World History-Unit 1-The Age of Revolutions

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Across
  1. 2. Government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws
  2. 4. Government controlled by one person
  3. 5. Document drawn up by nobles in 1215 guaranteeing basic political rights in England
  4. 10. Idea that a ruler receives the right to rule from God
  5. 11. document declaring American independence from Britain and the reasons for it.
  6. 13. Cultural movement that started in Italy in the 1300s and spread throughout Europe
  7. 14. Assembly of representatives of the Third Estate
  8. 15. promise made by Third Estate representatives to draw up a new constitution
  9. 17. 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
  10. 18. State ruled by the noble class
  11. 20. System in which each branch of government checks, or limits, the power of the other two branches
Down
  1. 1. Religious reform movement that began in the 16th century
  2. 3. Government ruled by a few powerful people
  3. 6. King or queen with complete control
  4. 7. Agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government
  5. 8. First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens’ basic rights and freedoms.
  6. 9. System for exercising authority
  7. 12. French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate
  8. 16. new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs
  9. 19. Idea that people can govern themselves