Unit 9 Terms

4. a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses
5. Heliocentrism is a superseded astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe
8. often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property
10. current reputation rests largely on his political philosophy
11. the claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory
12. the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country.
14. was an English philosopher and physician
16. was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher
17. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
19. people who were not abundantly wealthy
20. was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian

1. the concentration of human populations into discrete areas
2. Working conditions were frequently unsafe and led to deadly accidents
3. Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
6. Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist
7. a strategy used to try and explain natural science rationally by obtaining and evaluating data
9. political strategy, practice, state policy, or advocacy that consists in extending power
13. were public intellectuals dedicated to solving the real problems of the world
15. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe
18. a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence