The Enlightenment Period and the Revolutions

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Across
  1. 4. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
  2. 6. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
  3. 7. a device or tool used for scientific purposes, including the study of both natural phenomena and theoretical research.
  4. 8. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits.
  5. 10. belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
  6. 13. the term for movements in the arts that draw inspiration from the classical art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome.
  7. 14. a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
  8. 15. 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence.
  9. 16. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.
  10. 20. something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle, contest, special effort, etc.
Down
  1. 1. a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
  2. 2. new untested hunches, or guesses without supporting evidence.
  3. 3. a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point.
  4. 5. A federal system of government is one that divides the powers of government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments.
  5. 9. examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition.
  6. 11. a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
  7. 12. relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries.
  8. 17. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
  9. 18. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  10. 19. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.