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4. The steps for an orderly search for knowledge.
7. The division of power among the branches of government; a government structure that has three distinct branches.
8. The attraction that the Earth or another celestial body has on an object on or near its surface.
10. Shapes like stretched circles; ovals.
12. A political system in which a ruler has total power.
13. The time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans moved away from traditional ways of thinking about political and social norms.
14. An earth-centered theory that has or relates to the Earth as the center.

1. The overthrow of King James II of England.
2. A period from the 1500s to the 1700s in which many scientific advances changed people's traditional beliefs about science.
3. A political system in which the head of state is a king or queen who rules according to the constitution.
5. Substances that consist of atoms of only one kind.
6. A agreement between the people and their government.
9. The belief that reason and experience must be present for the solution of problems.
11. Having or relating to the sun as the center of the solar system.