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| In the Middle Ages, the earth-centered view of the universe in which scholars believed the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe |
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| A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs |
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| The idea that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun |
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| A logical procedure about gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypothesis |
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| An 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and scientific method to all aspects of society |
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| The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government |
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| The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government |
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| 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 |
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| Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s |
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| Relating to a simple, elegant style (based on the ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s |
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| Relating to a simple, elegant style (based on the ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| A statement of reasons for the American colonies' break with Britian, approved by the Second Contintental Congress in 1776 |
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| Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others |
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| A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states |
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| The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, which protects citizens' basic rights and freedoms |
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