The Scientific Revolution
Polish astronomer who promulgated the now accepted theory that the earth and the planets move about the sun. Who am I?
Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus.
The rights that all people are born with – according to John Locke, the rights of life, liberty, and property ...
Answer: natural rights.
Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s ...
Answer: baroque.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens’ basic rights and freedoms ...
Answer: Bill of Rights.
Italian physicist and astronomer. Who am I?
Answer: Galileo (or Galileo Galilei).
French philosopher, historian, dramatist, and essayist. Who am I?
Answer: Voltaire.
A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris and other European cities during the Enlightenment ...
Answer: salon.
Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others ...
Answer: Checks and balances.
The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun ...
Answer: heliocentric theory.
The assignment of executive, legislative, and judicial powers to different groups of officials in a government ...
Answer: separation of powers.
Relating to a simple, elegant style (based on ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s ...
Answer: neoclassical.
A statement of the reasons for the American colonies’ break from Britain, approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 ...
Answer: Declaration of Independence.
A logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypotheses ...
Answer: scientific method.
The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government ...
Answer: social contract.
One of the 18th century monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects ...
Answer: enlightened despot.
A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states ...
Answer: federal system.
British scientist, mathematician, and philosopher, who formulated and proved the law of gravity. Who am I?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton.
French philosopher, author, and social reformer, born in Switzerland ...
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau.
Consort of Czar Peter, and empress of Russia, 1762-96. Who am I?
Answer: Catherine II (or Catherine the Great).
American statesman, writer, and 3rd president of the U.S., 1801-09; important in framing the Declaration of Independence. Who am I?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson.