Scientific Revolution

1. believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society
5. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
6. belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation
7. a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
9. revival or adaptation of the classical especially in literature, music, art, or architecture
10. theory that the Earth goes around the sun
13. led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe
16. the pen name under which French author-philosopher François-Marie Arouet published a number of books and pamphlets in the 18th century
19. an informal education for women
20. the state of having knowledge or understanding
21. the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation

2. when a group of people agree to give up certain rights and accept a central authority in order to protect their other rights
3. English philosopher and political theorist
4. the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe and other objects go around it
8. irregularly shaped
11. a monarch who respects the people's rights and rule fairly
12. the philosophical view or belief that reason is the best test of knowledge
14. used her own accomplishments to demonstrate a woman's aptitude for independent thought and academic excellence
15. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
17. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
18. remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation