Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Vocabulary

5. Italian scientist who built on the new theories about astronomy
7. François Marie Arouet pen name
8. the idea that Earth & other planets revolve around the sun
11. natural world began to be characterized by careful observation & the questioning of accepted beliefs
12. a style of European art of the 17th & 18th centuries that followed mannerism & is characterized by ornate detail
15. a belief that God created the universe & then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws
17. The ruler most admired by the philosophes
18. earth-centered view of the universe
20. influential French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty
21. Enlightenment thinkers building on ideas set forth earlier by Descartes believed truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking

1. an agreement by which people created a government
2. a new intellectual movement that stressed reason & thought & the power of individuals to solve problems
3. woman who wrote an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792
4. Artists/architects worked in a simple & elegant style that borrowed ideas & themes from classical Greece & Rome
6. some monarchs embraced the new ideas & made reforms that reflected the Enlightenment spirit
9. believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life
10. philosopher who held a more positive view of human nature
13. hostesses held regular social gatherings in large drawing rooms
14. scientist who helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion
16. a logical procedure for gathering & testing ideas
19. Genevan philosopher writer & composer