The Scientific Revolution & The Enlightenment Review Activity (Period 7)

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Across
  1. 2. Your class period.
  2. 4. The idea of dividing a government so that no one person has total control.
  3. 5. Known as the "Father of Modern Chemistry" for his work with oxygen and combustion.
  4. 7. A logical process of testing, observing, and analyzing data to find the truth.
  5. 9. He argued that all people are born with "Natural Rights" like life, liberty, and property.
  6. 10. When a government or church bans and burns books to stop "dangerous" ideas.
  7. 11. The editor who spent years collecting Enlightenment ideas for the 28-volume Encyclopédie.
  8. 12. A German philosopher who lived a very strict life and believed reason has specific limits.
  9. 13. A style of writing that uses humor and exaggeration to criticize those in power.
  10. 14. The astronomer who first proposed the heliocentric (sun-centered) theory in 1543.
  11. 16. The old, incorrect belief that the Earth sits at the center of the universe.
  12. 18. He wrote Leviathan and believed people were naturally selfish and needed a strong king.
  13. 20. Enlightenment thinkers used this "tool" (logic and facts) to solve the world's problems.
  14. 21. A Renaissance belief that people can use learning to improve life on Earth.
  15. 22. Rights that Locke said you are born with, rather than rights a king gives you.
  16. 24. This scientist discovered the laws of gravity and motion (and even invented calculus!).
  17. 25. He believed government should be split into Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.
Down
  1. 1. The founder of modern anatomy who wrote the first detailed book on the human body's structure.
  2. 3. An agreement where people follow a government to ensure a just and equal society.
  3. 6. The scientific theory that the Sun is the center of the universe.
  4. 8. A person who goes against the official teachings of the Church (Galileo was labeled this).
  5. 15. He wrote The Social Contract and believed the community's needs come before the individual's.
  6. 17. A witty writer who used satire to poke fun at the government and the Catholic Church.
  7. 19. The study of the human body’s structure (Vesalius was the expert here!).
  8. 21. The medical doctor who discovered how the heart pumps blood through the body.
  9. 23. He used a telescope to see Jupiter’s moons, but was sentenced to house arrest for it.