believes you have power.
- Enlightenment to a Hindu.
- The sacred text of the Hindus.
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- A Hindu god that creates and destroys.
- Buddhist believe there are _____ Noble truths.
- The Buddha on Earth - _____ Lama!
- The country where both Hinduism and Buddhism start.
- An all seeing all knowing Hindu god.
- The world's third largest religion.
- A Hindu's individual soul.
- Siddartha Gautama after he becomes enlightened.
- Buddhist sacred text.
- A system which people are born into in India.
19 Clues: Buddhist sacred text. • Your duty as a Hindu. • Enlightenment to a Hindu. • A Hindu's individual soul. • Enlightenment to a Buddhist. • The sacred text of the Hindus. • The Buddha on Earth - _____ Lama! • Hand symbols of Buddhist statues. • The world's third largest religion. • Good or bad energy created by deeds. • An all seeing all knowing Hindu god. • ...
Skyler Kozen Enlightenment and Revolution 2026-01-09
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- Extravagent
- A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge
- the division and sharing of power between the national and state governments
- Sun centered
- Separation of powers
- Wrote declaration of independence
- government helped by the people
- Gravity
- Telescope to sky
- humanity's emergence from self imposed immaturity
- time period where science changed
- principle in government were power is divided
- Humans are naturally good
- Protected our rights
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- declared our freedom
- Fought for women rights
- Earth centered
- Freedom of speech
- method Method used to solve problems
- Simple
- Fancy Parties
- Belief in a god
- French philosopher
- an absolute monarch who embraced Enlightenment ideals like reason
- Ruled Russia
- Natural rights
26 Clues: Simple • Gravity • Extravagent • Sun centered • Ruled Russia • Fancy Parties • Earth centered • Natural rights • Belief in a god • Telescope to sky • Freedom of speech • French philosopher • declared our freedom • Separation of powers • Protected our rights • Fought for women rights • Humans are naturally good • government helped by the people • Wrote declaration of independence • ...
7th Social Studies Ch. 13 Japan 2020-10-26
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- Buddhist shrines
- faith/lifestyle initiated in India
- In this form of Buddhism, enlightenment comes abruptly
- Japan’s neighbor to the West.
- ancient Japanese faith
- faith/lifestyle initiated in China
- the first shogun
- Japan’s cultural and political influence
- ”Land of the Rising Sun”
- 794-1185ad
- class of highly-elite warriors
- diagrams of the spiritual universe
- Name for ancient Korea
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- chosen to lead by a divinity
- the teachings of Buddha
- Hierarchy involving Emperors, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants
- nobel lady turned author
- military governor
- Japanese version of Mahayana Buddhism
- loyal servant, mainly farming labor
- In this form of Buddhism, enlightenment is gradual
- the honor code of the Samurai
- a style of long fictional narratives
- Imperial capital of Japan
24 Clues: 794-1185ad • Buddhist shrines • the first shogun • military governor • ancient Japanese faith • Name for ancient Korea • the teachings of Buddha • nobel lady turned author • ”Land of the Rising Sun” • Imperial capital of Japan • chosen to lead by a divinity • Japan’s neighbor to the West. • the honor code of the Samurai • class of highly-elite warriors • faith/lifestyle initiated in India • ...
John-Dill-Enlightenment-and-revolution 2024-12-19
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- earth centered universe
- used telescope to study stars and universe
- spread power of gov't
- parties where philosophes gathered
- simple and elegant way
- Giving up freedom as agreement to gov"t
- absolute monarch who accepted change
- punishment matches the crime
- Keep gov't power equal
- sun centered universe
- Enlightenment thinkers from France
- Separation of powers
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- European intellectual movement
- Leader of Russia
- A new way of thinking
- Wrote declaration of independence
- Universe runs on its own
- elaborate style of architecture
- humans need to be controlled
- believed in woman rights
- separation of 13 colonies and England
- invented laws of motion and gravity
- logical method to a problem
- believed in freedom of religion and speech
- ten commandments of constitution
- everyone is equal
26 Clues: Leader of Russia • everyone is equal • Separation of powers • A new way of thinking • spread power of gov't • sun centered universe • simple and elegant way • Keep gov't power equal • earth centered universe • Universe runs on its own • believed in woman rights • logical method to a problem • humans need to be controlled • punishment matches the crime • European intellectual movement • ...
Buddhism/Hinduism vocab 2022-12-12
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- the belief of what ever you do has good or bad effects.
- is when you escape the reincarnation cycle through good karma and doing your darmha.
- a system that seperates people depending on their rank
- a member of catse
- is a religion that’s goal is to reach enlightenment and can only do it on their own.
- is when you practice self discipline
- four noble truths- we all suffer and we all die.
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- the first enlightened man ever.
- is a religion that tries to help each other reach enlightenment
- is the cycle of deat and rebirth
- a imaginary list that is assigned to your rank when you are born and darma equal good karma.
- fold paths- the middle path to enlightenment.
- lowest cats inn the caste system
- after you die depending on your good or bad karma you can be born high rank or low rank.
14 Clues: a member of catse • the first enlightened man ever. • is the cycle of deat and rebirth • lowest cats inn the caste system • is when you practice self discipline • fold paths- the middle path to enlightenment. • four noble truths- we all suffer and we all die. • a system that seperates people depending on their rank • the belief of what ever you do has good or bad effects. • ...
The Enlightenment 2013-11-16
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- French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- contract an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.
- ornate or florid in speech, literary style, etc.
- smith Scottish economist.
- French philosophical writer.
- locke English philosopher.
- jacques rousseau one of the most influential thinkers during the enlightenment.
- hobbes English philosopher and author.
- faire the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs.
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- a person who is deeply versed in philosophy.
- law a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
- any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor
- madison 4th president of the U.S. 1809–17.
14 Clues: smith Scottish economist. • locke English philosopher. • French philosophical writer. • hobbes English philosopher and author. • madison 4th president of the U.S. 1809–17. • a person who is deeply versed in philosophy. • ornate or florid in speech, literary style, etc. • the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor • ...
The Enlightenment 2014-11-13
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- A grand, ornate style dominating 1600's and early 1700's.
- Monarchs who made reforms and embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment.
- Set of books which scholars contributed articles.
- An English philosopher who strongly promoted education for women.
- Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris.
- New artistic style of the late 1700's.
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- Montesquieu's view of the political system to counter absolute monarchy
- The idea that man has certain liberties or rights
- A French philosopher who emphasized religious freedom
- Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes.
- Book written by Thomas Hobbes containing his arguments supporting Aboslute Monarchy
- An Italian philosopher who promoted Criminal Justice
- Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke.
- Intellectuals of the Enlightenment.
14 Clues: Intellectuals of the Enlightenment. • Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris. • New artistic style of the late 1700's. • The idea that man has certain liberties or rights • Set of books which scholars contributed articles. • An Italian philosopher who promoted Criminal Justice • A French philosopher who emphasized religious freedom • ...
The Enlightenment 2021-03-10
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- the act of pulling bodies and every thing else on earth down
- to accept peoples beleifs and opinions
- a fake name used a lot by authors
- disrespect to a country by helping the enemy
- to make something new
- to get something from a source
- advanced math
- a representative
- the study of life and truth
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- a person who represents a relation with other governments
- a person who always beleives in a worst case scenario
- having large changes
- a disease that spreads to many people
- in a church people who carry out religious duties
14 Clues: advanced math • a representative • having large changes • to make something new • the study of life and truth • to get something from a source • a fake name used a lot by authors • a disease that spreads to many people • to accept peoples beleifs and opinions • disrespect to a country by helping the enemy • in a church people who carry out religious duties • ...
The Enlightenment 2026-04-01
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- The belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason rather than superstition.
- The philosopher who proposed dividing government into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
- A government where the people vote on laws they must follow
- Rights Basic human rights, such as life, liberty, and property, that people are born with
- Country of origin of Rousseau and Voltaire
- The theory favoring freedom of action for individuals and the importance of their rights.
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- The influential thinker who used humor to advocate for free speech and religious tolerance.
- Country of origin of Locke and Hobbes
- A ruler with unlimited power
- The group of 18th-century French thinkers who lived in Paris.
- The French philosopher who believed people should vote on the laws they follow.
- Contract An agreement where people give up certain rights in exchange for law, order, or protection
- A time of great intellectual change
- The famous book by Thomas Hobbes describing the need for a strong ruler.
14 Clues: A ruler with unlimited power • A time of great intellectual change • Country of origin of Locke and Hobbes • Country of origin of Rousseau and Voltaire • A government where the people vote on laws they must follow • The group of 18th-century French thinkers who lived in Paris. • The famous book by Thomas Hobbes describing the need for a strong ruler. • ...
Sabrina Hodgson Enlightenment and Revolution 2022-12-20
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- questioned the purpose and place of government
- a place for women and men to congregate
- believed in freedom of speech
- people are born with natural rights
- the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
- absolute power
- gravity
- organization or system
- a belief or theory that opinions and actions
- "the spirit of laws"
- three distinct branches
- period of rigorous scientific
- an aesthetic attitude
- used a telescope
- establishing educational reform
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- belvied in better education for women
- a preamble, a list of grievances
- Belief in God
- Enlightenment thinkers
- contact with the gov't and people
- American Founding Father
- sun-center
- earth-center
- a period of drastic change
- a method of procedure
- dramatic, exaggerated motion
26 Clues: gravity • sun-center • earth-center • Belief in God • absolute power • used a telescope • "the spirit of laws" • a method of procedure • an aesthetic attitude • Enlightenment thinkers • organization or system • three distinct branches • American Founding Father • a period of drastic change • dramatic, exaggerated motion • believed in freedom of speech • period of rigorous scientific • ...
Enlightenment and Revolution- EmmalinaFishel 2023-12-19
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- earth centered universe
- telescope in the sky
- Judical,Executive,Legislative branches equal powers
- fancy party to discuss intellectual topics
- simple and elegant style
- people are corrupted by civilization
- new kind of absolute monarch
- using reason and logic
- state gov't vs.federal/national gov't
- sun centered universe
- group of intellectuals of France
- separate powers of government
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- use of logic and reason
- enlightenment leader of Russia
- questioning traditional beliefs about the natural world
- major use of John Locke's ideas
- belief of God
- extravagant and gaudy style
- People are corrupted by civilization
- equality for women especially in education
- July 4,1776
- theory of universal gravitation
- method to solve problems
- master of satire and freedom of speech
- use of Beccaria's legal ideas
- natural rights philosophy- God given rights
26 Clues: July 4,1776 • belief of God • telescope in the sky • sun centered universe • using reason and logic • use of logic and reason • earth centered universe • simple and elegant style • method to solve problems • extravagant and gaudy style • new kind of absolute monarch • use of Beccaria's legal ideas • separate powers of government • enlightenment leader of Russia • ...
jade navaeh 2024-05-29
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- my trade
- the age of reason
- middle class
- of power maintain and distribute military
- right authority to rule came from god
- laws unchanging principals
- xvi inherited the throney in 1683
- a grim medieval fortress
- France belonged to one of the three social classes
- allowing businesses to operate without supervision
- he was in charge of the rain of terror
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- its fast-falling blade extinguished life instantly
- won many battles against the Austrians in italy
- put forward ideas that became key in Enlightenment
- studied the governments of Europe
- put forward ideas that became key in enlightment
- soldiers for hight burned villages
- stSeptembersettamber 1793 to July 1994
- smith wrote Wealth of natireignigan
- monarchies the rule of a country from Spain and France
20 Clues: my trade • middle class • the age of reason • a grim medieval fortress • laws unchanging principals • studied the governments of Europe • soldiers for hight burned villages • right authority to rule came from god • stSeptembersettamber 1793 to July 1994 • xvi inherited the throney in 1683 • he was in charge of the rain of terror • smith wrote Wealth of natireignigan • ...
Buddhism 2024-11-21
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- a sacred phase, prayer or word that is often chanted or sung rather than spoken.
- likes scriptures containing the teachings of the Buddha
- represents the eternal qualities of individuals
- a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism.
- the Buddha of medicine master
- an important concept in Buddhism referring to thirst desire longing and greed
- common name for an individual being or self in India literature.
- small vehicle in Sanskrit did not believe in the divinity of the Buddha.
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- the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism
- the true nature of all existence
- Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe.
- Tales- a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent.
- the teachings are given freely because they are considered priceless.
- the word Buddha means enlightenment
- a sudden and profound moment of enlightenment or awaking
- a zen school focusing on sudden enlightenment meditation and koan study
- a component of the training of the mind
- a perfect person,one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved nirvana.
18 Clues: the Buddha of medicine master • the true nature of all existence • the word Buddha means enlightenment • a component of the training of the mind • represents the eternal qualities of individuals • likes scriptures containing the teachings of the Buddha • a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. • a sudden and profound moment of enlightenment or awaking • ...
The Enlightenment 2014-02-18
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- Life, liberty, and property- the three rights people are born with that the government must protect.
- A system of governing in which the monarch's power is limited by the law. Ex: in England
- The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, and create an organized society or government.
- A monarch who has unlimited power and seeks to control every aspect of society. Ex: in France, Russia, Spain, Austria
- Put forth the idea that government's power came from the consent of the governed, and came up with the idea of natural (inalienable) rights – life, liberty and property.
- Believed women should have an equal education.
- The intellectual movement of the mid-1700s that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems. Another name for the Enlightenment.
- Was convinced that man was naturally selfish and that they needed a absolute monarch to keep control.
- Beliefs about the rights of the accused influenced the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Amendments.
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- This document written in 1689 limited the power of the English monarchs.
- Famously said: “I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" and defended free speech and religious toleration.
- Believed that there should be a separation of federal power into three (3) branches.
- Believed that direct democracy directed by the "general will" was the only good type of government, and this idea would inspire the French Revolution.
13 Clues: Believed women should have an equal education. • This document written in 1689 limited the power of the English monarchs. • Believed that there should be a separation of federal power into three (3) branches. • A system of governing in which the monarch's power is limited by the law. Ex: in England • ...
Chapter 10 crossword 2017-03-06
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- A philospher that was involved in the Enlightenment
- A person that studies wisdom.
- Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
- When the earth is at the center of the universe.
- This was created in the 17th century that show measurement, experiment, and testing.
- A mathmatician and astromner that made a model that has the sun in the middle of the universe instead of the earth.
- The belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
- He developed the scientific method
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- a composer and a child prodigy
- A german mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer.
- A period when philosophers believed that they could apply the scientific method and use reason ro explain human nature logically.
- English mathatician and physication that invented the laws of gravitation.
- An english philopher and physician that influenced the Enlightenment
- Believed that reason is the real chief of knowledge
- When the sun is at the center of the universe.
15 Clues: A person that studies wisdom. • a composer and a child prodigy • He developed the scientific method • When the sun is at the center of the universe. • When the earth is at the center of the universe. • A german mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. • A philospher that was involved in the Enlightenment • Believed that reason is the real chief of knowledge • ...
The Enlightenment 2019-11-19
10 Clues: humorous criticism • abstract and moral • Enlightenment satirist • middle class revolution • child prodigy for music • emphasized individualism • most famous satirical voice • known as Father of the Symphony • most popular writer of the Enlightenment • a shell-like decoration used in fashionable garden
Enlightenment and Revolution Crossword 2021-11-02
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- a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
- form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment.
- french political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
- English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher, noted particularly for his law of gravitation
- the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe and other objects go around it.
- An empress of Russia in the late eighteenth century
- a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
- a gathering of people held by an inspiring host.
- a passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women.
- the author of the first systematic exposition and defense of political liberalism.
- movements in the arts that draw inspiration from the classical art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome
- were the intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment
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- a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent in the West and that instigated
- A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
- a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point
- belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
- an unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security
- French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society
- known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity
- something that is elaborate and highly detailed
- a belief that we come to knowledge through the use of logic, and thus independently of sensory experience
21 Clues: a gathering of people held by an inspiring host. • something that is elaborate and highly detailed • An empress of Russia in the late eighteenth century • a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician • were the intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment • A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence • ...
Unit 9 Terms 2024-01-30
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- a Swiss philosopher whose work both praised and criticised the Enlightenment movement.
- the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation
- when a country extends its power into other territories for economic or political gain.
- a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
- French lawyer, man of letters, and one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment ; seperation of powers
- a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.
- the claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory.
- public intellectuals dedicated to solving the real problems of the world.
- an agreement between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers
- someone who undertakes a business venture.
- an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, with labor solely paid wages.
- manufacturing systems in which work-in-progress moves from station to station in a sequential fashion.
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- we should give our obedience to an unaccountable sovereign (a person or group empowered to decide every social and political issue).
- the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country
- founder of British empiricism and the author of the first systematic exposition and defense of political liberalism and laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment
- Structure in which work is organized to meet the need for production on a large scale usually with power-driven machinery.
- the concentration of human populations into discrete areas.
- 18th-century inventor and instrument maker; improved steam engine
- Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
- Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher; freedom of religion
20 Clues: someone who undertakes a business venture. • the concentration of human populations into discrete areas. • a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System. • 18th-century inventor and instrument maker; improved steam engine • an agreement between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers • ...
Buddhism Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-13
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- A person who has reached enlightenment by following the Buddha’s teachings and has ended rebirth.
- Detailed geometric designs used during meditation to represent the universe and focus the mind.
- A person who practices extreme self-discipline and avoids physical comfort in pursuit of spiritual insight.
- A basic set of ethical guidelines followed by lay Buddhists to promote non-harm, honesty, and self-control.
- Physical remains or objects connected to the Buddha or important teachers that are treated as sacred.
- A tall, tiered structure commonly found in Asia that is often built to honor Buddhist teachings or sacred remains.
- Way The path taught by the Buddha that avoids both extreme luxury and extreme self-denial.
- The ultimate goal in Buddhism, described as freedom from desire, suffering, and the cycle of rebirth.
- The four encounters that led a sheltered prince to question worldly life and begin a spiritual search.
- The place where Siddhartha Gautama meditated and achieved enlightenment.
- The community of monks, nuns, and sometimes lay followers who practice and preserve Buddhist teachings.
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- Enlightened beings who choose to delay final liberation in order to help others reach enlightenment.
- The title given to Siddhartha Gautama after he reached complete awakening and understood the nature of suffering and reality.
- The teachings and truths discovered by the Buddha that explain reality and the path to liberation.
- A form of Buddhist practice that uses rituals, symbols, and meditation techniques to reach enlightenment more quickly.
- Written records of the Buddha’s teachings, often presented as dialogues or sermons.
- An ancient collection of Buddhist writings traditionally divided into three major sections.
- The oldest surviving collection of Buddhist scriptures, written in an ancient Indian language.
- Spiritual teachers in Tibetan Buddhism who guide followers through study, rituals, and meditation.
- The Buddhist teaching that the self is not permanent or unchanging.
20 Clues: The Buddhist teaching that the self is not permanent or unchanging. • The place where Siddhartha Gautama meditated and achieved enlightenment. • Written records of the Buddha’s teachings, often presented as dialogues or sermons. • An ancient collection of Buddhist writings traditionally divided into three major sections. • ...
THE UNSOLVABLE PUZZEL 2022-12-13
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- the middle of the caste system normally merchants and landowners
- the rules/things the Buddha did to reach enlightenment and that he encouraged people to follow
- the Hindu word for reaching enlightenment
- the type of Buddhists that think you should do exactly what the Buddha did and it should be a personal journey
- the type of Buddhism that it is a group journey and you try to help others
- the second to lowest caste who are servants and commoners
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- being reborn into your next life
- the name of the Buddha
- the highest caste who are priests and teachers
- whatever you do will come back to you in your life or next life
- someone who is about to reach enlightenment but stopped to help others get to there state
- the second to highest caste who are warriors and kings
- doing your duty in your caste
- where you stand in your society
- another word for untouchables in the caste system
15 Clues: the name of the Buddha • doing your duty in your caste • where you stand in your society • being reborn into your next life • the Hindu word for reaching enlightenment • the highest caste who are priests and teachers • another word for untouchables in the caste system • the second to highest caste who are warriors and kings • ...
Rye Pirtz 2021-03-03
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- English philosopher saying that their should be an absolute monarch
- Said there should always be three branches of government
- People are free to trade and produce whatever they want
- Said that people should have the rights to trade and produce whatever they want
- Said that the people should vote (people have the power)
- All the philosophers during the enlightenment
- Said that a constitutional monarch is right and the number #1 job of the government is to protect peoples rights
- Your rights should be protected not taken away
- He came up with the idea of enlightenment
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- The government saying you can or can't do something
- Said that every human has the freedom of speech
- One of the greatest composers, known for creating new styles of music
- Spread the idea of enlightenment by making encyclopedias
- Said that woman should heave more rights and freedom to speak
- Women would learn good traits there and it was a place where ideas got exchanged about questioning the government
15 Clues: He came up with the idea of enlightenment • All the philosophers during the enlightenment • Your rights should be protected not taken away • Said that every human has the freedom of speech • The government saying you can or can't do something • People are free to trade and produce whatever they want • Said there should always be three branches of government • ...
Enlightenment Crossword 2023-11-16
7 Clues: Not of the church • One of these philosophes • A word for women's rights • A period in which new ideas were introduced • A document influences by enlightenment ideas • French philosophers of the enlightenment period • Another name for the enlightenment period (3 words)
WH U3W2 Vocab Review 2023-03-11
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- A theory of government common during the Enlightenment, where the national government had ultimate power and did not have to share authority or decisions with any other group or institution.
- A book by 17th century English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, arguing that government was necessary to protect the lives and property of the people, but that absolute monarchy was the best kind of government.
- Form of government where all the citizens (but not necessarily all the people) vote to choose their leaders and/or approve their laws. Democracy was popular among some but not all Enlightenment philosophers.
- The concept that a society should accept and allow its people to choose which religious traditions (or no traditions) to follow, rather than enforcing religious uniformity onto people.
- A 17th century English philosopher who wrote a book called Two Treatises on Government, arguing that government was necessary but that constitutionally-limited government was the best kind.
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- A theory of government common during the Enlightenment, where the national government had most of the power but also had to share authority or decisions with certain other groups or institutions in society.
- This was an intellectual movement in 17th- ad 18th century Europe, largely centered in France, featuring philosophers who tried to use reason to better understand, and ultimately, improve their societies.
- A theory of government popular during the Enlightenment, holding that government is only legitimate if it serves the best interests of the people.
- A 17th century English philosopher who wrote a book called Leviathan, arguing that government was necessary but that absolutism was the best kind.
- A 17th century French philosopher who wrote a book called The Social Contract, arguing that democratic governance was the best kind of governance, and that the preservation of democracy was the most important goal (more important preserving individuals’ rights).
- Literally large sitting rooms in houses of wealthy aristocrats, this word also refers to popular gatherings of wealthy middle class people who wanted to hear Enlightenment philosophers discuss their ideas.
- Pseudonym for an 18th-century French Enlightenment philosopher who wrote satire promoting the ideas of religious tolerance, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
12 Clues: A theory of government popular during the Enlightenment, holding that government is only legitimate if it serves the best interests of the people. • A 17th century English philosopher who wrote a book called Leviathan, arguing that government was necessary but that absolutism was the best kind. • ...
Early Government vocab 2021-02-04
19 Clues: Trade • Terms • Rights • of Law • Neglect • Passage • Awakening • Liberties • Democracy • Tea Party • Democracy • of Rights • Government • Compromise • Sovereignty • Contract Theory • Great Compromise • of Confederation • (The time period)
Wood$ Review (Day 2) c 2020-03-04
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- Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe
- Continent where the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment began
- French thinker who advocated for separation of powers in government
- American rights such as freedom of speech and religion derive from this Enlightenment thinker
- Type of government Thomas Hobbes thought was best to maintain social order
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- Second step in the Scientific Method
- Rule by a few
- Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method
- Theory that suggest that the Earth is the center of the universe
- The intellectual capital of Europe and home of the Enlightenment
- Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book
11 Clues: Rule by a few • Second step in the Scientific Method • Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method • Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book • Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe • Theory that suggest that the Earth is the center of the universe • ...
Absolutism and Enlightenment 2025-11-05
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- This system functions by giving each government branch the ability to limit the other branches.
- A government where power is held by a single ruler, such as a king or queen.
- The belief, held by Louis XIV, that a monarch is answerable only to God.
- insisting priests support his policies is an example of absolute monarchs controlling _______ authorities.
- This philosopher is famous for developing the principle of separation of powers.
- using armies to invade neighboring lands is a way to _______ borders as an absolute monarch.
- A contradiction of the Enlightenment was that many thinkers promoted liberty but tolerated or justified this.
- A government where the monarch's power is limited by law, established in England after the Glorious Revolution.
- This philosopher advocated for natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
- This philosopher believed a powerful sovereign is necessary to maintain order.
- A government where citizens vote.
- The 1688 overthrow of King James II in England.
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- The key American document that declared the colonies' intent to form a government on Enlightenment principles.
- These are intended to protect the personal freedoms and liberties of citizens.
- The 17th and 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individual rights.
- The palace Louis XIV built as a symbol of his power and to control the nobility.
- Hobbes's term for life without government: "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".
- This philosopher believed government power must come directly from the "general will" of the people.
- This French king, an absolute monarch, famously declared, "L’état, c’est moi" ("I am the state").
- Enlightenment ideas inspired the American colonies to pursue this from Great Britain.
- An absolutist king stripping nobles of their land limits their ______.
- The main purpose of the separation of powers is to prevent the ______ of power.
- Locke's theory that a government's power must be derived from the _______ of the governed.
- This 1689 English document legally limited royal authority and affirmed Parliament's supremacy.
24 Clues: A government where citizens vote. • The 1688 overthrow of King James II in England. • An absolutist king stripping nobles of their land limits their ______. • The belief, held by Louis XIV, that a monarch is answerable only to God. • A government where power is held by a single ruler, such as a king or queen. • ...
Branches of Religions 2019-07-12
16 Clues: rank • fate • idol • hymns • habit • sludge • paradise • ceremony • awareness • knowledge • creationst • godlessness • architecture • transmigration • community meal • holy name of god
AP World History Topics 5.1 & 5.2 2026-01-13
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- This movement got its start during the Enlightenment.
- Concept by John Locke that everyone has life, liberty, & property; that cannot be taken away.
- This laws were a series of codes that limited both free people of color and slaves in Saint-Domingue[French word].
- This social group in Saint-Domingue had the most power because they owned plantations.
- The Kings of France & GB imposed these on their people to repay war debt which made them angry.
- This woman advocated for women's education so they could become better mothers.
- This man inspired multiple revolutions against Spanish rule that resulted in the creation of several countries.
- This women wrote that women were not included in France's Enlightenment vision from the revolution.
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- Some Enlightenment thinkers fought for women to have access to this.
- This theory says that governments exist to protect people's rights, people agree to follow the law in exchange for protection.
- This estate in France paid the majority of the taxes, composed of 97% of the people, & called for the National Assembly to issue the DRMC.
- _______% of Saint-Domingue's population were slaves.
- The French helped the ____________ fight in their revolution, which brought Enlightenment ideas back to France.
13 Clues: _______% of Saint-Domingue's population were slaves. • This movement got its start during the Enlightenment. • Some Enlightenment thinkers fought for women to have access to this. • This woman advocated for women's education so they could become better mothers. • This social group in Saint-Domingue had the most power because they owned plantations. • ...
Enlightenment 2021-12-09
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- Rights: Freedoms belonging to all humans from birth
- Lovers of wisdom
- Knowledge
- People have ultimate power
- Contract: An agreement made by people in which they give up something for an organized Society.
- Ability to think logically
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- Complete power
- Laws: These govern Human Character
- Focused on economic reforms
9 Clues: Knowledge • Complete power • Lovers of wisdom • People have ultimate power • Ability to think logically • Focused on economic reforms • Laws: These govern Human Character • Rights: Freedoms belonging to all humans from birth • Contract: An agreement made by people in which they give up something for an organized Society.
Enlightenment 2023-02-06
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- Martin Luther changed the Church
- Woke Europe from a intellectual nap
- "Natural rights", life, liberty & property
- Argued for free trade & a free market to buy things
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- Thinkers were trying to figure out the...
- Argued for the freedom of speech
- Thinkers were concerned about poverty, etc
- Edward Jenner created a vaccine for this
8 Clues: Argued for the freedom of speech • Martin Luther changed the Church • Woke Europe from a intellectual nap • Edward Jenner created a vaccine for this • Thinkers were trying to figure out the... • Thinkers were concerned about poverty, etc • "Natural rights", life, liberty & property • Argued for free trade & a free market to buy things
Enlightenment Thinkers 2022-12-15
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- Hobbes believed in this (two words) for a better government
- Locke believed people must have this in order to have their liberty and property protected
- An argument using emotion
- An argument using logic or reasoning
- The revolution the Enlightenment thinkers influenced
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- Montesquieu believed in a separation of these
- Voltaire believed in these types of rights for people
- Locke believed everyone was born with this type of rights
- This Enlightenment thinker believed people should form an agreement with their government and have the right to overthrow them
- An argument using credibility or expertise
- First name of the Enlightenment thinker who believed in protection of people
11 Clues: An argument using emotion • An argument using logic or reasoning • An argument using credibility or expertise • Montesquieu believed in a separation of these • The revolution the Enlightenment thinkers influenced • Voltaire believed in these types of rights for people • Locke believed everyone was born with this type of rights • ...
Wood$ Review (Day 2) 2020-03-04
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- Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book
- The intellectual capital of Europe and home of the Enlightenment
- Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe
- Rule by a few
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- Theory that suggest that the Earth is the center of the universe
- French thinker who advocated for separation of powers in government
- American rights such as freedom of speech and religion derive from this Enlightenment thinker
- Second step in the Scientific Method
- Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method
- Type of government Thomas Hobbes thought was best to maintain social order
- Continent where the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment began
11 Clues: Rule by a few • Second step in the Scientific Method • Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book • Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method • Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe • Theory that suggest that the Earth is the center of the universe • ...
Unit 1 Review 2023-08-31
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- Both the Federalists and AntiFederalists believed government should by structured in this way.
- This document written in 1776 declared our _____ from England (and started the war)
- American document that recognized natural rights.
- Last name of the man who wrote the Constitution
- The period of time when people developed new ideas about human existence.
- This Enlightenment thinker believed citizens should give up some freedom in exchange for the government's protection
- The name of the compromise that said how slaves would be a part of population count
- Took both the New Jersey plan and the Virginia Plan to establish a government with both population representation and equal representation
- Last name of the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
- How each branch of the government can monitor the other branches
- This was added at the end of the constitution to get a 3/4 vote for ratification and would be the first 10 amendments
- This Enlightenment thinker believed in republicanism, or the idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election
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- Term for when smaller groups form alliances with one another
- Defines as Supreme Law of the Land
- This Enlightenment thinker believed that humans are born with natural rights
- The smaller paragraphs of the Constitution
- Document written by the colonists that established a government and answered the question of "Who is in charge?"
- This state was the only one not to have any representation at the Constitutional Convention
- The idea to share the power between the national government and the state government
- The Articles of the Confederation was deemed a _____ (opposite of success)
- If the government fails to protect citizens, citizens have the right to revolt.
- The opening of the Constitution that begins with "We the people..."
- Document that limited the power of the king and protected certain rights for the nobles.
- The only topic discussed at the Constitutional Convention that could not be solved and was pushed off for 20 years.
24 Clues: Defines as Supreme Law of the Land • The smaller paragraphs of the Constitution • Last name of the man who wrote the Constitution • American document that recognized natural rights. • Term for when smaller groups form alliances with one another • Last name of the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence • ...
Unit 9 Terms 2024-01-30
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- the claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory.
- manufacturing systems in which work-in-progress moves from station to station in a sequential fashion.
- public intellectuals dedicated to solving the real problems of the world.
- Structure in which work is organized to meet the need for production on a large scale usually with power-driven machinery.
- Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
- the concentration of human populations into discrete areas.
- 18th-century inventor and instrument maker; improved steam engine
- we should give our obedience to an unaccountable sovereign (a person or group empowered to decide every social and political issue).
- when a country extends its power into other territories for economic or political gain.
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- Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher; freedom of religion
- the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation
- a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
- an agreement between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers
- founder of British empiricism and the author of the first systematic exposition and defense of political liberalism and laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment
- a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.
- someone who undertakes a business venture.
- a Swiss philosopher whose work both praised and criticised the Enlightenment movement.
- the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country
- an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, with labor solely paid wages.
- French lawyer, man of letters, and one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment ; seperation of powers
20 Clues: someone who undertakes a business venture. • the concentration of human populations into discrete areas. • a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System. • 18th-century inventor and instrument maker; improved steam engine • an agreement between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers • ...
11-2B Crusades Renaissance Reformation (no spaces) 2024-11-05
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- The main message of the renaissance was _____ , or moving focus from gods to people.
- For 100 years, in Europe, there was a movement that promoted reasoning, known as the _____ . .
- ___ ___ started the Reformation because he believed salvation came through faith, not works.
- Greatest change during the Renaissance age was the start of _____ economies & the death of feudalism.
- During the Crusades, Christians battled the _____ to see who could occupy the countries in Europe.
- When Christians fought Muslims for control of Europe, this was called the _____
- _____ is the meaning of the word Renaissance, implying that Europe was new & different after Middle Ages.
- Priests could speak _____ , and read it in the Holy Text, and no one else spoke that language.
- Luther argued that people created the idea of ____ , and Christians didn’t need them to be forgiven.
- Renaissance sent lots of humanist literature to many people throughout Europe, thanks to _____ .
- The _____’s control was threatened by some of the ideas that came out of the enlightenment.
- Famous art from the Renaissance would be the ___ ___ and Mona Lisa.
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- The ___ ____ controlled all aspects of life during the Middle Ages, from birth to death.
- The revolution that forced Britain out & that created the ___ ___ , was caused by the enlightenment.
- The city of ______ is where the Renaissance began, thanks to crusaders who brought back greeks texts.
- The idea of choosing leaders through a _____ election came from the enlightenment.
- Knights joined Crusades to gain _____ benefits, not money. Many died or went broke.
- A key theme in the Renaissance is the celebration of the ____ , like sculpture and painting.
- Giving money to the church in exchange for forgiveness of sins, this is called a(n) _____ .
- Luther translated the ___ into German, not Latin, so people outside of the church could read it.
- Luther’s attack on the church was more effective than past attacks, because of the ___ ___ .
- Taking back _____ was the purpose of the Crusades, not changing people from Islam to Christianity.
22 Clues: Famous art from the Renaissance would be the ___ ___ and Mona Lisa. • When Christians fought Muslims for control of Europe, this was called the _____ • The idea of choosing leaders through a _____ election came from the enlightenment. • Knights joined Crusades to gain _____ benefits, not money. Many died or went broke. • ...
Enlightenment Project Crossword 2022-01-24
10 Clues: Wrote Candide • First modern novel • Sun centered universe • Invented the thermometer • Book written by Thomas Hobbes • Most famous Classical musician • Pumps blood throughout the body • Another name for the Enlightenment • Study of general and fundamental questions • A Revolution influenced by the Enlightenment
Brylee's Crossword 2022-08-30
10 Clues: word for soul • the universal law • main deity in Hinduism • monk or nun's head is ? • enlightenment in Buddhism • eightfold path in Buddhism • word for morality in Hinduism • word for salvation in Hinduism • what is inevitable in Buddhism • symbol for enlightenment in Buddhism
Religion 2026-02-25
10 Clues: cause and effect • the end of suffering • the creator of buddhism • the right way of living • The calming of the mind • the first major religion • the path to enlightenment • cycle of life and suffering • The priests in caste society • where religions are practiced
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Siddhartha Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-05
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- Siddhartha's closest friend
- The flow of life
- Siddhartha's father
- Siddhartha's son
- The river where Siddhartha first meets Govinda
- An important city
- The teacher that initially taught Siddhartha
- The type of tree under which Siddhartha meditates before achieving enlightenment
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- A companion to Siddhartha
- The state of being that Siddhartha ultimately attains
- A river ferryman
- The profession Siddhartha takes up after leaving his father's home
- A name that Siddhartha takes
- A substance Siddhartha abuses while searching for enlightenment
- Spiritual figure that Siddhartha briefly follows
- The name of the courtesan who Siddhartha meets in the city
- The main character's occupation at the beginning
17 Clues: The flow of life • A river ferryman • Siddhartha's son • An important city • Siddhartha's father • A companion to Siddhartha • Siddhartha's closest friend • A name that Siddhartha takes • The teacher that initially taught Siddhartha • The river where Siddhartha first meets Govinda • Spiritual figure that Siddhartha briefly follows • The main character's occupation at the beginning • ...
The Enlightenment 2021-03-08
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- the force keeping the moon around the earth
- when something bad happens, some people start acting like a _______ for a while
- advanced math
- to betray a group of people to help an enemy
- the study of ideas
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- COVID-19 is a ________ (not pandemic)
- someone who likes change is ______
- most social media platforms use _________ to control what is posted
- someone who is an expert at something
- some people use a _______ when going online
- to get something from somewhere
- a person who represents their government
- like a dictatorship but illegal power
13 Clues: advanced math • the study of ideas • to get something from somewhere • someone who likes change is ______ • COVID-19 is a ________ (not pandemic) • someone who is an expert at something • like a dictatorship but illegal power • a person who represents their government • the force keeping the moon around the earth • some people use a _______ when going online • ...
Enlightenment Vocabulary 2023-09-29
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- To believe or to feel
- The study of how people think
- To allow or say yes
- People have power in the government
- A time of great change. People thought differently about government and the world.
- To not allow all of something
- King has power in the government
- Freedom, to be free
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- To control
- To think
- To help or believe
- How people control where they live
- to have the same
13 Clues: To think • To control • to have the same • To help or believe • To allow or say yes • Freedom, to be free • To believe or to feel • The study of how people think • To not allow all of something • King has power in the government • How people control where they live • People have power in the government • ...
Enlightenment Vocabulary 2023-09-29
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- To believe or to feel
- The study of how people think
- To allow or say yes
- People have power in the government
- A time of great change. People thought differently about government and the world.
- To not allow all of something
- King has power in the government
- Freedom, to be free
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- To control
- To think
- To help or believe
- How people control where they live
- to have the same
13 Clues: To think • To control • to have the same • To help or believe • To allow or say yes • Freedom, to be free • To believe or to feel • The study of how people think • To not allow all of something • King has power in the government • How people control where they live • People have power in the government • ...
Enlightenment & Monarchs 2023-12-10
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- influenced separation of powers in US government
- Peter the Great made reforms to _________ his country
- Voltaire believed in freedom of ________
- Mary Wollstonecraft argued that men and women should have equal access to _____
- Protestants and ____ had many conflicts in Europe during the age of Absolutism.
- idea that rulers hold absolute power
- broke from the Catholic church to get a divorce
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- theory that says absolute rulers get their power from God.
- William & Mary signed the English Bill of Rights that made England a ______ monarchy
- built by Louis XIV to show France's power
- Popular sovereignty and consent of the governed come from this philosopher
- Peter the Great's country
- King John was forced to sign this "Great Charter"
13 Clues: Peter the Great's country • idea that rulers hold absolute power • Voltaire believed in freedom of ________ • built by Louis XIV to show France's power • broke from the Catholic church to get a divorce • influenced separation of powers in US government • King John was forced to sign this "Great Charter" • Peter the Great made reforms to _________ his country • ...
The Enlightenment 2024-11-20
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- 80-90% of Europe’s population that were poor, lower class farmers
- the division of society based on social and economic status (money, family, education, jobs, etc.)
- the quality of being a single thing or person
- An actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers that defines the rights and duties of each group.
- A movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion
- The rights given to all humans, simply for the sake of being human. They are universal rights that all people are born with.
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- the study of basic ideas of knowledge, right and wrong, reasoning, and the value of things
- Willing to accept or respect opinions, beliefs, practices, etc. that are different from your own
- the king and/or queen have unlimited power given to them by divine right
- God granted them their power/authority
- a radical change in the established order, usually the established government and social institutions
- make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices
- The right of a government to have complete control over its area without interference from outside governments
13 Clues: God granted them their power/authority • the quality of being a single thing or person • make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices • 80-90% of Europe’s population that were poor, lower class farmers • the king and/or queen have unlimited power given to them by divine right • ...
Enlightenment Vocab 2025-09-02
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- European cultural revival (14th–17th centuries) celebrating art, science, and classical learning
- Renaissance belief in human potential and the value of studying classical works
- The principle that all people have the same rights and opportunities
- Italian scientist who improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric theory
- A pledge made by French revolutionaries in 1789 to create a new constitution
- Renaissance astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model (Earth orbits the Sun).
- 16th-century religious reform movement that challenged the Catholic Church and led to Protestantism
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- 18th-century movement focused on reason, science, and progress in society
- Vatican chapel famous for Michelangelo’s painted ceiling and Last Judgment
- The study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, and reason
- Freedom from oppressive restrictions, often political or personal
- The ancient period of history, especially Greece and Rome
- Renaissance artist, sculptor, and painter known for masterpieces like David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling
13 Clues: The ancient period of history, especially Greece and Rome • Freedom from oppressive restrictions, often political or personal • The principle that all people have the same rights and opportunities • 18th-century movement focused on reason, science, and progress in society • Vatican chapel famous for Michelangelo’s painted ceiling and Last Judgment • ...
Enlightenment Political 2025-12-18
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- Studies religious beliefs and the nature of God
- Philosopher who believed in strong government
- Expected to fulfill
- French writer who defended freedom of speech and religious tolerance
- criticize or condemn
- teaching self-control (Ancient Greek Philosophy)
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- argued that government exists to protect natural rights
- beliefs and actions (Incongruent)
- writer who argued for women’s rights and equality in education
- Scottish Economist - Wrote Wealth of Nations
- suppression or control of ideas, speech, or written works
- compiled the Encyclopedia - spread ideas
- One who often exercising it in a cruel or oppressive
13 Clues: Expected to fulfill • criticize or condemn • beliefs and actions (Incongruent) • compiled the Encyclopedia - spread ideas • Scottish Economist - Wrote Wealth of Nations • Philosopher who believed in strong government • Studies religious beliefs and the nature of God • teaching self-control (Ancient Greek Philosophy) • One who often exercising it in a cruel or oppressive • ...
Wood$ Review (Day 2) 2020-03-04
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- American rights such as freedom of speech and religion derive from this Enlightenment thinker
- Rule by a few
- Second step in the Scientific Method
- Theory that suggest that the Earth is the center of the universe
- Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe
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- Type of government Thomas Hobbes thought was best to maintain social order
- Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method
- Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book
- The intellectual capital of Europe and home of the Enlightenment
- French thinker who advocated for separation of powers in government
- Continent where the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment began
11 Clues: Rule by a few • Second step in the Scientific Method • Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method • Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book • Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe • The intellectual capital of Europe and home of the Enlightenment • ...
Wood$ Review (Day 2) B 2020-03-04
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- American rights such as freedom of speech and religion derive from this Enlightenment thinker
- Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe
- Second step in the Scientific Method
- Theory that suggest that the Earth is the center of the universe
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- Rule by a few
- Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method
- Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book
- French thinker who advocated for separation of powers in government
- Continent where the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment began
- Type of government Thomas Hobbes thought was best to maintain social order
- The intellectual capital of Europe and home of the Enlightenment
11 Clues: Rule by a few • Second step in the Scientific Method • Scientist credited with developing the Scientific Method • Mythical sea creature and also the title of Hobbes' book • Theory that suggest that the Sun is the center of the universe • The intellectual capital of Europe and home of the Enlightenment • ...
Topic 13 Crossword Puzzle 2026-03-23
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- French king known as the “Sun King”
- A ruler with total power over a country
- of Independence The American document that declared independence in 1776
- Locke Enlightenment thinker who wrote Two Treatises of Government
- Revolution The 1789 revolution that began in France
- Right The idea that a king’s power comes from God
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- Philosopher who believed in separation of powers
- (supported by Adam Smith Economic system supported by Adam Smith
- Austrian ruler who supported some Enlightenment ideas
- the Great Russian empress who was influenced by Enlightenment ideas
10 Clues: French king known as the “Sun King” • A ruler with total power over a country • Philosopher who believed in separation of powers • Right The idea that a king’s power comes from God • Revolution The 1789 revolution that began in France • Austrian ruler who supported some Enlightenment ideas • (supported by Adam Smith Economic system supported by Adam Smith • ...
Puritan Philosophy 2020-09-03
10 Clues: decease • Gods Word • religious People • belief in the existence • The Age of Enlightenment • a self contradictor statement • not capable of being imagined • one of the witchcrafts prosecuted • Native courts may not deal with murder • one of the three women first accused of
Enlightenment 2016-11-21
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- An instrument invented by Evangelista Torricelli that measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude
- An 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
- Theory This earth-centered view of the universe
- Method A logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world
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- One of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment
- Theory The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
- Complete change, overthrow of a government or social system
- Contract The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government
8 Clues: Theory This earth-centered view of the universe • Complete change, overthrow of a government or social system • One of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment • Theory The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun • Method A logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world • ...
Enlightenment 2014-11-07
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- Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke
- Monarchs who made reforms and embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment.
- A grand, ornate style of art
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- Set of books which scholars contributed articles
- Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes
- Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris
- New artistic style of the late 18th century
- Intellectuals of the Enlightenment
8 Clues: A grand, ornate style of art • Intellectuals of the Enlightenment • Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris • New artistic style of the late 18th century • Set of books which scholars contributed articles • Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke • Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes • ...
Enlightenment 2014-11-07
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- Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke
- Intellectuals of the Enlightenment
- Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes
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- Set of books which scholars contributed articles
- Monarchs who made reforms and embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment.
- New artistic style of the late 18th century
- Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris
- A grand, ornate style of art
8 Clues: A grand, ornate style of art • Intellectuals of the Enlightenment • Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris • New artistic style of the late 18th century • Set of books which scholars contributed articles • Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke • Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes • ...
Enlightenment 2016-02-04
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- French philosophe who believed in access to information; created the Encyclopedia.
- English philosophe who believed in equal education for men AND women
- French philosophe who believed in the social contract - basically that people choose their government.
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- English philosophe who believed people were born with natural rights
- French philosophe who believed in freedom of speech
- English philosophe who believed in laissez-fair econonomics (government stays out of businesses)
- French philosophe who believed in separation of powers.
- English philosophe who believed people are naturally cruel and selfish
8 Clues: French philosophe who believed in freedom of speech • French philosophe who believed in separation of powers. • English philosophe who believed people were born with natural rights • English philosophe who believed in equal education for men AND women • English philosophe who believed people are naturally cruel and selfish • ...
Enlightenment 2022-11-10
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- an absolute ruler who adopted enlightenment
- had a revolution against britain
- Seperation of powers three gov. branches
- Believed in a governmental social contract
- had a very bloody revolution
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- No cruel and unusual punishment rights of criminals
- Wrote the book Leviathon about Government
- Religious tolerance free speech he wrote Candide
8 Clues: had a very bloody revolution • had a revolution against britain • Seperation of powers three gov. branches • Wrote the book Leviathon about Government • Believed in a governmental social contract • an absolute ruler who adopted enlightenment • Religious tolerance free speech he wrote Candide • No cruel and unusual punishment rights of criminals
Enlightenment 2025-12-17
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- A British philosopher who said people are born with natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
- A movement in the 1600s–1700s where European thinkers used reason and science to understand the world.
- A British philosopher who believed people need a strong government to keep order.
- A French thinker who said people should vote directly on the laws
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- A French thinker who helped create the Encyclopédie, a collection of knowledge on science and art.
- A French thinker who believed that there should be 3 branches of government
- A French writer who promoted reason, religious tolerance, and freedom of speech.
- A German philosopher who believed knowledge comes from both experience and reason.
8 Clues: A French thinker who said people should vote directly on the laws • A French thinker who believed that there should be 3 branches of government • A French writer who promoted reason, religious tolerance, and freedom of speech. • A British philosopher who believed people need a strong government to keep order. • ...
The Enlightenment 2022-12-09
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- Age of Reason
- believed that people were naturally cruel
- Believed having 3 branches in government would prevent tyranny
- Enlightened woman
- common language
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- went against absolute monarchy
- allowed Enlightenment ideas to spread
- a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
- a Scottish economist
- Believed people were naturally good, but corrupted by society
- fought for civil liberties
11 Clues: Age of Reason • common language • Enlightened woman • a Scottish economist • fought for civil liberties • went against absolute monarchy • allowed Enlightenment ideas to spread • believed that people were naturally cruel • a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment • Believed people were naturally good, but corrupted by society • ...
French and Indian War 2022-10-13
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- These are rights you have simply because you are human, simply because you exist.
- This Swiss enlightenment thinker wrote about the social contract and idea of "popular sovereignty"
- Charles Montesquieu wrote about the separation of _________
- This English enlightenment thinker wrote about natural rights, the state of nature and the role/responsibility of government.
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- Popular Sovereignty is the idea that a __________ gets it power given to it by the people.
- The enlightenment took place in the 17th and 18th _________
- A social contract is an ____________ between the government and the people.
- The enlightenment was also known as the Age of _________
- He was considered the Father of Western Philosophy
9 Clues: He was considered the Father of Western Philosophy • The enlightenment was also known as the Age of _________ • The enlightenment took place in the 17th and 18th _________ • Charles Montesquieu wrote about the separation of _________ • A social contract is an ____________ between the government and the people. • ...
Buddhism Vocab 2021-11-18
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- place that has highest population of buddhists
- guide to achieve spiritual enlightenment
- sanskrit word meaning "enlightened"
- ideal state of happiness or peace
- person who gives up worldly pleasures
- giving money to the poor
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- suffering or pain
- state of gaining spiritual insight
- founder of buddhism
- one of the most famous sites of worship
- a personal spiritual tradition
11 Clues: suffering or pain • founder of buddhism • giving money to the poor • a personal spiritual tradition • ideal state of happiness or peace • state of gaining spiritual insight • sanskrit word meaning "enlightened" • person who gives up worldly pleasures • one of the most famous sites of worship • guide to achieve spiritual enlightenment • ...
The Enlightenment 2021-02-17
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- Obtaining something through family ties
- An agreement where citizens give up some rights in exchange for government protection
- Fundamental, basic rights people are born with
- The idea that a country’s leader should be
- by the citizens in a general election
- of Nature Life with complete freedom, no rules, and no
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- Some Enlightenment thinkers were afraid of
- A period of time when people developed new ideas about human existence and human
- If the government fails to protect citizens, citizens have the right to revolt.
- Continent where the Enlightenment began
10 Clues: by the citizens in a general election • Obtaining something through family ties • Continent where the Enlightenment began • Some Enlightenment thinkers were afraid of • The idea that a country’s leader should be • Fundamental, basic rights people are born with • of Nature Life with complete freedom, no rules, and no • ...
World History Crossword 2021-01-08
10 Clues: Moving • Think pizza • The land of New • Think of cajun food • A drink of enlightenment • They started a revolution • a movement of advertisement • Another drink of enlightenment • think of staples , but with an N • He is very famous for ice cream and dogs
AR VS. FR Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-05
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- the age of reason
- the government has a lot of this
- a brotherhood
- a person who supported the British during the revolutionary war
- people from rich and powerful families
- ready to fight at a minutes notice
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- what was the Enlightenment
- middle class
- an unfair opinion
- a machine used for beheading
- tea act townshed act
- he is the man who created the idea of social contract
12 Clues: middle class • a brotherhood • an unfair opinion • the age of reason • tea act townshed act • what was the Enlightenment • a machine used for beheading • the government has a lot of this • ready to fight at a minutes notice • people from rich and powerful families • he is the man who created the idea of social contract • ...
AR VS. FR Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-05
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- the age of reason
- the government has a lot of this
- a brotherhood
- a person who supported the British during the revolutionary war
- people from rich and powerful families
- ready to fight at a minutes notice
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- what was the Enlightenment
- middle class
- an unfair opinion
- a machine used for beheading
- tea act townshed act
- he is the man who created the idea of social contract
12 Clues: middle class • a brotherhood • an unfair opinion • the age of reason • tea act townshed act • what was the Enlightenment • a machine used for beheading • the government has a lot of this • ready to fight at a minutes notice • people from rich and powerful families • he is the man who created the idea of social contract • ...
BUDDHA 2016-04-28
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- tree under which Buddha meditated
- Buddha’s father gave him a life of ___________
- outside the palace Buddha saw 4 __________
- abstaining from food
- moment of total peace through meditation
- another name for Buddhist enlightenment
- who tempted Buddha during his meditation
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- Buddha travelled India as a _____________
- Buddha’s father was a king
- Buddha’s father did not want him to see this
- Buddha’s original name
- country where Buddha was born
12 Clues: abstaining from food • Buddha’s original name • Buddha’s father was a king • country where Buddha was born • tree under which Buddha meditated • another name for Buddhist enlightenment • moment of total peace through meditation • who tempted Buddha during his meditation • Buddha travelled India as a _____________ • outside the palace Buddha saw 4 __________ • ...
Buddhism 2013-09-18
9 Clues: Buddha • ignorance and... • Sacred word of life • Life is full of this • supreme deva or "god" • steps to attain Nirvana • Spiritual enlightenment • The tree of enlightenment • Leader of Tibetan Buddhists
Enlightenment 2014-11-07
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- A grand, ornate style of art
- Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke
- Set of books which scholars contributed articles
- Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes
- Intellectuals of the Enlightenment
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- Monarchs who made reforms and embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment.
- Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris
- New artistic style of the late 18th century
8 Clues: A grand, ornate style of art • Intellectuals of the Enlightenment • Gatherings of intellectuals in Paris • New artistic style of the late 18th century • Set of books which scholars contributed articles • Things that people were born with, proposed by John Locke • Agreement of a governmental system proposed by Thomas Hobbes • ...
Enlightenment 2021-12-08
9 Clues: lovers of wisdom • father of economics • protects natural rights • sees the worst in people • ability to think logically • physiocrat enlightened thinker • not a branch of government out of 3 • believes separation of church & state • Locke believed it the best form of government
enlightenment 2025-03-14
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- property right to own assets
- political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individualism
- basic rights from births
- think, act or talk without limitations
- revolutionary, philosopher, defender of women’s rights
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- one of the greatest French writers, best known for his philosophical fantasy Candide
- Wollstonecraft British philosopher and writer, developed the right of women
- focus on personal freedom and independence
8 Clues: basic rights from births • property right to own assets • think, act or talk without limitations • focus on personal freedom and independence • revolutionary, philosopher, defender of women’s rights • political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individualism • Wollstonecraft British philosopher and writer, developed the right of women • ...
French Revolution 2021-11-04
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- Queen of France
- The payment peasants had to make
- Individuals who were educated from the Third Estate
- Movement across Europe 1650-1800
- Estate made up of Clergy
- The palace of king's residence
- American philosopher with ideas of Enlightenment
- Estate which comprised 98% of the population
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- Reign of historic period with excessive violence
- Expelled from a country
- Method of execution
- Estate made up of nobility
- The court where a pledge was made to continue meeting by the members of the French national assemble in 1789
- Fortress built in Paris in 14th Century
- The French staple food
- King of France
16 Clues: King of France • Queen of France • Method of execution • The French staple food • Expelled from a country • Estate made up of Clergy • Estate made up of nobility • The palace of king's residence • The payment peasants had to make • Movement across Europe 1650-1800 • Fortress built in Paris in 14th Century • Estate which comprised 98% of the population • ...
Revolutionary war crossword 2023-09-18
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- signed by the united states and great Britain
- declared all of the colonies to be free
- people that are loyal
- men who were always ready to fight
- A riot that occurred in Boston
- time of great philosophical thought
- Dressed up as Indians and threw tea off of a boat
- This pamphlet was authored by Thomas Paine
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- an english philosopher from the enlightenment period
- a sole control of goods
- the last battle fought in the revolutionary war
- author of the declaration of independence
- tax imposed to all imprinted materials
- people that stay away from everything
- a war between england an france
- The first president
16 Clues: The first president • people that are loyal • a sole control of goods • A riot that occurred in Boston • a war between england an france • men who were always ready to fight • time of great philosophical thought • people that stay away from everything • tax imposed to all imprinted materials • declared all of the colonies to be free • author of the declaration of independence • ...
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Crossword 2023-10-24
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- Came up with geocentric theory
- Invention used by Galileo to look at the planets
- Another name for the Scientific Revolution
- Philosophe that believed in deism
- Discovered that Earth rotates on its axis
- Enlightenment ruler that had failed ideas because of nobles and the church
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- Created the Encyclopedia
- Came up with natural rights and tabula rasa
- Came up with separation of powers
- Came up with the idea of the social contract
- Came up with Scientific Method
- Charged with heresy
- Created the laws of gravity
- Enlightenment ruler that abolished the use of torture
- Discovered elliptical orbits
- Created idea of laissez faire
16 Clues: Charged with heresy • Created the Encyclopedia • Created the laws of gravity • Discovered elliptical orbits • Created idea of laissez faire • Came up with geocentric theory • Came up with Scientific Method • Came up with separation of powers • Philosophe that believed in deism • Discovered that Earth rotates on its axis • Another name for the Scientific Revolution • ...
Important People 2022-01-17
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- Great Chinese explorer
- King of the Mali
- He discovered the Americas for Europe
- He divided the Roman Empire
- He took enlightenment ideas and made them accessible to the people in his plays
- Proved the heliocentric theory
- Greatest Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
- His big 3 enlightenment ideas are in the Declaration of Independence
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- Discovered the heliocentric theory
- Christianity based on his teachings
- He began Islam
- He was first to sail to India by water
- Explained how the heliocentric theory worked
- Tsar that westernized Russia
- Wrote a book about his travels to China
- King of France with absolute power
- Started the Reformation with 95 Theses
17 Clues: He began Islam • King of the Mali • Great Chinese explorer • He divided the Roman Empire • Tsar that westernized Russia • Proved the heliocentric theory • Discovered the heliocentric theory • King of France with absolute power • Christianity based on his teachings • He discovered the Americas for Europe • He was first to sail to India by water • ...
Buddhism 2024-03-25
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- how many events caused Siddhartha to reject his princely life
- You can reach _______ through the four Noble Truths/Noble eightfold path
- the founder of buddhism
- Buddha means _____________
- suffering comes from
- the Buddhist community
- Buddha's patients
- the name for Buddha's teachings
- effects the status of your future life
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- Buddhists believe that you get _____________ after death
- Siddhartha was believed to be the ruler of the world or the ________ of the world
- Between two extremes
- Buddhists believe that nothing has a ____
- How many periods of finding enlightenment did Buddha have
- how many eightfold paths are there
- the cycle of our existence
- What was the Buddha's original name
17 Clues: Buddha's patients • Between two extremes • suffering comes from • the Buddhist community • the founder of buddhism • Buddha means _____________ • the cycle of our existence • the name for Buddha's teachings • how many eightfold paths are there • What was the Buddha's original name • effects the status of your future life • Buddhists believe that nothing has a ____ • ...
Enlightenment and American Revolution 2023-09-13
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- Leviathan effectively kicked off the English Enlightenment.
- The first U.S President
- Gathering places for wealthy, intellectually minded elites during the years during and prior to the Enlightenment.
- proponent of limited government.
- founder of the American political system.
- Earth centered universe
- King of Great Britain and Ireland
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- a lawmaking body.
- The acts that led to the American revolution
- The inventor of the scientific method
- belief in the separation of governmental powers
- was a leading diplomat, scientist, and inventor of the 18th century
- sun centered universe
- Improved the telescope
14 Clues: a lawmaking body. • sun centered universe • Improved the telescope • The first U.S President • Earth centered universe • proponent of limited government. • King of Great Britain and Ireland • The inventor of the scientific method • founder of the American political system. • The acts that led to the American revolution • belief in the separation of governmental powers • ...
World History Fall - People 2022-12-08
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- Vlad the Impaler's other name
- _____ de Gama, Portuguese explorer of Indian Ocean
- Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel
- Dona Marina, Cortes's translator
- Martin _____, German priest who started the Reformation
- Ferdinand _____, SPanish Explorer whose ships circled the globe
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- Hernan _____, Conquistador of Mexico and Aztecs
- _____ the Great, Russian Enlightenment Empress
- John ____, Enlightenment thinker, "Life, liberty, and property."
- Genghis _____ and Kublai _____, Mongol conquerors
- Oliver _____, Lord Protector of Britain
- Tudor queen of England, beat the Spanish Armada
- Marco _____, European merchant who wrote about China
- ____ The Terrible, first Czar of Russia
14 Clues: Vlad the Impaler's other name • Dona Marina, Cortes's translator • Oliver _____, Lord Protector of Britain • ____ The Terrible, first Czar of Russia • Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel • _____ the Great, Russian Enlightenment Empress • Hernan _____, Conquistador of Mexico and Aztecs • Tudor queen of England, beat the Spanish Armada • ...
Enlightenment and American Revolution 2023-09-13
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- The acts that led to the American revolution
- The first U.S President
- proponent of limited government.
- Earth centered universe
- sun centered universe
- Improved the telescope
- belief in the separation of governmental powers
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- The inventor of the scientific method
- Gathering places for wealthy, intellectually minded elites during the years during and prior to the Enlightenment.
- was a leading diplomat, scientist, and inventor of the 18th century
- King of Great Britain and Ireland
- founder of the American political system.
- a lawmaking body.
- Leviathan effectively kicked off the English Enlightenment.
- The payments from the British to the Colonists
15 Clues: a lawmaking body. • sun centered universe • Improved the telescope • The first U.S President • Earth centered universe • proponent of limited government. • King of Great Britain and Ireland • The inventor of the scientific method • founder of the American political system. • The acts that led to the American revolution • The payments from the British to the Colonists • ...
Buddhism 2017-06-19
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- Buddhism is a way of
- What is Buddhism
- Buddhism is considered a _ religion
- The different types of Buddhism are nothing more than __ paths.
- Who was the first Buddha
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- There are many _ types of buddhism
- The highest goal of life is to reach ____.
- Siddhartha Gautama was ___ in 563 BCE.
- Buddhism does not demand _____ faith.
- The law that every cause has an effect is called?
- Siddhartha Gautama grew up in the village of Lumbini located in
- One who reaches enlightenment in called?
- Who is Siddhartha Gautama to Buddhism
- Buddhists do not _ anyone
- Buddhists do not believe in a
15 Clues: What is Buddhism • Buddhism is a way of • Who was the first Buddha • Buddhists do not _ anyone • Buddhists do not believe in a • There are many _ types of buddhism • Buddhism is considered a _ religion • Buddhism does not demand _____ faith. • Who is Siddhartha Gautama to Buddhism • Siddhartha Gautama was ___ in 563 BCE. • One who reaches enlightenment in called? • ...
Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-16
26 Clues: Pity • tone • Penn • Abhor • Simile • Quaker • Martyr • Symbol • purpose • appeals • Tenuous • Appease • Pillage • Incense • Context • Puritans • Metaphor • allusion • Winthrop • Nocturnal • tradition • Profusion • Inherently • Mitigation • Deliverance • alliteration
12th Grade Vocabulary Review 2026-02-23
Bhuddism Puzzle 2022-12-13
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- the jobs in your life that are needed to do
- things you must not do
- cycle of birth
- above vaisyas they are military/strong
- the Buddha in Buddhist religion - dad tried hiding suffering
- lowest caste - cleaners,
- quenching worldly mind
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- practices to get enlightenment
- your soul going into a different body after death
- above sudras they are farmers
- you reach enlightenment
- caste level above sudras, forced to labor
- what you do in this life goes to your other life
- the highest level, they are priests
- people get put into different categories on how much $ they have.
15 Clues: cycle of birth • things you must not do • quenching worldly mind • you reach enlightenment • lowest caste - cleaners, • above sudras they are farmers • practices to get enlightenment • the highest level, they are priests • above vaisyas they are military/strong • caste level above sudras, forced to labor • the jobs in your life that are needed to do • ...
Revolution and Enlightenment 2016-02-23
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- law of gravitation every object in the universe is attracted to another object by a force
- his research proved the Sun was the center of the Universe
- said that the only thing he knows that exist is himself
- made a social contract which is where a society agrees to be governed by its general will
- method Francis Bacon’s process to systematically collect and analyze evidence
- contract people agreed to be governed by its general will
- process to systematically collect and scientific method
- contributed to the Encyclopedia
- came up with heliocentric universe
- people of the Enlightenment
- universe heliocentric or sun centered, conception of the universe offered a more accurate explanation than the Ptolemaic system
- universe places earth at the center of the universe
- the universal of law of gravitation was crucial to his argument
- dissected human bodies and drew the body and the organs
- absolutism rulers tried to use Enlightenment principles while they kept their royal powers
- Law the volume of a gas varies with the pressure exerted on it
- elegant drawing rooms of the wealthiest people and where they spread the ideas of Enlightenment
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- Theresa improved serfs’ livelihood
- said that your heart was the beginning of blood circulation
- II or the Great gave the people limited freedom of the Freedom of Speech and Press
- Succession a fight between Prussia and Austria over Silesia that lead to the Seven Years’ War
- the Great did not use any of the Enlightenment reforms because she did not want her society to be turned upside down
- founder of methodism
- new style of painting that was more graceful and secular
- orbits egged shaped
- of powers the executive, legislative, and the judicial controlled each other or checks and balances
- believed that the government should not mess with the economic powers
- faire they wanted the government to let them do what they want
- reasoning proceeding from the particular to the general
- argued that Enlightenment thinkers were hypocrites
- believed punishments should not be brutal
- identified the three types of government
- based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
- Years’ War a conflict between many countries that ended up with England winning
- most famous of the composers
- used a telescope regularly when doing observations
- argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind
37 Clues: orbits egged shaped • founder of methodism • people of the Enlightenment • most famous of the composers • contributed to the Encyclopedia • Theresa improved serfs’ livelihood • came up with heliocentric universe • identified the three types of government • believed punishments should not be brutal • argued that Enlightenment thinkers were hypocrites • ...
AR VS. FR Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-05
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- the age of reason
- the government has a lot of this
- a brotherhood
- a person who supported the British during the revolutionary war
- people from rich and powerful families
- ready to fight at a minutes notice
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- what was the Enlightenment
- middle class
- an unfair opinion
- a machine used for beheading
- tea act townshed act
- he is the man who created the idea of social contract
12 Clues: middle class • a brotherhood • an unfair opinion • the age of reason • tea act townshed act • what was the Enlightenment • a machine used for beheading • the government has a lot of this • ready to fight at a minutes notice • people from rich and powerful families • he is the man who created the idea of social contract • ...
AR VS. FR Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-05
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- the age of reason
- the government has a lot of this
- a brotherhood
- a person who supported the British during the revolutionary war
- people from rich and powerful families
- ready to fight at a minutes notice
Down
- what was the Enlightenment
- middle class
- an unfair opinion
- a machine used for beheading
- tea act townshed act
- he is the man who created the idea of social contract
12 Clues: middle class • a brotherhood • an unfair opinion • the age of reason • tea act townshed act • what was the Enlightenment • a machine used for beheading • the government has a lot of this • ready to fight at a minutes notice • people from rich and powerful families • he is the man who created the idea of social contract • ...
Buddhism 2023-04-18
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- Which country was Buddhism most prominent
- What caused Buddha to create Buddhism
- Person who isolates themselves from the majority of society to devote their life to their religion
- Name of Buddha
- Stricter and more wisdom and meditation based Buddhism
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- Raga, Dwesha, and Moha
- List of ideals about the cause of suffering
- Laws you follow to obtain enlightenment by doing righteous things
- From the Mahayana Buddhism and is a person who reaches nirvana but stays in order to help others also reach enlightenment
- Buddhism where you focus on helping others reach enlightenment
10 Clues: Name of Buddha • Raga, Dwesha, and Moha • What caused Buddha to create Buddhism • Which country was Buddhism most prominent • List of ideals about the cause of suffering • Stricter and more wisdom and meditation based Buddhism • Buddhism where you focus on helping others reach enlightenment • Laws you follow to obtain enlightenment by doing righteous things • ...
AR VS. FR Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-05
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- the age of reason
- the government has a lot of this
- a brotherhood
- a person who supported the British during the revolutionary war
- people from rich and powerful families
- ready to fight at a minutes notice
Down
- what was the Enlightenment
- middle class
- an unfair opinion
- a machine used for beheading
- tea act townshed act
- he is the man who created the idea of social contract
12 Clues: middle class • a brotherhood • an unfair opinion • the age of reason • tea act townshed act • what was the Enlightenment • a machine used for beheading • the government has a lot of this • ready to fight at a minutes notice • people from rich and powerful families • he is the man who created the idea of social contract • ...
Ap Euro Unit #3 2023-02-28
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- A group of economists who urged the French government to deregulate the grain trade and make the tax system more equitable to encourage agricultural productivity. Claimed guilds should be abolished in order to establish a free market and strongly influenced Adam Smith.
- gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment
- one of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
- Victorian era, public libraries where books may be borrowed and taken away for a short period
- God is a watchmaker; The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws.
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- A phrase describing the phenomenon of increased correspondence in the form of letters exchanged between the influential philosophers and other thinkers during the Age of Enlightenment.
- Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.
- Writers during the Enlightenment and who popularized the new ideas of the time.
- Enlightenment thinkers envisioned a "republic of science" for the newly freed American colonies; in which idea would be exchanged freely and useful knowledge would improve the life of all citizens.
- John Locke's concept of the mind as a blank sheet ultimately bombarded by sense impressions that, aided by human reasoning, formulate ideas.
10 Clues: Writers during the Enlightenment and who popularized the new ideas of the time. • Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy. • gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment • Victorian era, public libraries where books may be borrowed and taken away for a short period • ...
The Enlightenment 2021-03-08
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- logic
- advanced math focused on the study of change
- laws that protect the liberties and freedom of citizens
- a king or queen who can do whatever he or she wants no matter what
- a fake name frequently used by authors
- to start something new
- an expert in a specific subject
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- rights that everyone is born with and that cannot be taken away
- disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy
- to accept different beliefs
- a representative
- favoring large changes
- when a disease spreads to many people in a region
13 Clues: logic • a representative • favoring large changes • to start something new • to accept different beliefs • an expert in a specific subject • a fake name frequently used by authors • disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy • advanced math focused on the study of change • when a disease spreads to many people in a region • ...
Enlightenment crossword 2021-03-28
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- An agreement between the people and their government. the idea that people gave up their freedom for an organized society.
- believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority. Absolute Monarchy.
- Wrote books that exposed corrupt officials and aristocrats. He wrote against the slave trade and religious prejudice. He defended freedom of speech. TOLERANCE. Broke the church and state apart.
- A basic principle of the American system of government that states that all government power comes from the people, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed. An important point in the Declaration.
- Wrote the spirit of laws. Separation of powers, checks and balances.
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- the idea that all humans are born with rights, life, liberty, and property.
- informal social gathering at which writers, artists, philosophies, and others exchanged ideas
- A framer of the constitution and a leader in the colonists military who commanded battles in the war.
- A law passed in 1765 by the British Parliament that imposed taxes on items such as newspapers and pamphlets in the American colonies; repealed in 1766.
- ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s
- restriction on access to ideas and information
- an enlightened despot who reduced the use of torture, allowed free pass, simplified laws, had religious tolerance, and reorganized the the governments civil service
- Virginia Location where the British army surrendered in the American Revolution forced by George Washington.
13 Clues: restriction on access to ideas and information • ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s • Wrote the spirit of laws. Separation of powers, checks and balances. • the idea that all humans are born with rights, life, liberty, and property. • informal social gathering at which writers, artists, philosophies, and others exchanged ideas • ...
Enlightenment thinkers 2021-12-09
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- strongly advocated for the separation of church and state
- a 19-year-old, poor, uneducated woman who taught herself
- wrote about his ideas in the Leviathan
- wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women
- wanted the government to not interfere in the economy
- believed torture and execution as punishment was inhuman
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- believed people had three natural rights - life, liberty, and property
- wrote letters to her husband to advocate for the rights of women
- believed in separation of powers
- helped make the first encyclopedia
- wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
- was the financial backer for Denis Diderot
- wrote The Social Contract
13 Clues: wrote The Social Contract • believed in separation of powers • helped make the first encyclopedia • wrote about his ideas in the Leviathan • wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies • was the financial backer for Denis Diderot • wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women • wanted the government to not interfere in the economy • ...
The Enlightenment 2025-03-10
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- Thinker who argued for separation of powers
- Thinker who drafted natural rights and consent of the governed
- Life, liberty, and property
- New art type during the Enlightenment
- Social contract creator who argued for collective will
- New Christian denomination based on religious revival
- Social contract creator who thought people were bad
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- Agreement between government and people
- Font for Enlightenment ideas
- Thinkers who questioned traditional authority
- Thinker who challenged religion
- Encyclopedie creator
- Scottish thinker who said passion guides decisions
13 Clues: Encyclopedie creator • Life, liberty, and property • Font for Enlightenment ideas • Thinker who challenged religion • New art type during the Enlightenment • Agreement between government and people • Thinker who argued for separation of powers • Thinkers who questioned traditional authority • Scottish thinker who said passion guides decisions • ...
Enlightenment Ideas 2025-05-26
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- ____________________ Democracy is when people vote to elect representatives to act on their behalf and run the government.
- Separation of _____________: the power of the government is separated into different branches
- _____________ Sovereignty: It means that the people have the ultimate authority.
- _____________ Rights: Rights you have simply for being alive.
- These are things you must do, pay taxes, obey the law, attend school.... Civic ______
- A body of fundamental principles and laws by which a nation or state is run.
- _______________ Contract: An agreement between people and their government. People give up some freedom to live under the rules of government.
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- A national government shares power with state and local government.
- Life, _________ and Property.
- These are things you should do, vote, volunteer, be informed....Civic _________.
- Having supreme authority
- State of ___________: Living in a society with no government, no rules and total freedom.
- _________ and Balances: ensure that no branch of government has too much power.
13 Clues: Having supreme authority • Life, _________ and Property. • _____________ Rights: Rights you have simply for being alive. • A national government shares power with state and local government. • A body of fundamental principles and laws by which a nation or state is run. • _________ and Balances: ensure that no branch of government has too much power. • ...
Buddhism Key Terms! 2014-09-28
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- direct insight into the truth taught by the Buddha, as a faculty required to attain enlightenment
- Anicca Anatta and Dukkha
- a persons soul
- the cycle of death and re-birth
- the eightfold path of Buddhism between indulgence and poverty
- craving or desire
- impermanence of all things
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- "what goes around comes around"
- he leaves the palace and becomes a Buddha
- respect for all living things and avoidance of violence
- translated as "suffering"
- a state of bliss or peace
- all Buddhists want to reach...
- nothing is separate from any other thing
14 Clues: a persons soul • craving or desire • Anicca Anatta and Dukkha • translated as "suffering" • a state of bliss or peace • impermanence of all things • all Buddhists want to reach... • "what goes around comes around" • the cycle of death and re-birth • nothing is separate from any other thing • he leaves the palace and becomes a Buddha • ...
buddism 2020-04-19
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- a tree from which Budda achieved spiritual enlightenment
- the highest spiritual state you can achieve
- buildings occupied monks living under religious vows.
- teachings of the budda
- something you should follow. the teaching of not being greedy
- the teaching of the result of your actions
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- the place where Gautama was born
- being equal
- a practice where an individual uses a technique
- people who live in monasteries
- a way of treating or thinking about someone or something
- the telling of truth
- the founder of buddism
- what was Siddarta gautama also called
14 Clues: being equal • the telling of truth • the founder of buddism • teachings of the budda • people who live in monasteries • the place where Gautama was born • what was Siddarta gautama also called • the teaching of the result of your actions • the highest spiritual state you can achieve • a practice where an individual uses a technique • ...
