Enlightenment Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 4. a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas. Begins with a hypothesis that is tested in an experiment, and then interpreted to reach a conclusion
  2. 6. the intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems
  3. 8. monarchs who embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment and made reforms reflecting its ideas
  4. 9. the agreement between people to form society and government in a proposed state of nature
  5. 10. the idea that nothing can be known for certain
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  1. 1. a revolution in scientific thought and theory based on careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs that began in the mid-1500s
  2. 2. the astronomical theory that the planets revolve around the sun
  3. 3. the idea that there should be a separation of powers between the different parts of government, each with the ability to limit (“check”) the power of the others
  4. 5. the astronomical theory that the sun and other planets revolve around the Earth
  5. 7. a system of government that divides powers between the national and state governments