Across
- 5. having or representing the earth as the center
- 7. natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
- 13. to make sure no one branch would be able to control too much power
- 14. an informal education for women, where they were able to exchange ideas, receive and give criticism, read their own works and hear the works and ideas of other intellectuals
- 15. a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity
- 18. an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each
- 20. is a ruler with absolute power
- 21. a belief that we come to knowledge through the use of logic, and thus independently of sensory experience
- 22. a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government
- 24. The theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun
- 25. public intellectuals dedicated to solving the real problems of the world
- 26. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
Down
- 1. a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion
- 2. An empress of Russia in the late eighteenth century who encouraged the cultural influences of western Europe in Russia and extended Russian territory toward the Black Sea
- 3. a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
- 4. an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
- 6. Belief in God based on reason rather than revelation or the teaching of any specific religion
- 8. a highly ornate and elaborate style of architecture, art and design that flourished in Europe in the 17th and first half of the 18th century
- 9. a Swiss philosopher whose work both praised and criticised the Enlightenment movement
- 10. English writer and a passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women
- 11. an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
- 12. English physicist and mathematician
- 16. the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation
- 17. the pen name under which French author-philosopher François-Marie Arouet published a number of books and pamphlets in the 18th century
- 19. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- 23. English philosopher and political theorist