Enlightenment Crossword

3. He made frequent targets of the clergy, the aristocracy, and the govern- ment. His sharp tongue made him enemies at the French court, and twice he was sent to prison.
4. At these events, philosophers, writers, art- ists, scientists, and other great intellects met to discuss ideas.
7. Sun was the center of the universe
8. She ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796. The well- educated empress read the works of philosophes, and she exchanged many letters with Voltaire. She ruled with absolute authority but also sought to reform Russia.
10. believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day.
12. despots The philosophes tried to convince monarchs to rule justly. Some monarchs embraced the new ideas and made reforms that reflected the Enlightenment
13. A passionate women rights activist
15. Brought together breakthroughs with one single theory of motion
16. As a young man, Galileo learned that a Dutch lens maker had built an instrument that could enlarge far-off objects. Galileo built his own telescope and used it to study the heavens in 1609.
17. was passionately committed to individual freedom

1. The revolution in scientific thinking that Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo began eventually developed into a new approach to science
2. Hobbes theory of government that the ruler needed complete power
4. new way of thinking about the natural world
5. European art of the 1600s and early 1700s had been dominated by this style
6. The social critics of this period in France
9. The artistic style of the late 1700s is therefore called
11. He believed that people could learn from experi- ence and improve themselves
14. new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems.
16. This earth-centered view of the universe