Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

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Across
  1. 1. A step-by-step process used to investigate questions through observation, experimentation, and reasoning
  2. 6. Developed the laws of motion and gravity
  3. 8. Enlightenment thinkers who used reason to criticize traditional authority and promote reform
  4. 9. Supported freedom of speech, religion, and thought
  5. 11. Descartes Promoted reason and logic and said “I think therefore I am”
  6. 12. Discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits
  7. 14. The belief that Earth is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it
  8. 15. A major and often rapid change in ideas, government, or society
Down
  1. 2. An 18th-century intellectual movement that emphasized observation & reason, science, individual rights, and progress
  2. 3. The belief that the Sun is the center of the universe and planets revolve around it
  3. 4. The idea that governments exist to protect the rights of the people, and people agree to obey laws in exchange for protection
  4. 5. Ancient Greek astronomer who supported the geocentric model of the universe
  5. 7. Proposed the heliocentric model, placing the Sun at the center of the universe
  6. 10. Used a telescope to support heliocentric theory and improved scientific experimentation
  7. 13. Proposed separation of powers into branches of government
  8. 15. Believed government should reflect the will of the people