Renaissance
Across
- 1. - Proposed the idea of separation of powers
- 5. - Intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievements
- 6. - Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel
- 15. - Edited the Encyclopedia, spreading Enlightenment ideas
- 16. - Device used to observe distant objects in space
- 17. - Scientist who improved the telescope and supported heliocentrism
- 19. - Sun-centered model of the universe
- 23. - Central theme of the Enlightenment, emphasizing logic over tradition
- 24. - Last name of the artist who painted the Mona Lisa
- 26. - Italian city considered the birthplace of the Renaissance
- 29. - Artistic technique that creates depth in paintings
- 30. - Focused on worldly rather than religious matteres
Down
- 2. - The idea that knowledge comes from experience and observation
- 3. - Economic philosophy favoring free markets
- 4. - Author of The Prince, a book on political power
- 7. - A testable explanation for an observation
- 8. - Believed in natural rights and government by consent
- 9. - inventor of the printing press
- 10. - Idea that government power comes from the people
- 11. - Believed people needed a strong government to maintain order
- 12. - Philosopher who advocated for free speech and religious tolerancce
- 13. - wealthy supporter of the arts
- 14. - type of poem perfected by Shakespeare
- 18. - Study of the human body, advanced by Vesalius
- 20. - Developed the laws of motion and gravity
- 21. - Instrument that measures atmosphere pressure
- 22. - Proposed the heliocentric theory of the universe
- 25. - Wrote The Social Contranct about government and society
- 27. - Belief in a rational God who does not interfere in the universe
- 28. - Discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits