The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

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  1. 1. Bacon / The English scientist who who supported the development of empiricism, or the experimental method
  2. 3. / Author of Encyclopedia, a compilation of essays and works from the period challenging government and church power
  3. 8. despot / The term for a leader who accepts enlightenment theories
  4. 11. Galilei / The Italian astronomer who was forced to recant his theories on the stars and planets after the Church put him on trial in an Inquisition court
  5. 12. Copernicus / The Polish astronomer who developed the theory that the Sun was the center of the universe
  6. 14. / The period of reevaluation of the role of people, governments and rights is known as
  7. 17. / French philosophy who believed in individual freedoms and the rule of law to protect them
  8. 18. / The Earth centered theory of the universe
  9. 19. / A new type of music pioneered by composers like Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
Down
  1. 2. the Great / Russian leader who wrote to Voltaire regarding the need for reforms in government, and who made Russia a major world power by 1780 by taking Poland and gaining access to the Black Sea
  2. 4. Descartes / The French mathematician who linked algebra and geometry and believed in using logic to prove mathematics.
  3. 5. Fahrenheit / The German physicist who made the first mercury thermometer and measured freezing at 32 degrees
  4. 6. theory / The Sun centered theory of the universe
  5. 7. Newton / The English Scientist who explained the law of gravity
  6. 9. / New artistic style that focused on brighter, Greek and Roman influenced art and architecture
  7. 10. method / The method of logically making a hypothesis, testing it, and using test data to draw conclusions
  8. 13. / The Greek astronomer who expanded upon Aristotle’s view that the Earth was the center of the universe
  9. 15. / Wrote Leviathan in which he discussed the theory of Social Contract.
  10. 16. / French philosophy who believed in checks and balances in power, and laws to protect people from each other
  11. 20. / Believed people are born with natural rights: life, liberty, property