Across
- 2. French writer, playwright, and poet; pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet
- 5. the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
- 6. Known as “the Sun King.”
- 7. czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government
- 9. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society
- 10. a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- 11. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
- 13. relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail.
Down
- 1. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
- 3. the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.
- 4. also called benevolent despotism, a form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment.
- 8. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
- 12. world's most famous economist