The Enlightenment

5. a process using logic and reasoning to prove or disprove a hypothesis or theory
6. the people who presented new ways of thinking during the Enlightenment
13. made the first microscope to look at bacteria and cells
14. a period in which philosophes created many new ideas about the world
15. proposed the idea of a heliocentric theory (sun is the center of the universe)
17. made the first vaccine for smallpox using another, less harmful disease called cowpox
18. created the laws of gravity
20. the theory that the earth is at the center of the universe

1. a person who rules with absolute power
2. the two philosophes who pioneered the scientific method (B name first then D name)
3. a female philosophe said that women deserve the same education as men
4. proposed the idea of checks and balances
7. proposed that people have a right to self-government but under the social contract still
8. the theory that there is an agreement between the governing and the governed
9. proposed that people hand their rights to a strong ruler under the social contract
10. the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
11. a system in which multiple groups share decision-making power
12. parties where people met to discuss new ideas
16. proved the idea of the heliocentric theory using mathematics (sun is the center of the universe)
19. believed that there should not be cruel and unusual punishment