enlightenment Crossword Puzzles
1st Semester Final Review 2012-12-13
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- French Protestants whose freedoms were protected by Henry IV
- Landowning Russian nobles under Peter the Great
- One of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror
- An Aztec ruler
- Principle that all government power comes from the people
- The trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas
- Right The belief that a monarch's authority comes directly from God
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- Light and delicate artistic style popular during the reign of Louis XV
- English Protestants who differed with the Church of England
- Proposed the idea of separation of powers in government
- A group of laws that reflected Enlightenment principles
- Royal officials who carried out policies of Louis XIV
- The division of Poland among Russia, Prussia, and Austria
- An economic policy based on a nation exporting more goods than it imports
- Helped spread Enlightenment ideas by compiling articles by leading thinkers into a 28 volume work
- Argued that the forces of supply and demand in a free market can regulate business activity
16 Clues: An Aztec ruler • One of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror • Landowning Russian nobles under Peter the Great • Royal officials who carried out policies of Louis XIV • Proposed the idea of separation of powers in government • A group of laws that reflected Enlightenment principles • Principle that all government power comes from the people • ...
Colony Crossword 2013-10-17
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- A law that tolerates Christians in Maryland.
- A group of English Protestants.
- An English philosopher and physician, also one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
- A bill that settles the succession of the crown.
- A movement in the 1700's that people began exploring the natural word.
- The last Dutch Director-General of the colony in New Netherlands.
- One of the largest religious groups in New Jersey.
- A trade along three regions.
- A female Puritan who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- The first official document of the Plymouth colony.
- The first settlement on the James River in Virginia.
- Laws which told where the slaves status' were, and the rights of their owners.
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- A rich English Puritan lawyer.
- A term for the revival of a religion.
- An Early Quaker and entrepreneur.
- A Christian preacher and theologian.
- A person that signed a contract to work 4-7 years to live in America.
- An English soldier, explorer, author, and a leader in the Virginia colony.
- A word for "usually grown food".
- A female Virginian Indian who was married to John Rolfe.
- Early settlers in America.
21 Clues: Early settlers in America. • A trade along three regions. • A rich English Puritan lawyer. • A group of English Protestants. • A word for "usually grown food". • An Early Quaker and entrepreneur. • A Christian preacher and theologian. • A term for the revival of a religion. • A law that tolerates Christians in Maryland. • A bill that settles the succession of the crown. • ...
US History 1 Review 2017-12-12
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- A famous Enlightenment thinker
- The Great _____ was a colonial and English religious movement
- The Age of Reason was also known as the ______
- The first vice president
- Who sold Louisiana to America?
- Won the election of 1808
- The Seven Years' War started in the _____ Valley
- Lost the Seven Years' War
- Won the election of 1800
- A name for a person who lived in the colonies but liked England during the Revolutionary War
- Lewis and _____
- John Adams was a member of the _____ Party
- Started the first national bank
- The _______ convention was the end of the Federalist Party
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- Where did most French explorers go?
- "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
- The treat of _____ Ended the War of 1812
- The Glorious _______
- The first name of a Spanish monk who defended Indians
- Salem ______ Trials
- Thomas Jefferson was the head of the Democratic ______
- Did not want to ratify the Constitution
- A system of British colonial control
- Lewis and his friend talked about this Indian tribe in their document
- Settled at Plymouth
- Started the war of 1812
- The _____ Compact
27 Clues: Lewis and _____ • The _____ Compact • Salem ______ Trials • Settled at Plymouth • The Glorious _______ • Started the war of 1812 • The first vice president • Won the election of 1808 • Won the election of 1800 • Lost the Seven Years' War • A famous Enlightenment thinker • Who sold Louisiana to America? • Started the first national bank • Where did most French explorers go? • ...
AP WORLD 2023-05-19
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- form of far-right, authoritaion hyper-nationalism- popularized by Benito Mussolini
- system of government used in Europe that centered around lords, knights, and kings
- uprising brought on by Enlightenment ideals that aimed to topple the monarchy in France
- Vietnamese Communist revolutionary during the Vietnam War
- revolution of agricultural technology and how food was produced
- Conflict between two states or non-state actors on behalf of other major parties
- writer of The Communist Manifesto
- plague that spread to Europe and killed ⅓ of Europe’s population
- one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment
- active agent of British imperialism in India
- notion that all people of African descent have a shared history
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- Islamic superpower empire before it was dissolved after WWI
- concept of creating political power through the economy
- company that dominated international fruit and banana trade
- exchange of goods, people, and ideas started by Christopher Colombus
- theory that was used to justify imperialism, racism, etc
- network of trade routes made popular by the Mongols
- strong feelings of pride for one’s country
- crop grown for cash instead of subsistence
- final imperial Chinese dynasty
20 Clues: final imperial Chinese dynasty • writer of The Communist Manifesto • strong feelings of pride for one’s country • crop grown for cash instead of subsistence • active agent of British imperialism in India • one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment • network of trade routes made popular by the Mongols • concept of creating political power through the economy • ...
IWRBS CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2024-12-11
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- A sutra Buddhist scripture that emphasizes universal enlightenment.
- The enlightened founder of Buddhism.
- The indigenous spirituality of Japan, focused on nature and spirits.
- A key sutra Buddhist text focusing on emptiness and wisdom.
- The "Three Bodies" doctrine in Mahayana Buddhism.
- A concept symbolizing balance and duality in nature.
- The branch of Buddhism focusing on compassion and universal salvation..
- The life force or energy that flows through all living things.
- A festival celebrating renewal and family, coinciding with the Lunar New Year.
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- The fundamental principle in Daoism, meaning "The Way."
- The religion of the Hebrew people, emphasizing monotheism.
- A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao.
- The traditional Japanese gate marking the entrance to a sacred Shinto space.
- In Daoism, this represents virtue or moral character.
- A philosophy based on ethical teachings for social harmony.
- A global celebration marking the beginning of a new calendar year.
- An enlightened being who has achieved liberation.
- A harvest festival celebrated with gratitude and community.
- The spirits, gods, or sacred essence in Shintoism.
- A sutra describing the pure bliss of enlightenment.
20 Clues: The enlightened founder of Buddhism. • An enlightened being who has achieved liberation. • The "Three Bodies" doctrine in Mahayana Buddhism. • The spirits, gods, or sacred essence in Shintoism. • A sutra describing the pure bliss of enlightenment. • A concept symbolizing balance and duality in nature. • In Daoism, this represents virtue or moral character. • ...
Unit 9 2025-01-27
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- French enlightenment writer
- Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, and philosopher
- English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author.
- the process of making an area more urban
- A agreement between the ruled and the rulers
- ruled by an emperor
- Scottish engineer, chemist, and inventor
- a territory or region where an external group or institution holds power
- Some queen or king takes the rule from god
- A person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
- a manufacturing process where the unfinished product moves in a direct line from workstation to workstation
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- Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
- English Philosopher made social contract theory
- those with an income that is two-thirds to double the U.S. median household income
- A french lawyer
- an empirical method for acquiring knowledge
- Swiss philosopher, writer, and composer
- the Sun at the center of the Solar System
- English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers
- a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured
20 Clues: A french lawyer • ruled by an emperor • French enlightenment writer • Swiss philosopher, writer, and composer • the process of making an area more urban • Scottish engineer, chemist, and inventor • the Sun at the center of the Solar System • Some queen or king takes the rule from god • an empirical method for acquiring knowledge • A agreement between the ruled and the rulers • ...
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islamic 2025-05-15
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- Another of the two great Hindu epics.
- Submission to the will of God.
- truth, or the path to enlightenment.
- The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
- Action, consequences, and the cycle of cause and effect.
- The holy book of Islam.
- The Prophet of Islam.
- Suffering, dissatisfaction, or the fundamental condition of life.
- The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
- The individual self or soul, a part of Brahman.
- The lack of a permanent self or ego.
- One of the two great Hindu epics.
- Struggle or striving, often interpreted as struggle against one's own desires or as holy war.
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- The union of the self with Brahman, a practice involving physical and mental disciplines.
- Liberation, enlightenment, or the cessation of suffering.
- The Pali Canon, the collection of Buddhist scriptures.
- The Arabic word for God.
- Righteousness, duty, or the path of a person.
- Buddhist community, monks, nuns, and lay followers.
- Divine incarnations, like Krishna.
- Liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
- Islamic law.
- Gods and goddesses, including figures like Vishnu, Shiva, and Krishna.
- Impermanence is the idea that everything is constantly changing.
- Action, consequences, and cause and effect.
- The ultimate reality, the universal consciousness.
26 Clues: Islamic law. • The Prophet of Islam. • The holy book of Islam. • The Arabic word for God. • Submission to the will of God. • One of the two great Hindu epics. • Divine incarnations, like Krishna. • truth, or the path to enlightenment. • The lack of a permanent self or ego. • Another of the two great Hindu epics. • Liberation from the cycle of rebirth. • ...
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment 2021-10-20
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- the idea that reason is the chief source of knowledge
- religious movement that appealed to the working class
- developer of the idea of the government having seperations of power through branches
- system where sun is the center of the solar system
- artistic movement that emphasized grace, charm, and gentle colors
- the last name of the female philosophe who argued that women are not naturally inferior to men
- philosophical belief that the world operates like a clock set by god
- (no spaces) a book about laissez-faire economics
- (no spaces) a machine that allowed the growth of newspapers
- egg-shaped orbits
- husband and wife who invented the system of naming chemical elements
- philosophe who argued against the use of arbitrary, cruel and unusual punishment
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- people who sought societal reforms and new ways of thinking
- philosophe who dissected human bodies
- the first collection of mankind's knowledge
- philosopher who proved that the planets had a physical existence
- formal meetings that discussed Enlightenment ideas, held in wealthy people's homes
- Issac Newton created the Universal Theory of ____________
- architectural style that combined classical and modern style
- 18th century philosophical movement inspired by the Scientific Revolution
20 Clues: egg-shaped orbits • philosophe who dissected human bodies • the first collection of mankind's knowledge • (no spaces) a book about laissez-faire economics • system where sun is the center of the solar system • the idea that reason is the chief source of knowledge • religious movement that appealed to the working class • ...
Age of reason 2023-11-14
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- Property is governed by the Government
- Born to Spanish and Slave
- A British scientist who challenged the Church by saying that Math can be used to explain everything in the Universe
- Period of time when scientists emerged and questioned the ideas of the Church and previous held items.
- Invaded Russia after the breakdown of the alliance between France and Russia
- Thinkers of the Enlightenment
- Long-term outcome of scientific development
- People lived in terror as if someone said something or was suspected of going against Maximillian, they were killed using the guillotine.
- Rights granted at birth; life, liberty, and property.
- Essays that state that there is a social contract between the government and the people it governs.
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- Moving to cities
- A system that consisted of 3 estates
- The idea that the Earth was unique and at the center of God's attention.
- Businesses are privately owned
- Said the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe.
- Gatherings in the homes of wealthy patrons.
16 Clues: Moving to cities • Born to Spanish and Slave • Thinkers of the Enlightenment • Businesses are privately owned • A system that consisted of 3 estates • Property is governed by the Government • Long-term outcome of scientific development • Gatherings in the homes of wealthy patrons. • Rights granted at birth; life, liberty, and property. • ...
GE 2013-03-03
Ch 10 Enlightenment 2017-03-07
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- Believed his viewing of the Universe offered a more accurate explanation
- a period when philosophers believed that they could apply the scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically
- Believed that people were molded by the experience that came through their senses from the surrounding world
- Believed that scientist should not rely on the ancient authorities but on inductive reasoning
- Mad more discoveries of the Planets in the Universe
- The belief that the Sun was the center of the Universe
- The belief that Earth was the center of the Universe
- Child prodigy and was known to create many musical pieces
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- Someone who studies wisdom
- Had the idea of Planetary motion that gave more information of the Universe
- A systematic procedure of collecting and analyzing evidence
- Was known for writing about the Doubt and Uncertainty and the importance of ones mind
- Explained how the Planets stayed on course
- Belief that reasoning was the source of knowledge
14 Clues: Someone who studies wisdom • Explained how the Planets stayed on course • Belief that reasoning was the source of knowledge • Mad more discoveries of the Planets in the Universe • The belief that Earth was the center of the Universe • The belief that the Sun was the center of the Universe • Child prodigy and was known to create many musical pieces • ...
Enlightenment and Revolutions 2022-10-11
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- The 1789 revolution that overthrew the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI before descending into violent chaos during the Reign of Terror
- Louverture led this an uprising, which resulted in the successful overthrow of French colonial rule
- British statesman and reformer; leader of the abolitionist movement in England
- Advocated for the separation of government power into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial
- Believed that freedom of speech and press were the best weapons against bad government.
- A movement in 17th and 18th century Europe that advocated the use of reason and defense of human rights.
- King of France during the French Revolution, attempted to flee France, executed by the guillotine
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- Argued that women needed to be included in politics and promoted education for all
- destruction of this prison fortress on July 14, 1789. Seen as the true start of the French Revolution
- meeting of representatives of european monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon
- When Robespierre ruled and executed anyone who resisted him.
- became emperor of France in 1804. Conquered much of Europe before being defeated in 1815 and exiled.
- Said humans had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property
- military leader who won independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Spain.
14 Clues: When Robespierre ruled and executed anyone who resisted him. • Said humans had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property • British statesman and reformer; leader of the abolitionist movement in England • Argued that women needed to be included in politics and promoted education for all • ...
9th Grade Semester 1 Review 2022-01-02
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- Drafted by Thomas Jefferson; a document that declared the 13 colonies were no longer ruled by Britain
- People who were opposed to ratifying the Constitution
- The belief that the sun is at the center of the universe
- Started with the storming of the Bastille, escalated with the beheading of King Louis XVI and the Reign of Terror, and ended when Napoleon came to power
- People who wanted to ratify the Constitution
- The practice of employing kids as young as 6 to work in factoires.
- / A record or document referring to past events but not produced at the time
- The world's first successful slave rebellion in the former colony of Saint Domingue
- A scientist who challenged the Catholic Church by teaching that the sun was at the center of the universe
- "_________ L'ouverture," the leader of the first successful rebellion and a former slave himself.
- The middle system of production; expert merchants paid workers to make products at their homes; merchant kept the profits.
- The system of production created by the Industrial Revolution, in which all workers came to the same location and performed a single task in the production process
- A French philosopher of the Enlightenment who popularized the concept of separation of power
- The period of the French Revolution during which Robespierre's government executed people he accused of being "enemies of the Revolution"
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- The traditional belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe
- Organizations that allowed employees to act together to achieve better working conditions.
- A historical record or document produced by an eyewitness or other observer who lived during the time period in question
- Beginning in the late 1700s, a period in which mechanical power replaced muscle power for the production of goods; AKA people stopped doing things by hand and started doing them by machine
- A shift in thinking about the study of nature that began in the mid-1500s and moved beyond religious teachings
- An intellectual movement of the 18th century that applied scientific methods to the study of society and government
- The country in which the Industrial Revolution began
- A French philosopher of the Enlightenment who believed in freedoms of speech and religion
- An English philosopher of the Enlightenment who created social contract theory
- The earliest system of production, in which people were experts at making something which they sold locally and kept the profit.
- Created a system of government for Northwest Territory; laid out the process for new states to join the union
- Comparing multiple sources to see how they are similar or different
- The second and current form of government in the United States
27 Clues: People who wanted to ratify the Constitution • The country in which the Industrial Revolution began • People who were opposed to ratifying the Constitution • The belief that the sun is at the center of the universe • The second and current form of government in the United States • The practice of employing kids as young as 6 to work in factoires. • ...
Enlightenment and Revolution Vocabulary 2016-05-12
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- the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizen's basic rights and freedoms.
- A logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observations are used to test hypothesis.
- Great English scientist who helped to create a single theory of motion.
- Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others.
- One of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects.
- A philosopher who believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves. He wanted them to govern their own affairs and to look after the welfare of society.
- Was another influential French writer. He devoted himself to the study of political liberty and believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day. He also called the division of power among different branches separation of powers.
- The ruler most admired by philosophes. SHe ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796. She ruled with absolute authority, but also sought to reform Russia.
- A statement of the reasons for the American colonies' break with Britain, approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776.
- was committed to the idea of individual freedom.
- A group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.
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- Was probably the most brilliant and influential philosophies. He never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
- The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
- Relating to a simple, elegant style (based on ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s.
- An 18th-century European movement to apply the principals of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
- The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- Argued that women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful. She also urged women to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics.
- Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s.
- The idea that the earth is the center of the universe.
- An Italian Scientist, built on new theories about astronomy.
- A political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- Was a new way of thinking about the natural world.
- A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris and other European cities during the Enlightenment.
- A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states.
24 Clues: was committed to the idea of individual freedom. • Was a new way of thinking about the natural world. • The idea that the earth is the center of the universe. • An Italian Scientist, built on new theories about astronomy. • A political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence. • A group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment. • ...
The Enlightenment 2023-01-09
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- support freedom of speech and religion
- started as Britain's thirteen colonies
- Main ideas: direct democracy and Social Contract
- when people overthrow their rulers
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- advocated for separation of powers
- movement for reason, liberty, and rights
- said all have right to life, liberty, property
- monarchy with unquestionable power
- ... of Independence (July 4th)
9 Clues: ... of Independence (July 4th) • advocated for separation of powers • monarchy with unquestionable power • when people overthrow their rulers • support freedom of speech and religion • started as Britain's thirteen colonies • movement for reason, liberty, and rights • said all have right to life, liberty, property • Main ideas: direct democracy and Social Contract
Enlightenment Philosophers 2021-10-13
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- Believed in freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial.
- People give up personal liberties in exchange for safety.
- Believed government should have branches and checks and balances.
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- Women deserve equal protection under the law.
- Wanted Direct Democracy
- Punishment is an essential tool for getting people to "act right".
- A good ruler should be feared and do anything needed to maintain the state.
- People are naturally evil and need to be told what to do by a powerful ruler.
- Government should protect a person's right to life, freedom and property.
9 Clues: Wanted Direct Democracy • Women deserve equal protection under the law. • People give up personal liberties in exchange for safety. • Believed in freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial. • Believed government should have branches and checks and balances. • Punishment is an essential tool for getting people to "act right". • ...
Enlightenment classwork 2025-09-01
9 Clues: = philosopher • = History about money • = testing the hypothesis • = thinking but not looking • = looking but not thinking • rasa = born without a knowledge • = proof you've got from evidence • = full of informations about the words • = something that's lawfully given to you
The enlightenment 2026-04-17
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- this person fights for women's rights in education
- this person shows fights for people to act how they want to
- this person fights for the social contract
- this is a revaluation where people questioned old ideas
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- this person fights for the two treaties of government
- this person fights for the spirit of laws
- this person proves to people the can find themselves through interaction
- these are rights people were born with
- this is something we make in all classes where we give up some rights but can come to an agreement with a signature
9 Clues: these are rights people were born with • this person fights for the spirit of laws • this person fights for the social contract • this person fights for women's rights in education • this person fights for the two treaties of government • this is a revaluation where people questioned old ideas • this person shows fights for people to act how they want to • ...
Year 6 Exam Review 2026-04-05
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- A hunchback maid who was enlightened after listening to the sermon of the Buddha.
- The five precepts in Palinese.
- A sharp object Suddhartha used to cut off his hair.
- Adinnadana Veramani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami means a practice to avoid ......
- A channel of Karma - An action done with our body.
- What flowers represent in the altar.
- How many paramis a Bodhisattva has to perfect.
- A channel of Karma - An action done with our speech.
- A niyama that controls psychological phenomena.
- How many encounters Siddhartha met when he explored outside the palace.
- What "Dana" means in Dasa Paramita.
- A name of river where Siddhartha cut off his hair.
- Dosa - one of 3 roots of evil.
- Love-Compassion in Palinese. One of the Dasa Paramita.
- A niyama that controls metaphysical phenomena.
- Moha - one of 3 roots of evil.
- This is what Buddha's students' called. It is mentioned in Tisarana.
- What candles represent in the altar.
- Metaphysical abilities that Buddha obtained after enlightenment, such as mind-reading and object-time manipulation.
- A channel of Karma - An action done in our mind.
- Putting our hands in front of our chest as a way to show respect.
- Siddhartha's son.
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- A niyama that controls karmical phenomena.
- An action will become a karma if it has an ......
- A relationship between Siddhartha and Devadatta.
- Panatipata Veramani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami means a practice to avoid ......
- "If a ....... was pulled too tight, it will break and a good music." - This is a lyric of a song that was heard by Siddhartha before he reached Enlightenment.
- A practice to focus our mind to one object.
- Lobha - one of 3 roots of evil.
- The evil god that always tried to stop Siddhartha from becoming a Buddha.
- Musavada Veramani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami means a practice to avoid .......
- A type of building Siddhartha got from his father in his 16 birthday
- This is believed to be the cause of suffering in Buddhism.
- A name of forest where Siddhartha and the five ascetics practiced their meditation.
- A serial killer who murdered 999 victims but finally became the student of Buddha.
- This is what Buddha's teaching called. It is mentioned in Tisarana verse.
- The horseman that accompanied Siddhartha to the river to become an ascetic.
- A month where 3 important moments happened (the birth, the Enlightenment, and the passing of Buddha)
- A bodhisattva may choose to be reborn in this realm to perfect his parami.
- A niyama that controls biological and chemical phenomena.
- How many precepts we practice as a Buddhist.
- A niyama that controls physics phenomena.
42 Clues: Siddhartha's son. • The five precepts in Palinese. • Dosa - one of 3 roots of evil. • Moha - one of 3 roots of evil. • Lobha - one of 3 roots of evil. • What "Dana" means in Dasa Paramita. • What flowers represent in the altar. • What candles represent in the altar. • A niyama that controls physics phenomena. • A niyama that controls karmical phenomena. • ...
Textbook 2nd Semester 2026-01-07
14 Clues: Bubonic plague • "Age of Reason" • Means "rebirth" • Gives definitions • Christian movement • Secular definition • Gives page numbers • Continent on pg.496 • A collection of maps • Father of modern physics • Primary source on pg.121 • Built a better telescope • Mesoamerican civilization • South American civilization
Buddhism 2021-10-04
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- To change in appearance or character
- A person who gives up worldly pleasures
- the four basic doctrines, or principles, of Buddhism
- a key idea of Buddhism whereby followers should live their lives according to these eight teachings
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- Gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions
- To hold back and refuse something
- A guess as to what will happen in the future
- Goods or money given to the poor
- An ideal state of happiness and peace
- a Sanskrit word meaning “enlightened”; the name given to the man who founded Buddhism
- the state of gaining spiritual insight and finding universal truth; the goal of Buddhists
- the religion founded by Siddhartha, which teaches that life brings suffering that one can escape by seeking nirvana through enlightenment
12 Clues: Goods or money given to the poor • To hold back and refuse something • To change in appearance or character • An ideal state of happiness and peace • A person who gives up worldly pleasures • Gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions • A guess as to what will happen in the future • the four basic doctrines, or principles, of Buddhism • ...
The French Revolution 2022-03-25
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- despised the revolution
- wanted to fix the unfair tax system
- questioning traditions
- caused by bread shortages
- wanted to end the monarchy
- 1791
- Frances finance minister
- let them eat cake
- 1600 people executed by guillotine
- the kings palace
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- 07/12/1790
- people who owned land
- enemys of the revolution
- unfair vote
- national assembly
- 06/14/1789
- clergy
- cause of bankruptcy
- overthrew the directory
19 Clues: 1791 • clergy • 07/12/1790 • 06/14/1789 • unfair vote • the kings palace • national assembly • let them eat cake • cause of bankruptcy • people who owned land • questioning traditions • despised the revolution • overthrew the directory • enemys of the revolution • Frances finance minister • caused by bread shortages • wanted to end the monarchy • 1600 people executed by guillotine • ...
The French Revolution 2022-03-25
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- despised the revolution
- wanted to fix the unfair tax system
- questioning traditions
- caused by bread shortages
- wanted to end the monarchy
- 1791
- Frances finance minister
- let them eat cake
- 1600 people executed by guillotine
- the kings palace
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- 07/12/1790
- people who owned land
- enemys of the revolution
- unfair vote
- national assembly
- 06/14/1789
- clergy
- cause of bankruptcy
- overthrew the directory
19 Clues: 1791 • clergy • 07/12/1790 • 06/14/1789 • unfair vote • the kings palace • national assembly • let them eat cake • cause of bankruptcy • people who owned land • questioning traditions • despised the revolution • overthrew the directory • enemys of the revolution • Frances finance minister • caused by bread shortages • wanted to end the monarchy • 1600 people executed by guillotine • ...
To Kill a Mockingbird 2022-04-29
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- Relating to the stomach
- Pain without removing the cause
- Speech of violent denunciation
- Move toward
- To act in a specific manner
- Occurring at the same time
- Means of arousing
- Unpredictable manner
- Out of fashion
- Incapable of being avoided
- Statement of fundamental facts
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- Free of deceit
- State clearly
- Lacking in sophistication
- Command against
- Uplifting enlightenment
- Speech of violent denunciation
- Equivalent in some respects
- Leave slowly
- Stubbornly defiant
20 Clues: Move toward • Leave slowly • State clearly • Free of deceit • Out of fashion • Command against • Means of arousing • Stubbornly defiant • Unpredictable manner • Relating to the stomach • Uplifting enlightenment • Lacking in sophistication • Occurring at the same time • Incapable of being avoided • To act in a specific manner • Equivalent in some respects • Speech of violent denunciation • ...
Charles de Montesquieu 2019-02-11
Living with Religions 2017-12-05
Across
- company or association
- wheel of birth, death and rebirth
- belief in one higher being
- charm and devotion
- Tradition of Buddhist
- rebirth
- Buddhist faith
- Freedom from Suffering
- holy name of god for Sikhs
- Spiritual Energy
Down
- teaching of religion
- belief
- Hindu and Buddhist teacher
- hereditary classes of Hindu society
- value of meditation
- soul
- Buddhism Wisdom
- community meal for all caste
- a Sikh temple
- fate of ones actions
20 Clues: soul • belief • rebirth • a Sikh temple • Buddhist faith • Buddhism Wisdom • Spiritual Energy • charm and devotion • value of meditation • teaching of religion • fate of ones actions • Tradition of Buddhist • company or association • Freedom from Suffering • Hindu and Buddhist teacher • belief in one higher being • holy name of god for Sikhs • community meal for all caste • ...
English One Crossword 2014-12-10
Across
- abandoned or deserted
- arrogantly
- shame or dishonor
- gap of time
- smother
- moral or spiritual enlightenment
- inclined to hold firmly
- tendency
- hidden
- so unhappy that nothing will comfort
- few in number
- leaving out
- angry
- start throughout
Down
- intense enthusiasm
- pouring forth
- in a quiet voice, as not to be overheard.
- flexibility
- tolerance
- showing religious devotion
- shock or alarm
- rudely brave
- shyly
- thoughtful
- stay behind
25 Clues: shyly • angry • hidden • smother • tendency • tolerance • arrogantly • thoughtful • flexibility • gap of time • stay behind • leaving out • rudely brave • pouring forth • few in number • shock or alarm • start throughout • shame or dishonor • intense enthusiasm • abandoned or deserted • inclined to hold firmly • showing religious devotion • moral or spiritual enlightenment • so unhappy that nothing will comfort • ...
41a 2024-07-11
Across
- Greek philosopher
- Chinese philosopher
- Medieval theologian
- Wrote Canterbury Tales
- French Revolution figure
- Soviet dictator
- Printing pioneer
- Baroque composer
- French Enlightenment writer
- Code of laws
- Greek philosopher
Down
- Sailed in 1492
- Renaissance genius
- Russian empress
- Author of 'The Old Man and the Sea'
- Circumnavigator
- German philosopher
- Athenian leader
- Parted the Red Sea
- Ottoman sultan
- English military leader
- Greek poetess
- Astronomer
- Macedonian conqueror
- Crossed the Alps
25 Clues: Astronomer • Code of laws • Greek poetess • Sailed in 1492 • Ottoman sultan • Russian empress • Circumnavigator • Athenian leader • Soviet dictator • Printing pioneer • Baroque composer • Crossed the Alps • Greek philosopher • Greek philosopher • Renaissance genius • German philosopher • Parted the Red Sea • Chinese philosopher • Medieval theologian • Macedonian conqueror • Wrote Canterbury Tales • ...
GAME 2019-10-19
10 Clues: final • chanting • foundation • inheritance • enlightenment • SGI PRESIDENT • valuable objects • Nam Myoho Renge Kyo • a place in Sado island • an island mentioned the Gosho
lo 2022-05-20
10 Clues: state policy • indivuadlsim • deadliest war • assassination • indivudual life • economic freedom • revolution social upheaval • revoulution transformed economies • war politic rivalry • east conflicts Israel, Palestine's
Religions Crossword 2021-12-05
Across
- follower, student
- Eastern Asian Buddhism
- father of Chinese philosophy
- Southeastern Asian Buddhism
- submission to god
- state of enlightenment
- consequences of actions
- story with a moral
Down
- meaning "thought + expression"
- circle of life in Buddhism
- repeated religious practice
- holy book of Islam
- Figurehead of major Indian religion
- "the synthesizer"
- prophet
- hajj to mecca
- Religion focused on "the Way"
17 Clues: prophet • hajj to mecca • follower, student • "the synthesizer" • submission to god • holy book of Islam • story with a moral • Eastern Asian Buddhism • state of enlightenment • consequences of actions • circle of life in Buddhism • repeated religious practice • Southeastern Asian Buddhism • father of Chinese philosophy • Religion focused on "the Way" • meaning "thought + expression" • ...
Restoration and enlightment 2025-10-08
Across
- : Robinson Crusoe reflects the early spirit of this economic system.
- : Swift’s writing style is mainly _______ and ironic.
- : The Enlightenment valued _______ and progress over tradition and faith.
- : Milton’s Paradise Lost begins with the fall of this angel.
- : Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko blends romance with _______ reality.
- : Oroonoko criticizes this social and moral evil common in colonial society.
Down
- Lost : The 17th-century writer who lost his sight but “saw” with imagination in Paradise Lost.
- : The Enlightenment was also called the Age of _______.
- II : The English monarchy was restored under this king in 1660.
- : Jonathan Swift used travel and fantasy to expose human _______.
- : Paradise Lost seeks to “justify the ways of _______ to men.”
- : The protagonist of Robinson Crusoe represents the rise of the _______ individual.
12 Clues: : Swift’s writing style is mainly _______ and ironic. • : The Enlightenment was also called the Age of _______. • : Milton’s Paradise Lost begins with the fall of this angel. • : Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko blends romance with _______ reality. • : Paradise Lost seeks to “justify the ways of _______ to men.” • ...
Enlightenment and Revolution Vocabulary 2016-05-12
Across
- the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizen's basic rights and freedoms.
- A logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observations are used to test hypothesis.
- Great English scientist who helped to create a single theory of motion.
- Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others.
- One of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects.
- A philosopher who believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves. He wanted them to govern their own affairs and to look after the welfare of society.
- Was another influential French writer. He devoted himself to the study of political liberty and believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day. He also called the division of power among different branches separation of powers.
- The ruler most admired by philosophes. SHe ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796. She ruled with absolute authority, but also sought to reform Russia.
- A statement of the reasons for the American colonies' break with Britain, approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776.
- was committed to the idea of individual freedom.
- A group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.
Down
- Was probably the most brilliant and influential philosophies. He never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
- The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
- Relating to a simple, elegant style (based on ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s.
- An 18th-century European movement to apply the principals of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
- The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- Argued that women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful. She also urged women to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics.
- Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s.
- The idea that the earth is the center of the universe.
- An Italian Scientist, built on new theories about astronomy.
- A political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- Was a new way of thinking about the natural world.
- A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris and other European cities during the Enlightenment.
- A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states.
24 Clues: was committed to the idea of individual freedom. • Was a new way of thinking about the natural world. • The idea that the earth is the center of the universe. • An Italian Scientist, built on new theories about astronomy. • A political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence. • A group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment. • ...
Enlightenment and Revolution Vocabulary 2016-05-12
Across
- The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- One of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects.
- Was a new way of thinking about the natural world.
- An 18th-century European movement to apply the principals of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
- A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states.
- A political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- Great English scientist who helped to create a single theory of motion.
- A group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.
- Argued that women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful. She also urged women to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics.
- An Italian Scientist, built on new theories about astronomy.
Down
- Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s.
- Was another influential French writer. He devoted himself to the study of political liberty and believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day. He also called the division of power among different branches separation of powers.
- A statement of the reasons for the American colonies' break with Britain, approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776.
- The ruler most admired by philosophes. SHe ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796. She ruled with absolute authority, but also sought to reform Russia.
- the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizen's basic rights and freedoms.
- Was probably the most brilliant and influential philosophies. He never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
- A logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observations are used to test hypothesis.
- Relating to a simple, elegant style (based on ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s.
- Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others.
- A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris and other European cities during the Enlightenment.
- The idea that the earth is the center of the universe.
- was committed to the idea of individual freedom.
- A philosopher who believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves. He wanted them to govern their own affairs and to look after the welfare of society.
- The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
24 Clues: was committed to the idea of individual freedom. • Was a new way of thinking about the natural world. • The idea that the earth is the center of the universe. • An Italian Scientist, built on new theories about astronomy. • A political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence. • A group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment. • ...
The French Revolution 2022-03-25
Across
- 07/12/1790
- 1791
- overthrew the directory
- unfair vote
- the kings palace
- wanted to end the monarchy
- Frances finance minister
- cause of bankruptcy
- 1600 people executed by guillotine
Down
- let them eat cake
- questioning traditions
- despised the revolution
- caused by bread shortages
- people who owned land
- national assembly
- enemys of the revolution
- 06/14/1789
- clergy
- wanted to fix the unfair tax system
19 Clues: 1791 • clergy • 07/12/1790 • 06/14/1789 • unfair vote • the kings palace • let them eat cake • national assembly • cause of bankruptcy • people who owned land • questioning traditions • despised the revolution • overthrew the directory • enemys of the revolution • Frances finance minister • caused by bread shortages • wanted to end the monarchy • 1600 people executed by guillotine • ...
word of the day 2022-11-30
Across
- disgraceful
- nice and concise
- disobedient and obstinate
- an ordeal
- hating with a passion
- a clear path view; enlightenment
- tediously lengthy
- sensible/rational/everything boring
- the chemical smell of the sky
Down
- beautiful beyond words
- repulsively ugly
- hostile or combative
- pacifying
- not changing
- fickle; quick to change
- submissive
- fragrance of rain
- a loving passion for something
- mad scientists have this type of laugh
- a combination of respect and integrity
20 Clues: pacifying • an ordeal • submissive • disgraceful • not changing • repulsively ugly • nice and concise • fragrance of rain • tediously lengthy • hostile or combative • hating with a passion • beautiful beyond words • fickle; quick to change • disobedient and obstinate • the chemical smell of the sky • a loving passion for something • a clear path view; enlightenment • ...
Unit 9 terms 2024-01-30
Across
- - Seperations of power
- - authority of state
- - acquiring knowledge
- - lock your rights
- - economic and political system
- - Gods decision
- - station to station
- - Age of enlightenment
- - Congo Conference
- - populations into discrete areas
- - undertakes a business venture
Down
- - evil and selfish people
- - nom de plume
- - steam engine industrial revolution
- - middle of a social hierarchy
- - extending power over foreign nations
- - building or group of buildings
- - public intellects
- - spatial region
- - astronomical model
20 Clues: - nom de plume • - Gods decision • - spatial region • - lock your rights • - Congo Conference • - public intellects • - authority of state • - station to station • - astronomical model • - acquiring knowledge • - Seperations of power • - Age of enlightenment • - evil and selfish people • - middle of a social hierarchy • - economic and political system • - undertakes a business venture • ...
Buddhism 2020-12-08
Across
- commemorating Buddha's birthday
- Tibetan leader
- The Enlightened One
- Buddhist "saviour"
- Polytheistic Buddhist sect
- Achieving enlightenment
- Laughing Buddha
- Ancient Buddhist scripture
Down
- Pain and suffering of life
- Modern version of Buddhism
- Buddha's name
- Buddhist doctrine
- craving or desire
- Person who rejects the idea of God
- Accumulated good and bad deeds
- Buddhist sect -Lesser vehicle
- One who achieves Nirvana
- Buddhist sacred writing
- severe self discipline
- sacred tree
20 Clues: sacred tree • Buddha's name • Tibetan leader • Laughing Buddha • Buddhist doctrine • craving or desire • Buddhist "saviour" • The Enlightened One • severe self discipline • Buddhist sacred writing • Achieving enlightenment • One who achieves Nirvana • Pain and suffering of life • Modern version of Buddhism • Polytheistic Buddhist sect • Ancient Buddhist scripture • Buddhist sect -Lesser vehicle • ...
41a 2024-07-11
Across
- Greek philosopher
- Chinese philosopher
- Medieval theologian
- Wrote Canterbury Tales
- French Revolution figure
- Soviet dictator
- Printing pioneer
- Baroque composer
- French Enlightenment writer
- Code of laws
- Greek philosopher
Down
- Sailed in 1492
- Renaissance genius
- Russian empress
- Author of 'The Old Man and the Sea'
- Circumnavigator
- German philosopher
- Athenian leader
- Parted the Red Sea
- Ottoman sultan
- English military leader
- Greek poetess
- Astronomer
- Macedonian conqueror
- Crossed the Alps
25 Clues: Astronomer • Code of laws • Greek poetess • Sailed in 1492 • Ottoman sultan • Russian empress • Circumnavigator • Athenian leader • Soviet dictator • Printing pioneer • Baroque composer • Crossed the Alps • Greek philosopher • Greek philosopher • Renaissance genius • German philosopher • Parted the Red Sea • Chinese philosopher • Medieval theologian • Macedonian conqueror • Wrote Canterbury Tales • ...
Buddhism 2022-12-08
Across
- queen mayas father
- covid-19
- a place like heaven
- an indian novel
- big houses
- enlightened
- your past actions
- aging
- knowing the truth
- a title meaning enlightened one
- lots of money
- a symbol representing the universe
Down
- the highest level hindu
- the truths buddha discovered
- reincarnation
- the path to getting nirvana
- the respect given by a lay buddhist
- not living
- suddhodana's daughter
- a person who gives up wordly pleasures
20 Clues: aging • covid-19 • big houses • not living • enlightened • reincarnation • lots of money • an indian novel • your past actions • knowing the truth • queen mayas father • a place like heaven • suddhodana's daughter • the highest level hindu • the path to getting nirvana • the truths buddha discovered • a title meaning enlightened one • a symbol representing the universe • ...
Buddhism 2023-12-18
12 Clues: Sacred chant • Cycle of rebirth • (Symbol of purity • Enlightened being • Buddhist community • School of Buddhism • Founder of Buddhism • Spiritual awakening • Teachings of Buddhism • Law of cause and effect • Practice for mindfulness • State of ultimate liberation
Synonyms 2025-03-05
Across
- details, concerns, things
- lead, control, direct
- hidden, unseen, imperceptible
- enlightenment, intelligence, perception
- liberated, independent, unbound
- soul, spirit, core
- perspectives, insights, perceptions
- start, foundation, origin
Down
- transform, evolve, grow
- insignificant, minor, small
- truly, correctly, clearly
- self-awareness, self-understanding, personal insight
- realizes, discovers, understands
- exists, stands, remains
- contradiction, irony, dilemma
- conceals, keeps secret, veils
- crucial, vital, necessary
- awareness, recognizing, comprehending
- believes, perceives, assumes
19 Clues: soul, spirit, core • lead, control, direct • transform, evolve, grow • exists, stands, remains • details, concerns, things • truly, correctly, clearly • crucial, vital, necessary • start, foundation, origin • insignificant, minor, small • believes, perceives, assumes • hidden, unseen, imperceptible • contradiction, irony, dilemma • conceals, keeps secret, veils • ...
Buddhism- Islamic 2023-04-04
Across
- Fasting in Ramadan.
- Teaching of nature.
- Belief in god.
- Sequence of sacred symbols.
- Festival.
- Term for god.
- Monuments the contains holy relics.
- Good deeds outweigh the bad deeds.
- Justice.
- Trust.
Down
- Ritual prayer.
- Karma Rebirth impermanence.
- Good manners.
- Ultimate truth and suspension.
- Missionary in Islam.
- Spiritual leader.
- The actions of a person that help determine their next life.
- Divine Grace.
18 Clues: Trust. • Justice. • Festival. • Good manners. • Term for god. • Divine Grace. • Ritual prayer. • Belief in god. • Spiritual leader. • Fasting in Ramadan. • Teaching of nature. • Missionary in Islam. • Karma Rebirth impermanence. • Sequence of sacred symbols. • Ultimate truth and suspension. • Good deeds outweigh the bad deeds. • Monuments the contains holy relics. • ...
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment 2018-02-13
Across
- 1816 has been called the Year Without a ________________
- this chemist showed the relationship between volume, temperature and pressure of gases
- his natural rights were life,liberty and property
- Edward Jenner created the first vaccine for this diseas
- revolution based on observatons of the natural world
- Mary Shelley wrote this novel
- “I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
- Frederick the Great ruled this country
- Italian scientist who advanced astronomy
- this Baroque composer wrote the Messiah
- Sir Frances __________ and Rene Decartes are the fathers of the Scientific Method
Down
- Pamela is considered to be the first English one of these written
- planets and earth revolve around the sun
- Vivaldi composed the Four _________
- this new art style replaced baroque
- Montesqieu proposed three branches of government _________, legislative and judicial
- sun,moon, and stars revolve around the earth
- In April 1815 Mount Tambora did this
- this scientist established the Laws of Gravity and Motion
- he believed people were naturally selfish and wicked
20 Clues: Mary Shelley wrote this novel • Vivaldi composed the Four _________ • this new art style replaced baroque • In April 1815 Mount Tambora did this • Frederick the Great ruled this country • this Baroque composer wrote the Messiah • planets and earth revolve around the sun • Italian scientist who advanced astronomy • sun,moon, and stars revolve around the earth • ...
Enlightenment to Nationalism Vocab 2013-05-14
Across
- period in France between July 1793 to July 1794 where as many 40,000 people were killed
- Italian nationalist who founded Young Italy
- Way of thinking that supports personal freedom, democracy, and reform
- wrote the Leviathan, supported absolutism because man is naturally evil and must be controlled by the government
- wrote The Spirit of Laws which designed a three branch system of government
- rights that belong to all humans from birth
- Set of beliefs held by those who wanted to preserve traditional ways
- government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s powers
- agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos
- a government spends more money than it takes in
- distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong
- Nationalist Prime Minister of Germany who utilized a plan of “Blood and Iron” to unify the country
- French writer, wrote about rulers who abused their power
Down
- English writer who believed that all humans had certain natural rights
- a French writer, stressed that man was born free and then became corrupt
- A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country
- head of the cabinet in a parliamentary government; usually the leader of the largest party in the legislature
- the middle class
- a violent overthrow of a government, as when Napoleon overthrew the Directory
- group that drafted a constitution and worked on solving France’s financial problems
- right to vote
- 1,000 volunteers who desired a united, independent Italy
- French General who became self-proclaimed Emperor of France
- Italian nationalist who led his “Red Shirts” in the quest to create Italy
- self-rule
- Italian nationalist who became Prime Minister and worked to end Austrian rule in Italy
26 Clues: self-rule • right to vote • the middle class • Italian nationalist who founded Young Italy • rights that belong to all humans from birth • a government spends more money than it takes in • 1,000 volunteers who desired a united, independent Italy • French writer, wrote about rulers who abused their power • A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country • ...
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment 2014-06-04
Across
- Galilei Italian scientist, published “Starry Messenger” and “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems”, he supported theories of Copernicus, Pope summoned him to Rome and he stood before the Inquisition
- English scientist, he studied mathematics and physics at Cambridge University, he created the 3 laws of motion, published “The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”(one of the most important scientific book)
- relating to a simple, elegant style (based on ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s.
- created a large set of books, Encyclopedia, to which many leading scholars of Europe contributed articles and essays, he continued publishing the Encyclopedia even though it angered French gov’t and Catholic Church
- urged women to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics. women’s education shouldn’t be secondary to men’s; women need education to become virtuous and useful
- believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves. criticized absolute monarchy. favored the idea of self-government. his theory had a big influence on modern political thinking.
- relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s.
- she ruled Russia with absolute authority but sought to reform Russia, she gave nobles absolute power over the serfs, her armies won control of the northern shore of the Black Sea, expanded Russia into Poland
- a social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris and other European cities during the Enlightenment.
- the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- an 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
- devoted himself to the study of political liberty. proposed separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of the government
Down
- one of a group of social thinkers in France 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.
- a major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.
- real name François Marie Arouet, published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophies, dramas; made targets of the clergy, aristocracy, government. sent to prison twice,exiled to England for more than two years. never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious beliefs, freedom of speech
- He developed analytical geometry(combination of algebra and geometry), he relied on mathematics and logic, he believed everything should be doubted until it is proven by reason
- English statesman and writer, he urged scientists to use the experimental method, believed by better understanding of the world, scientists would generate practical knowledge that would improve people’s lives
- the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
- a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypotheses.
- Theory in the Middle Ages, the earth-centered idea of the universe in which scholars believed that the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe.
- committed to individual freedom. argued that civilization corrupted people’s natural goodness. believed that only good gov’t was one freely formed by the people and guided by the ‘general will’ of society(direct democracy)
22 Clues: one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment. • the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. • the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government. • ...
Absolutism and the Enlightenment 2022-11-11
Across
- the feeling of control over actions and their consequences.
- a way of limiting power by ensuring that each branch of government limits the power of other branches
- French philosopher who argued that power should be limited and broken into 3 branches of power, so each branch could provide checks and balances on the others.
- the beginning of modern science that saw innovations of understanding about the nature
- the branch of government that interprets the law
- a law signed by King William and Queen Mary that limited their power as a constitution
Down
- French philosopher that argued for separation of church and state and freedom of expression
- an intellectual movement that attempted to understand society and culture, also known as the Age of Reason
- British philosopher that argued for the equal rights of women
- British philosopher who argued that absolute monarchy was the best form of government based on his description of humans as always at war in their state of nature
- British philosopher who argued that government should protect the rights of people (life, liberty, property)
- an intellectual movement inspired by Greek philosophers that emphasized logic and reason
- the ability to influence the behavior of others
- the branch of government that writes and creates laws
- the rule of one person as passed through a family lineage
- a power given by God as a justification for the power of an absolute monarch
- a kind of monarchy whose power is limited by laws
- the centralized and complete power of a monarch
- the branch of government that executes or enforces laws
- the absolute monarch of France, who was known as the sun king and built the Palace of Versailles
20 Clues: the ability to influence the behavior of others • the centralized and complete power of a monarch • the branch of government that interprets the law • a kind of monarchy whose power is limited by laws • the branch of government that writes and creates laws • the branch of government that executes or enforces laws • ...
Enlightenment and Revolution Crossword 2023-10-23
Across
- Wrote "A Vindication on the Rights of Woman"
- What Denis Diderot created
- The Catholic church believed in this theory
- Declaration of ____
- A philosophe who argued for separation of powers
- Where people gathered to exchange ideas
- A philosophe who argued for religious freedom
- He believed that rulers protect the people and that people should give loyalty
- Larger division under federal government
Down
- A philosophe who advocated for democracy
- Extravagant style of art and architecture
- This theory challenged the church's view on the universe
- More modern style of art and architecture
- He wrote the Declaration of Independence
- French scholar or philosopher
- Smaller division under federal government
- Enlightenment ____ -- monarchs who treated their subjects fairly
- This document defined the rights of American citizens
- He discovered the laws of gravity
- He believed in natural born rights
20 Clues: Declaration of ____ • What Denis Diderot created • French scholar or philosopher • He discovered the laws of gravity • He believed in natural born rights • Where people gathered to exchange ideas • A philosophe who advocated for democracy • He wrote the Declaration of Independence • Larger division under federal government • Extravagant style of art and architecture • ...
Intro to the Enlightenment 2020-11-24
Across
- lacking something needed or desirable; especially : suffering extreme poverty
- marked by forbearance or endurance; acceptance
- having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
- formal emancipation from slavery
- a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed
- to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses; to put or change into an improved form or condition
- a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
- to bring into agreement; to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
- to establish by legal and authoritative act; especially to make into law
- a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position
Down
- a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on rationalism
- feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
- to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power
- a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster
- disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
- one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way
- displaying great diversity or variety; versatile
- the actions or practice of suppressing or deleting as objectionable
- to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- ardent, passionate
- the act or state of being of being unable or unwilling to endure something; or the act or state of being of being unwilling to grant or share social, political, or professional right
- the quality or state of being marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
- marked by baseness or grossness; vile, wretched, dirty, filthy
- a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire; such as a sovereign ruler
- of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior; ethical
25 Clues: ardent, passionate • formal emancipation from slavery • marked by forbearance or endurance; acceptance • a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position • displaying great diversity or variety; versatile • a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster • marked by baseness or grossness; vile, wretched, dirty, filthy • ...
Enlightenment Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-19
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- Reasoning: The process of drawing conclusions through structured, rational thought.
- A legislative body of government in some countries.
- The quality of making judgments that are free from discrimination.
- The state of being free from external control or support.
- A system of government where citizens exercise power by voting.
- A method of reasoning to determine validity or truth.
- The acceptance of different opinions, behaviors, or practices.
- Method: A systematic approach to inquiry involving observation and experimentation.
- Speech: The right to express one's opinions without censorship or restraint.
- and Balances: A system ensuring that one branch of government cannot dominate the others.
- The power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments logically.
- Rights: Rights believed to belong to everyone, such as life, liberty, and property.
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- Branch: The branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying laws.
- Monarchy: A monarchy in which the ruler has unrestricted power.
- Contract: An agreement between people and their government for mutual benefits.
- The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
- The theory that places Earth at the center of the universe.
- Monarchy: A government where a monarch's powers are limited by a constitution.
- The theory that places the sun at the center of the solar system.
- A fundamental and often sudden change in political power or organizational structures.
- Branch: The branch of government responsible for implementing and enforcing laws.
- A system of government where power is divided between a central authority and smaller units.
- Branch: The branch of government that makes laws.
- The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities.
- of Powers: The division of government into distinct branches to prevent abuse of power.
- A sovereign head of state, especially a king or queen.
26 Clues: Branch: The branch of government that makes laws. • A legislative body of government in some countries. • A method of reasoning to determine validity or truth. • A sovereign head of state, especially a king or queen. • The state of being free from external control or support. • The theory that places Earth at the center of the universe. • ...
ENLIGHTENMENT X-WORD PUZZLE 2025-04-13
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- king of Prussia who was religiously tolerant of all, and who modernized the law codes of Prussia and accepted Voltaire's work
- thought the Social Contract should give more free will to individuals, society must put the general will of the community above selfish interests
- advocate for separation of powers to prevent one branch of gov't from gaining too much power
- said all humans have natural rights from birth such as life, liberty, and property
- began when the radical ideas about equality & social justice caused French peasants to overthrow the old order (in 1789)
- famous for Messiah choir & orchestra performance at Easter and Christmas
- Author of the 28 volume "Encyclopedia" that changed the general way of thinking about government, philosophy, etc.
- believed people are cruel, evil and selfish, an absolute monarchy is necessary to control society
- Austrian composer and performer who was a prodigy at the age of six and for 30 years helped define the new composition style
- Argued with Rousseau that women, too, should receive natural rights of the social contract like education
- German Lutheran who wrote complex and beautiful religious works for organ choirs (baroque music)
- people give up certain freedoms of nature, in return for law and order
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- movement that stressed reason/thought and the power of individuals to solve problems in society
- gov't restricts access to ideas in order to defend the old order and bans/burns books
- the Enlightenment largely did not change the lives of these 2 groups; in Western Europe they still had to provide free labor & allow nobles to use their land
- the most famous host of the Salons from 1750-1775; influential in the movement that brought the top thinkers and artists together
- Austrian emperor who was tolerant of free speech and religion; listened to the people and used his power to provide hospitals and end serfdom
- absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change (ex. Fredrick, Catherine, and Joseph II)
- policy that government should interfere as little as possible in a nation's economy
- laws that govern human behavior, applying the Scientific Revolution to the problems in society
- fought for freedom of speech, religion, and tolerance; his books censored by the gov't so he disguised his ideas in "fiction"
- artistic style started in the 1600s with huge, colorful, and complex style
- artistic style starting in the mid 1700s with more delicate and nature features
23 Clues: people give up certain freedoms of nature, in return for law and order • famous for Messiah choir & orchestra performance at Easter and Christmas • artistic style started in the 1600s with huge, colorful, and complex style • artistic style starting in the mid 1700s with more delicate and nature features • ...
Science and the Enlightenment 2023-04-13
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- Flemish cartographer who made accurate maps
- Branch of government that makes laws
- Italian astronomer arrested for his scientific theories; recanted
- Scottish economist that wanted the government to keep their "hands off"
- Believed God created a rational universe
- Scientific technology to view far away spaces
- Theory that the sun is the center of the solar system
- Philosopher who promoted natural rights (life liberty property)
- German mathematician who proved planets revolved around the sun
- Philosopher who promoted popular sovereignty and voting
- Published an Encyclopedia of Enlightenment writings
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- The founder of modern feminism
- English doctor who studied the heart
- Branch of government that interprets and applies laws
- Flemish scientist who pioneered the study of anatomy
- English mathematician who explained gravity
- French philosopher that fought religious intolerance
- Theory that the earth is the center of the solar system
- Scientific technology that measures temperature
- Branch of government that enacts laws
- Polish astronomer who said the sun was the center of the solar system
21 Clues: The founder of modern feminism • English doctor who studied the heart • Branch of government that makes laws • Branch of government that enacts laws • Believed God created a rational universe • Flemish cartographer who made accurate maps • English mathematician who explained gravity • Scientific technology to view far away spaces • ...
Enlightenment and French Revolution 2026-02-12
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- A political cause of the French Revolution that clashed with increasingly popular Enlightenment ideas. France tolerated this system under Louis XIV but Louis XVI’s incompetence caused this issue to boil over.
- An absolute monarch who embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment and used their absolute power to increase public education and protect natural rights
- This philosopher believed man in a state of nature was rational and capable of self-government. Every person was entitled to their natural rights of life, liberty and property; it was the government’s responsibility to protect these rights.
- This ancient prison of France was stormed when the people of Paris armed themselves for revolution. Its destruction is celebrated annually in France.
- This group was formed in order to deal with internal enemies of France while the country was at war. Soon, it would become more powerful than the National Convention.
- After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, this gathering of diplomats from across Europe would attempt to undo the changes made by the French Revolution. Monarchs would be placed back on their thrones and borders would be redrawn to create a careful balance of power.
- This palace was seen as the center of Royal extravagance. The behavior of the Royals while France starved helped start the French Revolution.
- Artillery Officer, General and eventually, Emperor. This man led France out of the chaos of the most radical phase of the French Revolution and spread its ideals across Europe.
- This document created a limited monarchy in France. Along with other laws, the feudal system was abolished and the Catholic Church put under State control.
- During this phase of the French Revolution, its leaders set out to turn France into a Republic of Virtue, through swift and merciless violence.
- From the Latin word liber meaning “free” this belief was a culmination of Enlightenment ideas that advocated for the rights of the people and representative government
- This was a social caste system in France that was also reflected in its political system. The growing power and influence of the commoners would lead them to challenge this system.
- A mob led by the fishmongers of Paris make the 12 mile walk from Paris to Versailles. They return with the King and Queen in custody.
- French philosopher who advocated for separation of powers.
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- English philosopher who argued that Enlightenment ideas should be extended to protect women.
- Once known as “The Incorruptable”, he would go on to abolish free speech, greatly increase the use of the death penalty and attempt to wipe out Catholicism in France.
- This philosopher believed that man in a state of nature was evil and selfish; required a strong ruler to control and protect them.
- Influenced by Thomas Jefferson, this document outlined the goals of the French Revolution. Signed by King Louis XVI after his arrest in 1789.
- This philosopher wrote the Social Contract and advocated for a government that followed the General Will.
- This law code condensed some 300 different law codes of France. It protected some rights won by the Revolution but restricted others.
- This is a belief that people with a shared language, history and culture should have their own country, governed by that people
- Enlightenment philosopher: “"I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write".
- The first representative government of France. Formed by swearing the Tennis Court Oath.
- The French Revolution comes full circle when this Bourbon monarch is placed on the throne.
- In a stunning move, this punishment was applied to King Louis XVI when he was caught fleeing France to an enemy country and charged with treason.
- She penned the Rights of the Women and Female Citizen
26 Clues: She penned the Rights of the Women and Female Citizen • French philosopher who advocated for separation of powers. • The first representative government of France. Formed by swearing the Tennis Court Oath. • The French Revolution comes full circle when this Bourbon monarch is placed on the throne. • ...
Crossing Enlightenment 2022-02-02
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- absolutions that believed one person should hold power
- Thomas Jefferson’s belief in rights
- the method used to prove ideas through facts
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- Thomas Jefferson’s belief in rights
- monarch that is limited by a constitution
- a British philosopher believed a governments power came from the people
- a monarch that has absolute power
- part of the government that helps control the monarchy
- war within the holy roman empire
- discovered and popularized the scientific method
10 Clues: war within the holy roman empire • a monarch that has absolute power • Thomas Jefferson’s belief in rights • Thomas Jefferson’s belief in rights • monarch that is limited by a constitution • the method used to prove ideas through facts • discovered and popularized the scientific method • absolutions that believed one person should hold power • ...
The Enlightenment 2022-08-23
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- women's equality
- civilization corrupts people; people are born good, not bad
- French philosophers/thinker who believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life
- Separation of powers
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- Abolishment of torture
- Leviathan, all humans naturally selfish and wicked
- contract agreement by which people created a government
- Freedom of thought and religion
- Natural Rights-life, liberty, property
- religious freedom
10 Clues: women's equality • religious freedom • Separation of powers • Abolishment of torture • Freedom of thought and religion • Natural Rights-life, liberty, property • Leviathan, all humans naturally selfish and wicked • contract agreement by which people created a government • civilization corrupts people; people are born good, not bad • ...
Enlightenment thinkers 2023-09-24
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- People give up some individual interest and freedom, in exchange for the benefit of the society. It is like a _______ between people and government
- According to Thomas Hobbes, people area born ______ so a strong government is needed to prevent chaos in pursuing individual wills.
- The thinker who believe that people's natural rights are very important
- The thinker who believes that the government should represent the general will of its people
- Seperation of power help to check and _______ the power from different branches of the government
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- His idea is opposite to John Locke who thinks that government's power should be limited
- The thinker who values freedom of speech
- The thinker who believe in separation of powers
- The government type that Thomas Hobbes believe as the best
9 Clues: The thinker who values freedom of speech • The thinker who believe in separation of powers • The government type that Thomas Hobbes believe as the best • The thinker who believe that people's natural rights are very important • His idea is opposite to John Locke who thinks that government's power should be limited • ...
Enlightenment 3 2025-04-30
9 Clues: wrote Leviathan • mind has no gender • said l'etat c'est moi • no property no classes • discovered blood circulation • popularized heliocentric theory • militarism+nationalism+supremacy • said role of government is to protect property • offensive Enlightenment concept of indigenous people
Enlightenment Philosophers 2026-01-31
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- Wrote Leviathan
- Wrote the Social Contract
- Wrote the Two Treatises of Government
- Rights that we are born with and cannot be taken away
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- Each branch of government has certain checks on the others to prevent one from getting too much power
- The Government holds all the power and has total control
- Wrote Spirit of Laws
- Separates the power of government into three different branches
- an agreement between society and the government, where society gives up some freedom to the government in exchange for protection
9 Clues: Wrote Leviathan • Wrote Spirit of Laws • Wrote the Social Contract • Wrote the Two Treatises of Government • Rights that we are born with and cannot be taken away • The Government holds all the power and has total control • Separates the power of government into three different branches • ...
The Enlightenment 2022-08-23
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- women's equality
- civilization corrupts people; people are born good, not bad
- French philosophers/thinker who believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life
- Separation of powers
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- Abolishment of torture
- Leviathan, all humans naturally selfish and wicked
- contract agreement by which people created a government
- Freedom of thought and religion
- Natural Rights-life, liberty, property
- religious freedom
10 Clues: women's equality • religious freedom • Separation of powers • Abolishment of torture • Freedom of thought and religion • Natural Rights-life, liberty, property • Leviathan, all humans naturally selfish and wicked • contract agreement by which people created a government • civilization corrupts people; people are born good, not bad • ...
Enlightenment Puzzle 2022-10-17
9 Clues: middle class • first states • type of cloth • working class • contiguous settlement • rationalistic theology • first messaging system • advanced social progress • is a political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy
Enlightenment Crossword 2015-05-18
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- French word for philosophers
- Influential woman who thought woman should have equal rights and should get a fair education
- criticized absolute monarchy and favored the idea of self-government
- agreement by which people created a government
- man committed to individual freedom and argued that civilization corrupted peoples natural goodness
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- new intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought, and the power of individuals to solve problems
- agreement by which people created a government
- French writer who studied political liberty and he influenced the USA's government
- Man that believed all humans are born with natural sin
- Wrote 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama and was the most brilliant philosophe
10 Clues: French word for philosophers • agreement by which people created a government • agreement by which people created a government • Man that believed all humans are born with natural sin • criticized absolute monarchy and favored the idea of self-government • French writer who studied political liberty and he influenced the USA's government • ...
The Enlightenment 2021-12-09
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- Argued that people are born with certain natural rights
- Argued that people must enter into a social contract with the government
- The Social ________ says people give up some rights to gain protection of others
- What people should do if the government does not protect their rights.
- People should work together instead of fighting
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- Argued that people cannot be trusted to govern themselves
- Government powers should be _________ to ensure no one person has too much power
- Argued for separation of church and state
- Rule of _____ should apply equally to all.
9 Clues: Argued for separation of church and state • Rule of _____ should apply equally to all. • People should work together instead of fighting • Argued that people are born with certain natural rights • Argued that people cannot be trusted to govern themselves • What people should do if the government does not protect their rights. • ...
Enlightenment #1 2023-12-04
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- The Wealth of Nations
- A vindication of the Rights of Women
- Candide - Advocate for Free Speech
- belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
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- the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices,
- Study on government and created the separation of power concept
- Meeting place to share ideas and discuss the latest books
- The Critique of Pure Reason & "What is Enlightenment?"
- The Social Contract and the government place is to protect the individual’s Life, Liberty and Property.
9 Clues: The Wealth of Nations • Candide - Advocate for Free Speech • A vindication of the Rights of Women • The Critique of Pure Reason & "What is Enlightenment?" • Meeting place to share ideas and discuss the latest books • Study on government and created the separation of power concept • ...
French Revolution p.565-568 2017-02-08
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- the revolution that preceded it and significantly influenced it
- this prison and 'symbol of oppression' was stormed by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789
- this "ism" grew out of Revolutionary France...loyalty to the nation above all things
- absolute monarch of France...loses his head
- revolutionary general who seizes power in France...republic to empire
- abolished in the French colonies during the Revolution
- the leader of the radical phase of the revolution...he too was executed
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- period of the revolution dominated by radicals where thousands were executed
- philosophical political movement that influenced the Revolution
- the 'parliament' of pre-Revolution France
- this traditional religious institution was viewed as too powerful by revolutionaries
- the Enlightenment inspired 'humane' execution machine of the revolution
- the cult of the ____ _____ was designed by the radicals to replace traditional Christianity
- the revolution believed in the right of all males to ____ (suffrage)
14 Clues: the 'parliament' of pre-Revolution France • absolute monarch of France...loses his head • abolished in the French colonies during the Revolution • philosophical political movement that influenced the Revolution • the revolution that preceded it and significantly influenced it • the revolution believed in the right of all males to ____ (suffrage) • ...
25th Anniversary 2023-03-14
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- symbol of attire 2
- gathering for worship
- the still small voice
- Symbol of attire
- The goal of study
- attire of worship,
- The goal
- gaiety
- Absence of darkness
- The other edge of right
- Unites all of us
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- purity
- an ideal
- Fairness
- members title
- The hope of man
- a watch word
- precious theme
- from one source
- man made law
- universal law
- gathering for discussion
- Chief Servant
23 Clues: purity • gaiety • an ideal • Fairness • The goal • a watch word • man made law • members title • universal law • Chief Servant • precious theme • from one source • The hope of man • Symbol of attire • Unites all of us • The goal of study • symbol of attire 2 • attire of worship, • Absence of darkness • gathering for worship • the still small voice • The other edge of right • gathering for discussion
Hinduism and Buddhism 2017-04-12
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- priests
- the preserver
- religious or moral duty
- warriors
- symbolic hand position
- herders, farmers, artisans, merchants
- the creator
- worshiper of Vishnu
- farmworkers, servants, and other laborers
- your essential self
- serpent
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- union with Brahman
- the spouse of a deity
- the destroyer
- a Buddhist monk
- Enlightenment, awakening
- mindfulness or breathing
- your actions determining your fate after you are reborn
- being reborn
- nonviolence
- a Buddhist nun
- enlightened one
22 Clues: priests • serpent • warriors • the creator • nonviolence • being reborn • the destroyer • the preserver • a Buddhist nun • a Buddhist monk • enlightened one • union with Brahman • worshiper of Vishnu • your essential self • the spouse of a deity • symbolic hand position • religious or moral duty • Enlightenment, awakening • mindfulness or breathing • herders, farmers, artisans, merchants • ...
Buddhisam 2018-12-05
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- Good deed
- word in a Pali
- freedom and suffering
- son of a king/prince
- life
- day first sermon of the buddha
- path heart of practice
- continue of life
- bad deed
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- has different ceremonies
- three basket
- inner peace
- wanting things
- cannon Tipitaka
- the eight fold path
- New year celebrated at different time
- Buddhist type of Buddhists
- tree the knowledge tree
- Buddhist art
- the day of Buddhist
20 Clues: life • bad deed • Good deed • inner peace • three basket • Buddhist art • word in a Pali • wanting things • cannon Tipitaka • continue of life • the eight fold path • the day of Buddhist • son of a king/prince • freedom and suffering • path heart of practice • tree the knowledge tree • has different ceremonies • Buddhist type of Buddhists • day first sermon of the buddha • ...
Buddhisam 2018-12-05
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- Good deed
- word in a Pali
- freedom and suffering
- son of a king/prince
- life
- day first sermon of the buddha
- path heart of practice
- continue of life
- bad deed
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- has different ceremonies
- three basket
- inner peace
- wanting things
- cannon Tipitaka
- the eight fold path
- New year celebrated at different time
- Buddhist type of Buddhists
- tree the knowledge tree
- Buddhist art
- the day of Buddhist
20 Clues: life • bad deed • Good deed • inner peace • three basket • Buddhist art • word in a Pali • wanting things • cannon Tipitaka • continue of life • the eight fold path • the day of Buddhist • son of a king/prince • freedom and suffering • path heart of practice • tree the knowledge tree • has different ceremonies • Buddhist type of Buddhists • day first sermon of the buddha • ...
Jake and Oskar 2026-02-20
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- Born with rights
- Ruler who starts thinking new
- first thing in constitution
- New way of thinking logically
- rules of American government
- Parties between new thinking
- Justice
- Chemistry
- Education of women
- Gravity
- Smallpox vaccine
- revolution started the new way of scientific logic
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- Total government control
- Heliocentric theory
- Math
- Geocentric
- Era of new thinking
- People who thought about the world different
- Unspoken contract from people and government
- Telescope
20 Clues: Math • Justice • Gravity • Telescope • Chemistry • Geocentric • Born with rights • Smallpox vaccine • Education of women • Heliocentric theory • Era of new thinking • Total government control • first thing in constitution • rules of American government • Parties between new thinking • Ruler who starts thinking new • New way of thinking logically • People who thought about the world different • ...
Buddhism 2021-10-04
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- To change in appearance or character
- A person who gives up worldly pleasures
- the four basic doctrines, or principles, of Buddhism
- a key idea of Buddhism whereby followers should live their lives according to these eight teachings
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- Gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions
- To hold back and refuse something
- A guess as to what will happen in the future
- Goods or money given to the poor
- An ideal state of happiness and peace
- a Sanskrit word meaning “enlightened”; the name given to the man who founded Buddhism
- the state of gaining spiritual insight and finding universal truth; the goal of Buddhists
- the religion founded by Siddhartha, which teaches that life brings suffering that one can escape by seeking nirvana through enlightenment
12 Clues: Goods or money given to the poor • To hold back and refuse something • To change in appearance or character • An ideal state of happiness and peace • A person who gives up worldly pleasures • Gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions • A guess as to what will happen in the future • the four basic doctrines, or principles, of Buddhism • ...
Buddhism 2021-10-04
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- Gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions
- An ideal state of happiness and peace
- To change in appearance or character
- To hold back and refuse something
- the state of gaining spiritual insight and finding universal truth; the goal of Buddhists
- the religion founded by Siddhartha, which teaches that life brings suffering that one can escape by seeking nirvana through enlightenment
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- A guess as to what will happen in the future
- a Sanskrit word meaning “enlightened”; the name given to the man who founded Buddhism
- the four basic doctrines, or principles, of Buddhism
- Goods or money given to the poor
- a key idea of Buddhism whereby followers should live their lives according to these eight teachings
- A person who gives up worldly pleasures
12 Clues: Goods or money given to the poor • To hold back and refuse something • To change in appearance or character • An ideal state of happiness and peace • A person who gives up worldly pleasures • Gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions • A guess as to what will happen in the future • the four basic doctrines, or principles, of Buddhism • ...
Historical Events 2023-12-02
10 Clues: - WWII genocide • - Alcohol ban era • - Cultural rebirth • - Equality movement • - Economic downturn • - Political upheaval • - Ideological conflict • - Cold War competition • - Intellectual movement • - Apollo 11 achievement
Unit 4 Mastery 2024-11-15
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- Laws laws that govern the natural order and human nature
- an idea is suppressed or prohibited
- English philosopher who wrote about the Social Contract and believe a strong government was necessary
- defended freedom of speech by sarcastically mocking the government
- believed in the separation of government powers
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- Enlglish philosopher who believed in natural rights and limited government
- Rights rights that exist naturally, according to natural Laws
- period of European history emphasizing reason over tradition
- name given to the French philosophers of the Enlightenment
- the power of the mind to think, understand and make judgements
10 Clues: an idea is suppressed or prohibited • believed in the separation of government powers • name given to the French philosophers of the Enlightenment • Laws laws that govern the natural order and human nature • period of European history emphasizing reason over tradition • the power of the mind to think, understand and make judgements • ...
Periodization 2020-09-28
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- the Age of Reason
- Muslim
- to speed up
- the surname of the inventor of the mechanical movable type printing press
- to open
- dangers, risks
- to change substantially
- to message
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- modern
- gathering, collecting
- a region that includes Italy, Greece etc.
- the ruler of an empire
- the opposite of rise
- usually
- 100 years
- to announce
16 Clues: modern • Muslim • usually • to open • 100 years • to message • to speed up • to announce • dangers, risks • the Age of Reason • the opposite of rise • gathering, collecting • the ruler of an empire • to change substantially • a region that includes Italy, Greece etc. • the surname of the inventor of the mechanical movable type printing press
Buddhism 2026-02-27
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- The enlightened one
- Poison 1
- craving
- The middle way
- Poison 3
- No permanent self
- Choosing to live with as little as possible
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- Before he became the Buddha....
- He sat under this on the day he became enlightened
- Cycle of life, death and rebirth
- Old, sick, dead, holy
- God of illusion
- Suffering
- Impermanence
- Enlightenment
- Poison 2
16 Clues: craving • Poison 1 • Poison 2 • Poison 3 • Suffering • Impermanence • Enlightenment • The middle way • God of illusion • No permanent self • The enlightened one • Old, sick, dead, holy • Before he became the Buddha.... • Cycle of life, death and rebirth • Choosing to live with as little as possible • He sat under this on the day he became enlightened
Unit One VOcab 2017-08-18
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- Reformation-movement to reform the Catholic Church in the 1500s
- codes
- crop
- document giving certain rights
- trade
- colony
- explorer
- Passage-a waterway through or around
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- trade product sent to markets outside
- of people
- Orders of Connecticut
- farm land
- Compact
- theory that a nation's economic strength came from
- Period
- Exchange-
- Awakening
- trade product brought into
- colony
19 Clues: crop • codes • trade • Period • colony • colony • Compact • explorer • of people • farm land • Exchange- • Awakening • Orders of Connecticut • trade product brought into • document giving certain rights • Passage-a waterway through or around • trade product sent to markets outside • theory that a nation's economic strength came from • Reformation-movement to reform the Catholic Church in the 1500s
History CP 2024-02-28
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- Indian City-State
- Tolerated people that were conquered
- Aryan written Language
- New stone age
- migrated in search of food and water
- many gods
- Arc shaped fertile land
- means wise man
- paper, pottery trade route
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- sumerian temple
- Reach enlightenment
- ruling family
- Respect for your elders
- egyptian pictograms
- old stone age
- nature spirits
- Related family groups
- Between Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- Babylonian King
- Believed in karma
20 Clues: many gods • ruling family • old stone age • New stone age • nature spirits • means wise man • sumerian temple • Babylonian King • Indian City-State • Believed in karma • Reach enlightenment • egyptian pictograms • Related family groups • Aryan written Language • Respect for your elders • Arc shaped fertile land • paper, pottery trade route • Between Tigris and Euphrates rivers • ...
Siddhartha 2 2024-02-22
11 Clues: illusion • prostitute • liberation • one's path • respectable • sacred traveler • non-being/heaven • release from illusion • record of good and bad deeds • chanted sound meaning eternity • repeating cycle of birth and death
Enlightenment and Revolution 2023-11-28
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- Religious philosophy based on reason and natural law.
- Revolution Parliament "fire" a king to replace him with another.
- Enlightened idea of unrestricted trade between all nations.
- Rousseau said government is a "deal" between citizens and leaders.
- John Locke says ALL people have the rights of "Life," Liberty, and the pursuit of property.
- A philosophical movement that emphasized reason and using scientific method.
- The belief that reason is the source of knowledge.
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- Prussian King who loved the Enlightenment, French culture, and wars.
- Great Britain goes to war with 13 rebellious colonies.
- Russian Empress and enlightened absolutist; created the Russian Golden Age.
- Explosion in research and scientific knowledge with the creation of the Scientific Method.
- First global war.
12 Clues: First global war. • The belief that reason is the source of knowledge. • Religious philosophy based on reason and natural law. • Great Britain goes to war with 13 rebellious colonies. • Enlightened idea of unrestricted trade between all nations. • Revolution Parliament "fire" a king to replace him with another. • ...
American Revolution 2022-03-11
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- Representatives from all other colonies met to write the declaration of rights and grievances.
- The committee that appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence.
- A war started from British expansion.
- An enlightenment thinker who supported freedom of speech.
- A tax on most of the printed materials
- Where Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
- The response to the Boston tea party
- This was a law that gave the east India company an advantage in the tea business.
- Written by Thomas Jefferson and borrowed ideas from the enlightenment thinkers.
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- "shot heard around the world."
- As the the French and Indian war started getting expensive, Great Britain started to control the colonies to pay off their debt.
- When Boston troops fired at 5 colonists
- The British prohibiting colonists of the Appalachian trail to avoid conflict with native Americans.
- He believed all people were born with life, liberty, and property .
14 Clues: "shot heard around the world." • The response to the Boston tea party • A war started from British expansion. • A tax on most of the printed materials • When Boston troops fired at 5 colonists • An enlightenment thinker who supported freedom of speech. • Where Britain recognized the independence of the United States. • ...
His 11 Ch 3 and 4 2021-06-09
Across
- Enlightenment belief system in a non-personal god
- a labor contract
- a type of colony entrusted by a king to an individual or group.
- "_________ communities" were groups of fugitive slave who resisted recapture and lived off the land
- "__________ of New England" was a consolidated colony in New England made up New York, New Jersey, and other former smaller colonies
- English laxness in enforcing the Navigation Acts
- mercantilist laws enacted by the English
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- a long-barreled European gun, useful in conquering native peoples and exploiting them
- Spanish colonial system that supplied Indian workers to the Spanish colonizers
- native people from Florida, displaced by the Spanish
- Protestants who did not conform to the Church of England
- shell beads used as money
- the overthrow of James II led to this
- an intellectual and cultural movement in the 1700s that stressed reason and science over religion.
14 Clues: a labor contract • shell beads used as money • the overthrow of James II led to this • mercantilist laws enacted by the English • English laxness in enforcing the Navigation Acts • Enlightenment belief system in a non-personal god • native people from Florida, displaced by the Spanish • Protestants who did not conform to the Church of England • ...
Buddhism- Islamic 2023-04-04
Across
- Fasting in Ramadan
- Teaching of nature
- Belief in god
- Sequence of sacred symbols
- Festival
- Term for god
- Monuments the contains holy relics
- good deeds outweigh the bad deeds
- Justice
- Trust
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- Ritual prayer
- Karma Rebirth impermanence
- Good manners
- ultimate truth and suspension
- Missionary in Islam
- Spiritual leader
- the actions of a person that help determine their next lif
- Divine Grace
18 Clues: Trust • Justice • Festival • Good manners • Term for god • Divine Grace • Ritual prayer • Belief in god • Spiritual leader • Fasting in Ramadan • Teaching of nature • Missionary in Islam • Karma Rebirth impermanence • Sequence of sacred symbols • ultimate truth and suspension • good deeds outweigh the bad deeds • Monuments the contains holy relics • ...
Liberation in a Puzzle 2023-05-17
Across
- Great Seal
- Karuna
- Liberation/Enlightenment
- Perfections Generosity, morality, patience, diligence, concentration, wisdom
- Great Perfection
- Buddha of Compassion
- Buddhist scriptures
- Perfection of wisdom
- Actions and their consequences
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- Way Balanced approach to understanding reality
- Noble Truths Fundamental teachings of Buddhism
- Bodhisattva of Wisdom
- Cycle of birth and death
- Awakening mind
- No-self
- State of blissful meditation
- Emptiness
- Teacher or spiritual guide
18 Clues: Karuna • No-self • Emptiness • Great Seal • Awakening mind • Great Perfection • Buddhist scriptures • Buddha of Compassion • Perfection of wisdom • Bodhisattva of Wisdom • Cycle of birth and death • Liberation/Enlightenment • Teacher or spiritual guide • State of blissful meditation • Actions and their consequences • Way Balanced approach to understanding reality • ...
History 2024-01-31
Across
- Social Contract
- writer
- natural philosopher
- Conference trade in Africa
- bring people in
- studied gravity
- how to observe
- advocated reform of slavery
- -age of enlightenment
- below the high class
- of Influence
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- political and religious
- approved the steam engine
- country can affect
- revolves around the sun
- an agreement among members.
- English philosopher
- parts are added on
- where goods are made
- person who operates a business
- extending power
21 Clues: writer • of Influence • how to observe • Social Contract • bring people in • studied gravity • extending power • country can affect • parts are added on • natural philosopher • English philosopher • where goods are made • below the high class • -age of enlightenment • political and religious • revolves around the sun • approved the steam engine • Conference trade in Africa • ...
Jainism 2026-03-26
Reason & Revolution Vocab 2022-11-08
Across
- The increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the mid-1700s
- an intellectual movement between the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and individualism
- French queen and wife of Louis XIV
- Enlightenment thinker known for writhing the Social Contract
- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- A system where branches of government check the actions of each other
- A situation where the world's nations have equal power
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- document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence from Britain
- French for philosopher
- a person that organizes, manages, and takes the risks of a business
- Scottish economist and philosopher often regarded as the father of modern economics
- the political system of France from the Middle Ages until the French Revolution
- having a rational and well-informed outlook
- The resources needed to produce goods and services required by the Industrial Revolution
14 Clues: French for philosopher • French queen and wife of Louis XIV • having a rational and well-informed outlook • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution • A situation where the world's nations have equal power • Enlightenment thinker known for writhing the Social Contract • a person that organizes, manages, and takes the risks of a business • ...
buddhism crossword ! 2020-06-01
Across
- cause and effect of action
- essential teaching of the buddha
- the englightned one
- three divisions of eightfold path
- being in mahayana buddhism
- five aggregates
- 'path' to wisdom
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- suffering
- activity that relaxes the mind and body
- being in theravada buddhism
- dukkha,samudaya,nirodha,magga
- loving kindness
- no soul
- karuna
- free from cycle of rebirth
- impermanence
16 Clues: karuna • no soul • suffering • impermanence • loving kindness • five aggregates • 'path' to wisdom • the englightned one • cause and effect of action • being in mahayana buddhism • free from cycle of rebirth • being in theravada buddhism • dukkha,samudaya,nirodha,magga • essential teaching of the buddha • three divisions of eightfold path • activity that relaxes the mind and body
Buddhism Crossword 2020-06-01
Across
- spiritual path
- singing
- one of the 3 poisons
- enlightenment
- one of the six perfections
- sacred text
- a religious structure
- the 4th nobel truth
- main form of meditation
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- one of the 6 perfections
- used as a prayer aid
- one of the 6 perfections
- a spiritual experience
- an awakened/enlightened person
- first of the 5 aggregates
- moral conduct
- one of the 3 poisons
17 Clues: singing • sacred text • enlightenment • moral conduct • spiritual path • the 4th nobel truth • one of the 3 poisons • used as a prayer aid • one of the 3 poisons • a religious structure • a spiritual experience • main form of meditation • one of the 6 perfections • one of the 6 perfections • first of the 5 aggregates • one of the six perfections • an awakened/enlightened person
Chocolate Condorcet 2022-08-31
Across
- Condorcet held antipathy towards religion and the-
- Condorcet was an - thinker
- As a follower of humanism, Condorcet was a-
- The village that turned Condorcet in after his outlaw period
- Condorcet held an emphasis on - for individual enlightenment
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- Condorcet believed society would stay in a state of - until perfection
- Condorcet tried to claim France as a-
- Condorcet was- and forced to run away after his failed constitution
8 Clues: Condorcet was an - thinker • Condorcet tried to claim France as a- • As a follower of humanism, Condorcet was a- • Condorcet held antipathy towards religion and the- • The village that turned Condorcet in after his outlaw period • Condorcet held an emphasis on - for individual enlightenment • Condorcet was- and forced to run away after his failed constitution • ...
People's Spring Reading 2026-02-10
Across
- The most populous state in Europe after Russia.
- unified nation state
- A revolution that acted as a spark for revolutions across Europe
- individualism, human rights and reasoning
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- A liberalism inspired by Locke, Rousseau and enlightenment
- (Happened after 1845) led to widespread hunger
- Who was crowned emperor on 1852?
7 Clues: unified nation state • Who was crowned emperor on 1852? • individualism, human rights and reasoning • (Happened after 1845) led to widespread hunger • The most populous state in Europe after Russia. • A liberalism inspired by Locke, Rousseau and enlightenment • A revolution that acted as a spark for revolutions across Europe
Enlightenment Themes in the Texts 2021-11-30
Across
- A key theme during the Enlightenment is _________ versus new ideas
- Milton believes that when reason is stifled, virtue ______ to exist
- Works from Swift, Bunyan, and Voltaire mock this doctrine
- Frankenstein and his monster both experience this sorrow
- Milton's writing criticizes the ____ Catholic Church
- Descartes's Discourse on Method shows man's fight for _________
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- A writing style where you use dramatized scenes to make someone or something seem ridiculous
- A big critique of the Enlightenment in Rousseau's writing is _______ was/is structured
- What separates us from the animals
- Bacon's whole text of New Organon incorporates this the Great ______ theme
10 Clues: What separates us from the animals • Milton's writing criticizes the ____ Catholic Church • Frankenstein and his monster both experience this sorrow • Works from Swift, Bunyan, and Voltaire mock this doctrine • Descartes's Discourse on Method shows man's fight for _________ • A key theme during the Enlightenment is _________ versus new ideas • ...
Section 10-2 2025-01-06
Across
- Were elegant drawing rooms of the wealthy and upper classes.
- A French noble, famous for his work The Spirit of the Laws.
- Meaning to let people do what they want.
- The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were known by this French word.
- The greatest figure of the Enlightenment.
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- Responsible for starting the Methodist movement, an Anglican minister.
- A philosophe who proposed a new approach to justice.
- An entire society agrees to be governed by its general will.
- An eighteenth-century religious philosophy based on reason and natural law.
- Argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind.
10 Clues: Meaning to let people do what they want. • The greatest figure of the Enlightenment. • A philosophe who proposed a new approach to justice. • A French noble, famous for his work The Spirit of the Laws. • Were elegant drawing rooms of the wealthy and upper classes. • An entire society agrees to be governed by its general will. • ...
Scientific Enlightenment and Revolution 2014-05-20
Across
- English scientist who helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion
- Italian scientist who's ideas threatened the church
- Swiss phisosophe who devoted himself to the study of political liberty
- was a new way of thinking about the natural world
- social gathering where politics were discussed
- art style of the late 1700s based on Greek and roman design
- social critic that discussed politics and government
- new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems
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- French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty
- art style of the 1600s and early 1700s
- philosopher who believed in self government and wrote the two treatises of government
- published an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
- theory that everything revolves around the Earth
- agreement by which people created a government
- theory that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun
- made Russia into a world power in the 1700s
- rulers who embraced enlightenment ideas
- published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama
19 Clues: art style of the 1600s and early 1700s • rulers who embraced enlightenment ideas • made Russia into a world power in the 1700s • agreement by which people created a government • social gathering where politics were discussed • theory that everything revolves around the Earth • was a new way of thinking about the natural world • ...
French Revolution 2019-12-04
10 Clues: sun king • french palace • understanding • castle stormed • reign of _____ • scarcity of food • short french leader • head chopping device • french social classes • represented third estate
WAGA History crossword 2024-03-19
Across
- Who began funding primary education, making it obligatory for children aged to 12?1n 1870 and 1914
- they were professionals like lawyers, doctors, civil servants, and business managers.
- they were sales people, bookkeepers, and secretaries.
- was the main option for women careers before the 1800:
- they should stay home and take care of the family not work.
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- This include industrialists, bankers, merchants, and aristocrats, who became leaders in government and military.
- The second industrial revolution also provided more______ allowing for activities.
- Mass schooling led to a demand for:
- Where due the Feminine 5m starte?
- emerged during the Enlightenment
10 Clues: emerged during the Enlightenment • Where due the Feminine 5m starte? • Mass schooling led to a demand for: • they were sales people, bookkeepers, and secretaries. • was the main option for women careers before the 1800: • they should stay home and take care of the family not work. • The second industrial revolution also provided more______ allowing for activities. • ...
Consent of the Governed 2025-10-03
Across
- Consent of the _________
- A system of laws and institutions ensures that leaders do not gain too much power, keeping them accountable to the citizens
- Modern type of government the USA currently uses
- No taxation without representation lets people ____ for the government
- The _______________ broke out partly because the king ruled without listening to the common people
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- Main enlightenment thinker
- leader who wrote the declaration of independence, using Lockes ideas
- brought up the idea of consent of the governed
- another leader who used Lockes ideas
- The idea of consent of the governed is the _______ of democracy.
10 Clues: Consent of the _________ • Main enlightenment thinker • another leader who used Lockes ideas • brought up the idea of consent of the governed • Modern type of government the USA currently uses • The idea of consent of the governed is the _______ of democracy. • leader who wrote the declaration of independence, using Lockes ideas • ...
Age of Enlightenment 2023-09-03
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- This individual believed that human beings were naturally good, but are corrupted by the evils of society.
- This individual fought against censorships and religion, causing persecution by the government
- This individual had ideas about government and the natural rights of man (life, liberty, and property). These ideas influenced colonial America.
- This individual coined the term "checks and balances" where each branch of government ensures that one branch does not become too powerful
- Citizens have to give up some freedoms, but the government will protect their rights of life, liberty and property in return
- This individual argued against the regulation of commerce and trade
- Enlightenment thinkers believe human beings are born with these fundamental rights: life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness
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- A European intellectual movement that emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition.
- This individual argued that women deserved to be educated and that women could be equal to men.
- The author of the Declaration of Independence
- This individual had ideas regarding what type of government was best for the people. He also believed that people are naturally evil and can't be trusted to govern.
- The idea that leaders should be chosen by citizens in a general election
- Citizens agree to obey a set of rules, while the government agrees to protect citizens' rights
- The rights of a sovereign (King or Queen) to rule as set forth by their religious god
14 Clues: The author of the Declaration of Independence • This individual argued against the regulation of commerce and trade • The idea that leaders should be chosen by citizens in a general election • The rights of a sovereign (King or Queen) to rule as set forth by their religious god • ...
Enlightenment crossword puzzle 2023-02-28
Across
- wrote "leviathan".
- third of Locke's 3 natural rights
- ___ and indian war
- First of locke's 3 natural rights
- the "state" that supposedly existed before society
- Wrote 2 treatises of Government
- second of Locke's 3 natural rights
- hobbes believed people were naturally this
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- Voltaire wanted this to be separate from the state
- Montesquieu believed in separation of this
- type of government that separates power from state and national government
- Wollstonecraft advocated for their rights
- the social ___: where people agree to give up absolute freedom for safety.
- Voltaire believed this should be free
14 Clues: wrote "leviathan". • ___ and indian war • Wrote 2 treatises of Government • third of Locke's 3 natural rights • First of locke's 3 natural rights • second of Locke's 3 natural rights • Voltaire believed this should be free • Wollstonecraft advocated for their rights • Montesquieu believed in separation of this • hobbes believed people were naturally this • ...
