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- 3. Wrote Leviathan in which he discussed the theory of Social Contract.
- 5. despot The term for a leader who accepts enlightenment theories
- 7. Newton The English Scientist who explained the law of gravity
- 9. French philosophy who believed in checks and balances in power, and laws to protect people from each other
- 10. Bacon The English scientist who who supported the development of empiricism, or the experimental method
- 12. The Greek astronomer who expanded upon Aristotle’s view that the Earth was the center of the universe
- 13. the Great Russian leader who wrote to Voltaire regarding the need for reforms in government, and who made Russia a major world power by 1780 by taking Poland and gaining access to the Black Sea
- 15. theory The Sun centered theory of the universe
- 16. Believed people are born with natural rights: life, liberty, property
- 17. A new type of music pioneered by composers like Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
- 18. French philosophy who believed in individual freedoms and the rule of law to protect them
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- 1. Fahrenheit The German physicist who made the first mercury thermometer and measured freezing at 32 degrees
- 2. Copernicus The Polish astronomer who developed the theory that the Sun was the center of the universe
- 4. The Earth centered theory of the universe
- 5. The period of reevaluation of the role of people, governments and rights is known as
- 6. Galilei The Italian astronomer who was forced to recant his theories on the stars and planets after the Church put him on trial in an Inquisition court
- 8. Author of Encyclopedia, a compilation of essays and works from the period challenging government and church power
- 11. method The method of logically making a hypothesis, testing it, and using test data to draw conclusions
- 14. New artistic style that focused on brighter, Greek and Roman influenced art and architecture
- 18. Descartes The French mathematician who linked algebra and geometry and believed in using logic to prove mathematics.