Module 12 Vocab

4. by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.
6. Catherine II of Russia
8. one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.
9. truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking.
11. The son of a poor Swiss watchmaker who was passionately committed to individual freedom.
13. An 18th-century movement in which thinks attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
14. A belief that God created the universe and then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws.
16. Theory, in the Middle Ages, the earth-centered view of the universe in which scholars believed that the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe.
17. English scientist who formed three laws of motion.
18. Starting in the mid-1500s, the study of the natural world began to be
19. Relating to a simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700's.
20. Despot, monarchs who embraced the new ideas and made reforms that reflected the Enlightenment spirit.
22. Social gatherings of intellectuals and artist.

1. Philosopher who believed people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
2. a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.
3. Italian scientist who built on the new theories about astronomy.
5. Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600's and early 1700s
7. French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty.
10. The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
12. The idea that earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
15. Real name François Marie Arouet. Published more than 70 books of political essays.
21. Wollstonecraft, Published a essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792.