The use of a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as

• the scientific method

• heliocentrism

• geocentrism

• an experiment

Efforts to apply the scientific method to society created the movement called

• the Scientific Revolution

• the socieal contract

• the Enlightenment

• the Reformation

In his famous book On the Spirit of the Laws, he proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of a government.

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

The belief that the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Ptolomy Theory

• Suncentric Theory

The English scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

The agreement in which people give their rights to a strong ruler in exchange for law and order.

• Social Contract

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

A social gathering for intellectuals and artists, often hosted by wealthy Parisian woman.

• Salon

• Convention

• Party

• University

The document in which American colonists asserted their right to free themselves from British rule.

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

A system of government in which power is divided between national and state governments.

• Federal System

• Division of Powers

• Parlament

• House of Commons

A new way of thinking about the world, based on observation and the questioning of old beliefs (mid-1500s)

• Enlightenment

• Rationalism

• Despotism

• Liberalism