Riley Grillo Enlightenment and Revolution
Across
- 2. Jefferson-an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher
- 5. European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity
- 6. Locke-John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
- 8. in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
- 12. from or considered in relation to the center of the earth.
- 14. French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers.
- 16. measured from or considered in relation to the center of the sun.
- 18. word for "philosopher,"
- 22. Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
- 23. of Rights-the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- 24. method-The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions.
- 25. and balances-the separation of power to avoid one entity or body wielding too much power.
Down
- 1. to neoclassicism.
- 3. was one of the earliest Renaissance developers of the thermoscope and the inventor of various military compasses.
- 4. contract-people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior.
- 5. despot-a ruler with absolute power (a despot) who embraces Enlightenment ideals
- 7. belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
- 9. Newton-an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and more
- 10. Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher (philosophe), writer, and composer.
- 11. of Independence-We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.
- 13. was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories
- 15. gatherings held in private homes during the Enlightenment,
- 17. Wollstonecraft-Mary Wollstonecraft was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century,
- 19. Revolution-emphasis on abstract reasoning, quantitative thought, an understanding of how nature works
- 20. system-a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
- 21. the Great-Catherine II most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.