Chapter 9 Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. the attraction that the Earth or another celestial body has on an object on or near its surface
  2. 2. an agreement between the people and their government
  3. 4. to take from
  4. 5. a group of individuals born and living at the same time; the time span between the birth of parents and the birth of their children
  5. 6. the overthrow of King James II of England
  6. 7. related to worldly things
  7. 9. a soldier who fights for money rather than loyalty to a country
  8. 10. a renewal or rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman arts
  9. 11. explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations over time.
  10. 13. something that is assured or certain
  11. 14. given freely
  12. 17. related to a king or queen
  13. 19. shapes like stretched circles; ovals
  14. 21. the belief that reason and experience must be present for the solution of problems
  15. 22. the division of power among the branches of government; a government structure that has three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  16. 23. consisting of many connected parts
  17. 24. related to the church
  18. 25. to enlarge; to spread out; to increase the number, volume, or scope
  19. 27. the limits between which something can change or differ
  20. 28. Justification
  21. 30. a medium of exchange; paper money or coins
  22. 32. having or relating to the sun as the center of the solar system
  23. 33. an emphasis on worldly concerns; belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge
  24. 34. a political system in which a ruler has total power
  25. 36. of or relating to soldiers, arms, or war, the armed forces
Down
  1. 1. an Earth-centered theory; having or relating to the Earth as the center
  2. 3. the time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans moved away from traditional ways of thinking about political and social norms
  3. 8. someone who owns land
  4. 12. to initiate or establish something
  5. 14. a substance that consists of atoms of only one kind
  6. 15. more than what is normal
  7. 16. a political system in which the head of state is a king or queen who rules according to a constitution
  8. 18. the practice of conducting negotiations between countries
  9. 20. a period from the 1500s to the 1700s in which many scientific advances changed people’s traditional beliefs about science
  10. 26. a way of showing the relationship between objects in a drawing to give the look of depth or distance
  11. 29. method scientific method
  12. 31. to direct
  13. 35. having to do with a town or city rather than a rural area