Unit 1 Modern World History Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Most famous for founding the modern European and American movements for women's rights.
  2. 5. Most famous for his major work on The Social Contract, he believed people were corrupted by society and that the people should come together to form government and write the laws.
  3. 6. Most famous for writing the Encyclopedia, his book helped spread the ideas of the Enlightenment.
  4. 7. European thinkers began to apply scientific principles to the study of society and the government.
  5. 9. These thinkers were inspired by its ideals of individualism and secular thought.
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  9. 14. This group of people used reason and a spirit of rational criticism to everything.
  10. 15. Most famous for the idea that every person was born with a blank mind and argued for natural rights and a constitutional monarchy.
Down
  1. 2. A system in which rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their full royal powers.
  2. 3. This event sparked the emergence of modern science through observations, hypotheses, experiments, and reasoning in order to understand the laws of nature.
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  4. 5. These thinkers questioned authority and inspired Enlightenment thinkers to discover the truth for themselves.
  5. 8. Most famous for his numerous writings, he believed in free speech and religous toleration.
  6. 11. Most famous for writing The Spirit of the Laws and argued for the system of checks and balances.