Midterm Crossword Part 2

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Across
  1. 2. a conflict, lasting from 1642 to 1649, in which Puritan supporters of Parliament battled supporters of England’s monarchy.
  2. 9. one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.
  3. 13. 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.
  4. 16. the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
  5. 17. the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
  6. 19. a belief held by many scientists and philosophers during the Enlightenment that God created the universe and then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws.
  7. 20. a landowning noble of Russia.
  8. 21. a French government official appointed by the monarch to collect taxes and administer justice.
  9. 22. measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others.
  10. 24. an adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western—especially European or American—countries.
  11. 27. a system of governing in which the ruler’s power is limited by law.
Down
  1. 1. the bloodless overthrow of the English king James II and his replacement by William and Mary.
  2. 3. a European conflict over religion and territory and for power among ruling families, lasting from 1618 to 1648.
  3. 4. a document requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court or judge so that it can be decided whether his or her imprisonment is legal.
  4. 5. in the Middle Ages, the earth-centered view of the universe in which scholars believed that the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe.
  5. 6. a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypotheses.
  6. 7. a philosophy based on the idea that nothing can be known for certain.
  7. 8. 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.
  8. 10. a 1598 declaration in which the French king Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France and could set up houses of worship in some French cities.
  9. 11. the idea that monarchs are God’s representatives on earth and therefore answer only to God.
  10. 12. 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.
  11. 14. a king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society.
  12. 15. a belief held by Enlightenment thinkers that truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking.
  13. 18. one of the 18th-century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects.
  14. 23. a conflict in Europe, North America, and India, lasting from 1756 to 1763, in which the forces of Britain and Prussia battled those of Austria, France, Russia, and other countries.
  15. 25. relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s.
  16. 26. a group of advisers or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions