Across
- 1. a preliminary or opening statement
- 5. the scientific process of observing and testing a hypothesis
- 7. system of government that limits power of one branch over another
- 8. a central government with elected officials
- 9. a rebirth of the artistic forms of the Ancient Greeks and Romans
- 11. a speculative explanation for a scientific problem
- 12. a document defining the laws of a government
Down
- 2. having intellectual insight
- 3. a new way of seeking truth in the mid-1500s
- 4. philosophical thinkers of the French Enlightenment
- 6. a set of statements to explain a group of facts or phenomena
- 10. a gathering for social and political discussions